Technical Project Management

$2,195.00


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Duration: 3 Days

In this course, you'll learn about the unique challenges of managing technical projects and discover how applying project-management methodology can help you tackle your toughest challenges. You'll learn the value of planning, scheduling, and how to manage scope while using tools and techniques to establish a sound estimating process.

What You Will Learn

  • Work breakdown structure (WBS) and network development
  • Potential problems and solve them using troubleshooting techniques
  • Track projects more effectively
  • Create status reports that show top management where budgeting, scheduling, and manpower trends are headed
  • Cope with tight technical project schedules

Audience

  • R&D professionals, engineers (across all specialties)
  • Scientists and principal investigators
  • Project engineers, facility engineers, and plant managers
  • Anyone who administers technical projects

Prerequistes

Course Outline

1. Overview of Essential Project Management Tools

  • Project management framework and terminology-process groups and the Nine Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK
  • Definition of a technical project management environment
  • Life cycles in a technical environment

2. Essentials for Leading Project Teams

  • Leading in a technical environment

3. Project Planning: Beginning with Scope Management

  • Using the SMART model when writing objectives
  • Creating the detailed scope statement

4. Defining Project Activities

  • Creating a customized WBS
  • Technical project WBS examples

5. Developing a Dynamic Project Schedule

  • Types of network diagrams
  • Overview of critical path methodology

6. Establishing a sound estimating process

  • Five considerations when making estimates
  • Consideration of risks when estimating-three-point estimates

7. Components of Project Planning

  • The planning process group
  • Project performance baselines

8. Technical Project Planning Methodologies

  • Identify different approaches to planning technical projects
  • Common construction project life cycle
  • Common pharmaceutical project life cycle

9. Monitoring and Controlling Projects

  • Status reports, project baselines, and identifying variances

10. Project Closure

  • Administrative closure vs. contractual closure

Course Labs