Fundamentals of Plan Driven Project Management

Section 1: Foundations

  • Defining project management
  • Project complexity
  • Management skills
  • Project management terminology
  • Project management life cycle

Section 2: Initiating

  • Project charter
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Stakeholder management
  • Boundaries of Initiating stage

Section 3: Planning

  • Balancing constraints
  • Scope statement
  • SMART objectives
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Estimating
  • Network diagramming
  • Cost analysis
  • Risk planning

Section 4: Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling

  • PDCA cycle in practice
  • Role of project manager
  • Ingredients for success
  • Change controls

Section 5: Closing

  • Actions in the Closing stage