The Fundamentals of Project Management

Introduction and Generalities :

• What is complex project management?
• The interactions between project management and contract management
• Identify the life cycle and the different phases of a project
• The tools of project management and contract administration
• Defining the scope of your projects – organization and hierarchical division
• The importance of the Project Management Plan
• Deployment of processes and document management
• Case Studies

Cost and Schedule Management :

• Cost and schedule management
• Estimating durations and workloads to assess human stakes: analytical method, expert judgment.
• Sequencing tasks: PERT network, Gantt chart: free float, total float, critical path.
• Planning and smoothing of resources.
• Estimating project costs and developing budgets
• Performance analysis using EVM
  Case studies

Quality Management:

• Knowing the acceptance criteria in a project
• Removing non-conformities from projects
• Implement quality procedures to eliminate conflicts and inconsistencies
• Establish quality-related reviews and feedback

Risk Management:

• The challenges of risk and opportunity management planning
• Identification of risks: gathering information, bringing together those who know
• Qualitative analysis: description and categorization of risks, evaluation of probability and impact of risk.
• Quantitative analysis: evaluation and matrix of risk probability and impact, criticality, risk modeling.
• Monte Carlo simulations and analysis of pre and post mitigation scenarios
• Risk monitoring and control: risk audit, gap and trend analysis, performance measurement.
• Case studies

Management and Communication:

• Organizing your projects and managing / monitoring your teams
• Leading a project team
• Planning communication: communication methods and models
• Disseminating information and reporting: what frequency and method of reporting?
• Managing, negotiating and managing conflicts: divergences, tensions, blockages, conflicts, …