ATRC Project Management Course



Overviews of Project Management

Introduction

Program Management

Value of project management

Definitions of Project Management
Solid Overview of Project Management
Software Technology Support Centre - Overview of Project Management



. What is a Project?
. What is Project Management?
. Areas of Expertise
. Project Management context

Project Definition and Planning

Project Planning A Step by Step Guide
Kicking Off the Project Team
Work Breakdown Structure Standard - hugely useful process
Assumptions When We Plan and Define Projects
It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. - Bill Clinton
In-House Project Managers vs. External
The Role (and Challenge) of the Project Sponsor


Requirements Definition and Management

Incose: International Council on Systems Engineering - defining customer needs and requirements in (project) systems
Overview on requirements management by UK's Office of Government & Commerce
Open Architecture Requirements Management

Project Lifecycle and Organization
. The Project Life Cycle
. Project Stakeholders
. Organizational Influences

Project Risk Management

Overview of project risk management
Improving Project Risk Management

Risk Management tools

Tools

. Project Management Processes
. Project Management Process Groups
. Process Interactions
. Project Management Process Mapping

. Process Flow Diagrams
. Major Project Documents


Software Project Management

NASA Software Assurance Best Practice Centre:
16 Critical Software Practices - Software Project Managers Network
Dave Farthing's Software Project Management Links Page:
Brad Appleton's Software Project Management Links


Team Building and Group Leadership

There are certain skills to have when conducting project management. It's best to have a team of planners when doing project planning. Therefore, it's important to have skills in forming, leading and facilitating groups. The following information will help you develop these skills.
Team Building
Leadership (Introduction)
Meeting Management
Capturing Lessons Learning During Projects
Facilitating in Face-to-Face Groups
Group-Based Problem Solving and Decision Making
Conflict Management (this topic provides basics in managing conflict in groups)
Yes, Project Managers Need Leadership Skills!
Real Responsibilities of Project Managers?


Communicating Your Project Plans and Status

Methods for Distributing Information on Projects
. Communications Planning
. Information Distribution
. Performance Reporting
. Manage Stakeholders

Communication aids for teams


Risk
. Risk Management Planning
. Risk Identification
. Qualitative Risk Analysis
. Quantitative Risk Analysis
. Risk Response Planning
. Risk Monitoring and Control

Procurement
. Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
. Plan Contracting
. Request Seller Responses
. Select Sellers
. Contract Administration
. Contract Closure

Ethics and Project Management

Business Ethics
Ethics in Project Management
Ethics in Project Management – Customers and Suppliers?


General PM Resources

Project Manager Decisiveness
Project Management Institute(PMI)
UK Association of Project Management (APM)
Free Project Management Articles published weekly
Webinars on Chartering a Project and Developing and Using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Developing a Project Management Best Practice
Using Return on Investment to Evaluate Project Management Training
Free Project Templates
Open Source book on Project Management


Project management activities

Project management is composed of several different types of activities such as:

Project management artifacts

The following documents serve to clarify objectives and deliverables and to align sponsors, clients, and project team's expectations.

These documents are normally hosted on a shared resource (i.e., intranet web page) and are available for review by the project's stakeholders (except for the Stakeholder Analysis, since this document comprises personal information regarding certain stakeholders. Only the Project Manager has access to this analysis). Changes or updates to these documents are explicitly outlined in the project's configuration management (or change control plan).

Project Management tools

Project Management tools include following:

Financial tools

Earned Value

US DoD - EVM Website - substantial resource on EVM
An Overview of Earned Value Management
Dr David Christensen - EVM Bibliography


General management tools

Scheduling charts

Integration

. Develop Project Charter
. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement
. Develop Project Management Plan
. Direct and Manage Project Execution
. Monitor and Control Project Work
. Integrated Change Control
. Close Project

Scope

. Scope Planning
. Scope Definition
. Create WBS
. Scope Verification
. Scope Control

Time

. Activity Definition
. Activity Sequencing
. Activity Resource estimating
. Activity Duration estimating
. Schedule Development
. Schedule Control


Cost

. Cost Estimating
. Cost Budgeting
. Cost Control

Quality

. Quality Planning
. Perform Quality Assurance
. Perform Quality Control






Related lists

PMP Resources