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Project Management Level II

Build on your project management foundation with a deeper look at the execution, monitoring, and closing phases. You'll manage resources and risk, and gain an introduction to Agile project frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.

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Class Description

Description

Continue advancing your professional project management knowledge and expertise by concentrating specifically on the final three of five essential project phases: Execution, Monitoring, and Closing. Master comprehensive resource management strategies, explore robust risk mitigation approaches, and become thoroughly acquainted with modern Agile frameworks, including Scrum and Kanban methodologies that are widely used today.

This intermediate course builds directly upon the strong foundation established in Project Management Level 1, systematically expanding your understanding of all five project management phases while deepening your practical knowledge and professional capability.

The Execution, Monitoring, and Closing Phases:

Once projects begin, project managers must ensure smooth operations, timely task completion, and budget adherence. After projects conclude, you'll learn to document lessons and valuable insights that benefit future initiatives.

Managing Budgets, Resources, and Risk:

Learn to manage project budgets and costs effectively, handle limited resources, and estimate and track activity costs to keep projects within their allocated budgets.

Introduction to Agile Project Management:

Finally, you'll explore Agile project management methodologies and how they differ from traditional Waterfall approaches. You'll gain an overview of widely adopted Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming. Understanding diverse project methodologies enables you to recognize that different approaches work best for different situations, allowing you to select the most suitable management style for your specific project requirements.

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What You'll Learn at a Glance:

  • Continue studying the five phases of project management with a focus on execution, monitoring, and closing
  • Understand project costs and develop effective budgeting strategies
  • Learn how to manage and allocate resources appropriately
  • Manage risks, implement changes, and handle project uncertainties
  • Get an overview of Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming

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Syllabus

The Project Team

Team Development

  • Assembling a Team
  • Project Kickoff Meeting
  • Characteristics of Effective Teams
  • Barriers to Teams

Stages of Team Development

  • Stage 1: Forming
  • Stage 2: Storming
  • Stage 3: Norming
  • Stage 4: Performing

Budgets & Costs

Types of Costs

  • Resource cost rates
  • Reserve analysis
  • Contingency budget
  • Cost of quality

Determining Activity Costs

  • Estimate Activity Costs

Determining Project Budget

  • Calculations
  • Total Budgeted Cost (TBC)
  • Time-Phased Budget
  • Cumulative Budgeted Cost (CBC)

The Execution Phase

Determining Actual Costs

  • Determine Actual Cost
  • Compare Actual Cost to Budgeted Cost
  • Actual Accumulated Cost by Period
  • Cumulative Budgeted & Actual Cost Curve

Determining the Value of Work Performed

  • Determine Value of Work Performed
  • Earned Value (EV)
  • Cumulative Earned Value

Cost Performance & Project Status

  • Analyze Cost Performance
  • Measure Project Status

Cost Analysis

  • Analyze Cost Performance
  • Cost Performance Index (CPI)
  • Cost Variance (CV)
  • Estimating the Cost at Completion
  • Forecasted Cost at Completion (FCAC)

Controlling Costs & Corrective Action

  • Cost Control Steps
  • When to Take Corrective Action

Limited Resources: Leveling & Smoothing

Resource Leveling

Resource Limited Scheduling

Risk Management

Risks & Issues

  • Identify Risks
  • Risk Assessment
  • Probability & Impact Matrix
  • Risk Appetite

Common Types of Risks

  • External Risks
  • Single Point of Failure

Risk Mitigation

  • Common Ways of Dealing With Risk

Project Communication

Meetings

  • Project Kickoff Meeting
  • Different Types of Meetings

Reports

  • Different Types of Reports

Plans

  • Project Plans
  • Document Control Plan
  • Project Communication Plan

The Closing Phase

Final Payments

Staff Recognition & Evaluation

Post Project Evaluation

Lessons Learned

Archive Project Documents

Customer Feedback

Early Project Termination

Agile Project Management

Overview of Agile

The Agile Manifesto

Agile vs. Waterfall

Agile Frameworks

Scrum

  • Scrum Concepts
  • Scrum Roles
  • Why is Scrum So Popular?
  • When Scrum Works Best

Kanban

  • Kanban boards
  • Work-in-Process (WIP) Limit

Extreme Programming (XP)

  • Extreme Programming (XP) Activities
  • Designing
  • Coding
  • Testing
  • Listening

Refund Policy

  • Students may cancel up to 14 days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price). 
  • Cancellations within 14 days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to three business days before the class start date.
  • For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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