Introduction
Successfully managing a project requires
effective planning and adherence to the laid down practices in every step of
the process. By understanding project management and use of related software’s
you will be better prepared to initiate a project. In this course, you will
identify effective project management practices and their related processes.
Duration
Four weeks
Course Objective:
· Project
management processes
· Project
management knowledge areas
· Formulas,
charts, and theories of project management
· Complex
project network diagrams
· Formulas
for earned value management
· Compare
and contrast processes, knowledge areas, theories, and project management best
practices
· Use
of MS Project, Advanced Excel, Advanced Access or SQL
· Data
Collection using ODK,CSPRO or Google forms
· Data
Analysis using STATA or SPSS or R or NVIVO or Excel
Who should attend?
This course targets Project Management Officials
from NGO’s, National Statistics Offices, Education Researchers, Government
ministries, National Institutes and Planning Ministries, Central banks, and
University Researchers among others.
Course content
Module one: Introduction
· Design
and Structure
· Importance
of the course
Module two: Project Management,Org Influence,
and Project Life Cycle Management
· Introduction
· Deliverable
· How
Projects are started
· Difference
between Operational work and a project
· Project
Management , Program Management and Portfolio Management
· Project
Management and Project Management Process Groups Intro
· Project
Management Process Groups
· Program
Management and Portfolio Management
· Organizational
Project Management and Project Governance
· Project
Management Office ( PMO ) and Types of PMO’s
· Project
Manager's Role on the Project and Competencies
· Stakeholders
and Manage Stakeholder Expectations
· Types
of Stakeholders
· Types
of Organization Structures
· Matrix
Structure and Project Manager's role in a weak matrix
· Enterprise
environmental factors and Organization Culture
· Organization
Process Assets - Processes, Policies and Procedures
· Work
Performance Data, Work Performance Information and Work Performance Reports
· Project
Life Cycle
· Project
Phases and Characteristics of Phases
· Project
Management Framework
Module three: Integration Management
· Introduction
· Develop
Project Charter Process
· Project
Selection Methods
· Economic
Models for Project Selection
· Opportunity
Cost, Sunk Costs, Economic Value Added and Law of diminishing returns
· Working
Capital and Depreciation
· Develop
Project Management Plan Process
· Management
Plans
· Scope
Baseline, Schedule Baseline and Cost Baseline
· Management
Plan and Process Improvement Plan
· Change
Management Plan and Change Control System
· Project
Management Plan Approval
· Direct
and Manage Project Work Process
· Monitor
and Control Project Work Process
· Work
Authorization System and Responsibility Assignment Matrix
· Corrective
Actions, Preventive Actions and Defect Repair
· Perform
Integrated Change Control Process and Types of Changes on a Project
· Changes
to Project Baselines
· Change
Control Board, Project Managers and decision making regarding changes
· The
process for making changes on a project
· Change
Request is implemented by the project manager
· Close
Project Process
· Project
Documents
· Integration
Management
Module Four: Advanced MS Project
· using
MS Project software
· Project
Calendar - Essential Part of MS Project
· Working
With Tasks in MS Project
· Critical
Path Method in Microsoft Project
· Working
With Resources in MS Project
· Viewing
Microsoft Project Information
· MS
Project Fields
· Setting
Project Baseline
· Tracking
Your Project Schedule in MS Project
· Working
in Multiple-Project Environment
· Task
Types - This is Very Important!
· Working
With the Timeline View
· MS
Project Custom Views and Custom Tables
· MS
Project Reports
Module Five: Scope Management
· Scope
Management
· Project
Scope and Product Scope
· Project
Charter and Scope
· Plan
Scope Management Process and Management Plan
· Collect
Requirements Process
· Resolve
and balance competing stakeholder requirements
· Tools
and Techniques for Collect Requirements
· Group
Decision Making
· Requirements
Traceability Matrix and Documentation
· Define
Scope Process
· Project
Scope Statement
· Create
Work Breakdown Structure ( WBS )
· Work
Packages, Control Accounts and Decomposition
· Scope
Baseline and Creep
· Validate
Scope Process
· Difference
between Control Quality and Validate Scope
· Control
Scope Process
Module Six: Time Management
· Time
Management Overview
· Plan
Schedule Management Process and Management Plan
· Define
Activities Process
· Sequence
Activities Process, Schedule Network Diagram and Outputs
· Network
Diagram Methods
· Types
of Dependencies between activities
· Leads
and Lags
· Estimating
for Cost and Time on a Project
· Estimate
Activity Resources Process and Activity Durations Process
· Analogous
Estimating and Parametric Estimating
· Estimation
and Risk Management
· Reserve
Analysis, Types of Reserves and Padding
· Develop
Schedule Process
· Develop
Project Schedule
· Schedule
Network Analysis
· Critical
Path, Critical Path Method and Near Critical Path
· Schedule
Compression
· Shorten
/ reduce the Schedule on a project
· Resource
Optimization
· Critical
Chain Method
· Project
Schedule and Baseline
· Control
Schedule Process
· Project
Schedule Network Diagram and its components
Module Seven: Advanced Excel
· Excel
Formulas
· Conditional
Statements & Logical Operators
· Statistical
Functions
· Lookup/Reference
Functions
· Text
Functions
· Date
& Time Functions
· Formula-Based
Formatting
· Array
Formulas
· Charts
and graphs
Module Eight: Cost Management
· Introduction
· Life
Cycle Costing
· Plan
Cost Management Process and Plan
· Estimate
Costs Process and Inputs to Estimating Costs
· Variable,
Fixed, Direct, Indirect
· Estimation
Techniques and tools for estimating costs
· Contingency
Reserves and Management Reserves
· Accuracy
of Estimates
· Determine
Budget Process
· Cost
Baseline, Cost Aggregation, Developing the Cost Baseline and Budget
· Cost
Baseline, Contingency Reserve and Management Reserve.
· Control
Costs Process
· Earned
Value Management
· Actual
Cost, Earned Value and Cost Variance
· Cost
Performance Index and Planned Value
· Schedule
Variance and Schedule Performance Index
· Cost
and Schedule Formulas Interpretation
· Cost
Variance (CV)
· Cost
Performance Index (CPI)
· Schedule
Variance
· Schedule
Performance Index (SPI)
· Estimate
At Completion ( EAC) and Forecasting
· To
Complete Performance Index (TCPI )
· Estimate
to Complete ( ETC )
Module Nine: Quality Management
· Introduction
· Grade
and Quality
· The
project manager's responsibility in Quality Management
· Inspection
and Ensuring Quality on the Project
· Quality
Management Concepts
· Effects
of Poor
· Plan
Quality Management Process
· Tools
for Plan Quality Management
· Cause
and Effect Diagram
· Flowchart,
Check sheet and Checklist
· Histogram
and Scatter Diagram
· Control
Chart
· Outputs
of Plan Quality Management Process
· Perform
Quality Assurance Process
· Tools
and Techniques used in Perform Quality Assurance Process
· Control
Quality Process and Inspection
· Difference
between Perform Quality Assurance and Control Quality, Inspection-Audit
· Control
Quality
· Quality
Management
Module Ten: Human Resource Management
· Introduction
· Roles
and Responsibilities on a Project
· Roles
and Responsibilities of the Project Team and Project Management Team
· Roles
and Responsibilities of Stakeholders and Functional Manager
· Roles
and Responsibilities of the Portfolio Manager and Program Manager
· Roles
and Responsibilities of the Project Manager
· Responsibilities
of the Project Manager related to Human Resource Management
· Plan
Human Resource Management Process
· Organization
Charts
· Staffing
Management Plan
· create
a rewards and recognition system on the Project
· Acquire
Project Team Process
· Tools
and techniques
· Stages
of Team Formation and Development
· Manage
Project Team Process and Manage Project Team Tools/Techniques
· Leadership
Roles and Management Styles
· Conflict
Management
· Conflict
Resolution Techniques
· Motivation
Theories
Module Eleven: Employees Database Management
using MS Access
· Introduction
to MS access
· Creating
and interlinking Table
· Creating
Forms
· Creating
Queries from different tables
· Creating
Reports
Module Twelve: Communication Management
· Introduction
· Plan
Communication Management Process
· Stakeholder
Communication Requirements
· Types
of Communication
· Communication
Model
· Effective
communication and listening
· Communication
Methods
· Communication
Channels
· Communication
Management Plan
· Manage
Communications Process and Blockers
· Performance
Reporting
· Types
of Reports
· Control
Communications Process
Module Thirteen: Risk Management
· Introduction
· Threats
and Opportunities and Benefits of Risk Management
· Uncertainty,
Business Risk and Pure Risk
· Factors
of Risk
· Risks
in Project Management
· Plan
Risk Management Process and Plan
· Risk
Categories / Sources of Risk
· Risk
Breakdown Structure
· Tools
and Techniques for Identifying Risks
· Risk
Register
· Qualitative
Risk Analysis Process
· Plan
Risk responses process and Plans
· Risk
response strategies
· Risk
Acceptance Strategy
· Outputs
of Plan Risk Responses Process
· Control
Risks Process
· Tools
and Techniques of Control Risks Process
Module Fourteen: Procurement Management
· Introduction
· Purpose
of a contract
· Buyers
and Sellers Agreement
· The
Difference between an agreement and a contract
· Procurement
on a Project
· Changes
to a Contract and Formality
· Role
of the Project Manager in Procurement
· Plan
Procurement Management Process
· Make
Or Buy Analysis
· Procurement
Statement of Work
· Contract
Types
· Time
and Material Contract
· Cost
Reimbursable (CR) Contract
· Procurement
Documents
· Important
Procurement Concepts
· Negotiations
· Control
Procurements Process
· Tools
of Control Procurements Process
· Conflict
between procurement manager and project manager-Contract Interpretation
· Close
Procurements Process
Module Fifteen: Stakeholder Management
· Introduction
· Stakeholders
involvement in projects
· Identify
Stakeholders Process
· Stakeholder
Analysis
· Classification
Tools
· Stakeholder
Register
· Plan
Stakeholder Management Process
· Stakeholder
Engagement Matrix
· Stakeholder
Management Plan
· Manage
Stakeholder Engagement Process
· Control
Stakeholder Engagement Process
Module Sixteen: ICT in Monitoring and Evaluation
· Mobile
based data collection using ODK
· Data
visualization - info graphics and dashboards
· Use
of ICT tools for Real-time monitoring and evaluation
Module Seventeen: Qualitative Data Analysis
· Principles
of qualitative data analysis
· Data
preparation for qualitative analysis
· Linking
and integrating multiple data sets in different forms
· Thematic
analysis for qualitative data
· Content
analysis for qualitative data
· Manipulation
and analysis of data using NVivo
Module Eighteen: Quantitative Data Analysis –
(Using SPSS/Stata/SAS/Excel)
· Introduction
to statistical concepts
· Creating
variables and data entry
· Data
reconstruction
· Variables
manipulation
· Descriptive
statistics
· Understanding
data weighting
· Inferential
statistics: hypothesis testing, T-test, ANOVA, regression analysis
General Notes
·
All our courses can be
Tailor-made to participants needs
·
The participant must be
conversant with English
·
Presentations are
well guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our
facilitators are experts with more than 10years of experience
·
Upon completion of
training, the participant will be issued with a Global King Project Management
certificate
·
Training will be done at
the Global King Project Management Centers (Nairobi Kenya, Mombasa Kenya,
Kigali Rwanda, Dubai ,Lagos Nigeria and More others).
·
A discount of 20% will
be given to more than 4 participants from same organization.
·
Course duration is
flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of
days.
·
Payment should be done
before commencement of the training, to the Global King Project Management
account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.
·
For any inquiry
to: [email protected] or +254 114 830 889
·
Website: www.globalkingprojectmanagement.org
·
Tablet and Laptops are
provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee
·
The course fee for
onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a
buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training.
Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and
arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident
insurance, and other personal expenses.
Start Date | End Date | Action | Duration | Location | Fee(Kes) | Fee(Us$) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
04/09/2023 | 29/09/2023 | 20Days | Nairobi | 400000 | 4800 | |
27/11/2023 | 22/12/2023 | 20Days | Nairobi | 400000 | 4800 | |
22/01/2024 | 16/02/2024 | 20Days | Nairobi | 400000 | 4800 | |
18/03/2024 | 12/04/2024 | 20Days | Nairobi | 400000 | 4800 | |
15/04/2024 | 10/05/2024 | 20Days | Nairobi | 400000 | 4800 | |
02/10/2023 | 27/10/2023 | 20Days | Mombasa | 480000 | 6000 | |
30/10/2023 | 24/11/2023 | 20Days | Mombasa | 480000 | 6000 | |
19/02/2024 | 15/03/2024 | 20Days | Mombasa | 480000 | 6000 |