Managing Projects - The PM Essentials

On request
Area Course ID. Duration Max No. Particip. Costs p.P. PDU's
Project Management (PMI) PM_E1 3 Days 12-15 1200 € 24

Deliverables and learning objectives

Participants will define their basic project management skills in order to successfully lead and manage a project. You will learn how to avoid typical pitfalls.

What benefits you will get from this course?

  • You will have a basic knowledge of modern project management.
  • You will know the core project management processes, the knowledge areas and their relevance in the course of a project by using process groups and project management processes.
  • You know how to initiate and set-up a project and are able to apply important project planning techniques using PMI methodology.
  • You learn how to determine project requirements, to develop a project charter, to define scope by using the scope document and to create a project management plan
  • You will be able effectively utilize time and cost management skills to successfully plan and manage a project.
  • You will learn to recognize and analyze potential risk and respond accordingly
  • Monitor the different phases of a project and communicate progress
  • Develop your project leadership abilities
  • You get to know aspects of project control and closure and earn how to avoid typical pitfalls in project management.

For which ideal customer is this course designed?

Everyone from the professional field who wants to enhance their basic project management skills.

The course content and structure

  • Introduction
  • Objectives of the training and training concept
  • PM success factors
  • Definitions & terms of PM
  • PM Knowledge areas, process groups and PM processes
  • Project Initiation
    • Check if request is a Project
    • Gather necessary information for High Level Planning"
    • Define and analyze business needs
  • Project scope management
    • Project Charter and Scope Statement
    • Prepare and achieve project approval
    • Produce and reconcile Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Project time management
    • Identify Deadlines and time constraints
    • Dependencies and milestones
    • Phase and milestone planning
    • Definition Activity Expenditure and duration based on skill level
    • Develop the schedule (Activity sequencing and time simulation, the critical path)
    • Optimize Schedule iteratively
  • Project HR Management
    • Define resource requirements
    • Derive personnel requirement plan
  • Project cost management
    • Identify budget constraints
    • Identify necessary equipment, material and services
    • Calculate costs for equipment and human resources
    • Create and interpret cost curves
  • Project risk management
    • Definition of risks
    • Identify risks and create risk breakdown structure
    • Risk analysis and response strategy
  • Project controlling and monitoring
    • The execution and controlling processes
  • Project communication management
    • Create a communication plan
    • Collect information and compile overall status
  • Project Scope control
    • Check validity of Scope Statement and WBS/Project Approach
  • Project Schedule & cost control
    • Determine variances between plan and actual
    • Analyze variances and define corrective action
  • Project Closure

Methodical and didactical hints for the course

Orbitak utilizes a variety if methods in order to emphasize the importance of the learning objectives for participants. Methods include:

  • Trainer input
  • Discussion
  • Group exercises
  • Role plays
  • Real life cases

Additional helpful information

orbitak is working in close cooperation with leading scientists in the area of neurosciences, who constantly provide new consolidated findings concerning knowledge transfer, effective learning as well as methods of behavior. All orbitak courses are designed in accordance with these latest findings to ensure the best possible transfer of knowledge to you.

Course facilitator

Thomas Baumann

Next scheduled training dates and locations?

This course can be held in your company upon request.