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Note:
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product is included as part of the
our Project Management - 3 CD Set.
Product Description:
Project Management Vol.3 (of 3) - Controlling Projects CD-Rom
This 5 hour interactive multimedia training course is equivalent in scope to a two-day instructor led course. It will teach you all of the practical techniques needed to design and implement the optimum control mechanisms for projects of any size. This course is accredited by the Association for Project Management.
Please note that this product is licensed to one user only and can be installed on any individual PC.
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You will learn how to:
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Select and apply a practical and effective series of project controls to each project.
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Integrate appropriate quality assurance procedures into all phases of the project.
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Implement effective reporting and change control regimes for each project initiative.
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Schedule the involvement of project team members at each control point.
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Apply proven techniques, including variance and EVA to measure project progress against the plans.
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Course Overview:
This interactive multimedia training course is accredited by the Association for Project Management and NCC Education Services. It will teach you all of the practical techniques needed to control projects of any size. You will learn how to select the most appropriate set of controls, to suit the needs of each individual project. The course explains and illustrates all of the widely used forms of project control – from data collection and analysis to verification of actual progress to date. Project quality assurance is addressed throughout: from agreeing quality criteria and quality planning to formal reviews. In addition, configuration management and formal change control mechanisms are explained in detail.
The course will run on any multimedia PC with a sound card and is presented using a combination of specially developed 3D graphics, animation and interactivity. This provides a stimulating one-on-one multimedia learning environment that is packed with interactive exercises, case studies and questions. It is made up of self-contained sections, each representing approximately 15 minutes of training, which means that it can either be used intensively or be fitted into a busy work schedule.
This course contains the following Sections:
Study Area 1 - Introduction
Introduction - Explains the importance of applying effective control mechanisms to ensure that project costs are controlled, and how to tailor the control framework to reflect the size and complexity of each project.
Study Area 2 - Project Control Framework
Designing Management Controls - Introduces a flexible management control framework that can be tailored to suit the needs of projects of any size, and describes the implementation of each review and report needed to ensure that the project maintains its business integrity.
Designing Product Controls - This section provides an overview of a series of product controls designed to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of the products required by the project.
Planning Effective Controls - Illustrates the importance of accurate project estimates, thorough planning and accurate reporting of progress against the plans, and describes the relevance of this to the work breakdown structure.
Resource Control - Explains why cost data collection and reporting are of fundamental importance to any project control system, and how project control is based on periodic comparison of the actual cost of work performed to that budgeted
Study Area 3 - Data Collection & Analysis
Data Collection - Highlights the importance of collecting progress data objectively, so that project management staff have a true picture of the status of the project. It also describes how to specify a cost effective data collection regime that reflects the size and scope of the project.
Over-Reporting - This section illustrates why it is often difficult for a project team to admit that reported progress has been exaggerated, and how management can act to minimize this problem.
Calculating Variance - Describes the identification and analysis of the difference between the costs detailed in the plans and the actual costs incurred by the project.
Earned Value Analysis - Introduces this variance based approach to measuring the progress of a project and explains how this approach overcomes many of the intrinsic delays associated with variance analysis.
EVA Curves - This section explains the plotting of cumulative cost curves and the use of these curves to establish key project performance parameters.
EVA Indices - Describes two key performance indicators that can be derived from earned value analysis and three other practical measures for monitoring project performance.
Study Area 4 - Assuring Project Quality
Defining Quality - Describes the application of quality assurance procedures to the project via detailed planning of an appropriate quality control regime.
Quality Planning - This section describes the incorporation of the quality related activities into the PERT chart and the importance of using objective quality criteria.
Quality Control - Ensuring that the required qualities are built into all of the products and how this can be exercised via change control procedures, quality reviews, project reviews and by the testing of products.
Quality Reviews - Details a formal three-phase quality review mechanism and describes the key roles and responsibilities of all relevant staff throughout this process.
Study Area 5 - Project Change Control
Controlling Change - Describes a proven method for controlling change, from problem identification, to analysis and the taking of appropriate action.
Change Control Forms - This section describes the use of standard change control forms to raise all project concerns and their subsequent analysis and classification.
Configuration Management - Explains how configuration management can be applied to control of an evolving set of products and project documentation and verify that actual progress is in line with that being reported.
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