Project Management Essentials

Length: 1 day
CPE Hours:  8
PDUs:  6.5
Prerequisites: none


Course Overview 
This course teaches students basic project-management techniques, including managing time and costs. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, the steps and variables of the project management process, the effects of environmental, socioeconomic and organizational structure issues, and the responsibilities of a project manager. Course activities also cover defining the project scope, writing a project charter, developing a work breakdown structure, identifying time management components, describing schedule development, using mathematical analysis techniques, and assigning resources. Students will also learn how to estimate resource costs, create a capital budget, control the project costs, and compute a project's estimate at completion (EAC) and variance at completion (VAC). The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Course Content

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Project Management Projects The project management process Unit 2: Characteristics of a Project The project environment The project manager The project team Unit 3: Project Initiation and Scope Planning Project initiation Scope planning Unit 4: Scope Definition, Verification, and Change Control Scope definition Scope verification Scope change control

Unit 5: Time Management Activity definition and sequencing Activity duration Unit 6: Schedule Development and Control Schedule development Schedule control Unit 7: Resource Identification and Cost Approximating Resource identification Cost approximating Unit 8: Budgeting and Cost Control Cost budgeting Cost control

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