If you have a group interested in taking this course, we will gladly facilitate it. We can also arrange to provide materials for in-house facilitated courses for your group. The minimum group size is ten people. Questions? jbrown@cosn.org, Jill Brown, PhD, Director of Professional Learning

Module 1: Introduction

  • PM Framework
  • Essential Terms
  • Build Org. Structure
  • Leadership Skills
  • Guide Project Lifecycle
  • Guide Project Constraints

Module 2: Project Initiation

  • Identify Stakeholders
  • Plan Stakeholder Engagement
  • Select the Project
  • Develop Project Charter

Module 3: Scope, Schedule and Budget Plan

  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Develop Scope Management Plan
  • Collect Requirements
  • Define Scope and Acceptance Plan
  • Create Work Breakdown Structure
  • Develop Schedule Management Guidelines
  • Define Activities and Project Deliverables
  • Sequence Activities
  • Estimate Activity Resources
  • Estimate Time Durations
  • Develop Schedule
  • Develop Cost Management
  • Estimate Costs
  • Determine Budget Allocations

Module 4: Resource, Risk and Procurement Plan

  • Plan Quality Management
  • Plan Resource Management
  • Plan Communications Management
  • Plan Risk Management
  • Identify Risks and Project Characteristics
  • Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Plan Risk Responses
  • Plan Procurement Management

Module 5: Leadership and Quality Management

  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Manage Project Knowledge
  • Manage Quality
  • Acquire Resources and Staff
  • Develop Project Team
  • Manage Team and Track Resources
  • Communicate Information and Activities
  • Evaluate and Select Procurement Options
  • Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Module 6: Monitor and Control

  • Assess and Status Project
  • Manage Change Requests
  • Validate Scope
  • Control Scope
  • Control Schedule
  • Control Costs
  • Control Quality
  • Control Resources
  • Monitor Communications
  • Monitor Risks
  • Control Procurements
  • Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Module 7: Closing and Success

  • Close Project and Sustain Success
  • Document Lessons Learned
  • Celebrate Success
  • Presentations of Personalized Design Challenges