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Estimating, scheduling and tracking
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This workshop course teaches project managers and engineering leads to size, organize and drive the efforts of their teams. Participants in this course will master the art of estimating efforts and risks, creating and analyzing schedules, and measuring and tracking execution. The workshop includes numerous client cases.
Code P15
Discipline Project Management
Duration 2 days
Course Information
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Audience

  Software Process Architects   QA/Test Managers   Development Managers
  Business Analysts     QA User Testers     Software Developers
  Project Managers     QA Code Testers     User Education Specialists
               

at course completion

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

»   Create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) »   Create and optimize reliable schedules
»   Estimate and budget efforts   »   Track effectively and report status
»   Establish milestones or iterations   »   Perform solid risk management
»   Establish and execute resource strategies   »   Deal with delays and drive recovery

prerequisites

»   Intermediate knowledge of software engineering

course materials

A comprehensive workbook with knowledge material, examples, case studies, lab exercises, and references.

course outline
Module 1: Project planning
»   Elaboration and partitioning
»   Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
»   Life-cycle planning
»   Master planning
Module 2: Estimating
»   Estimation convergence
»   Resource allocation
»   Estimation methodologies
»   Delphi sessions
»   Risk factors
»   Budgeting fundamentals
»   NPV, ROI, and payback models
Module 3: Scheduling
»   Available scheduling techniques
»   Master schedule & individual targets
»   PERT techniques and Gantt charts
»   Dependencies and conflict resolution
»   Incorporating risks
»   Resource leveling
»   Critical path analysis and schedule optimization
Module 4: Tracking
»   Task tracking
»   Dealing with schedule delays
»   Status reporting
»   Project communication
»   Change management

Certificate

Participants receive an industry recognized SoftO2 Education Certificate upon completion of the course.

pricing

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