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.
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Project Management |
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Course Information
Audience | At Course Completion | Prerequisites | Course Materials | Course Outline | TAKE THIS TRAINING |
Audience
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Software Process Architects |
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QA/Test Managers |
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Development Managers |
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Business Analysts |
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QA User Testers |
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Software Developers |
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Project Managers |
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QA Code Testers |
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User Education Specialists |
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at course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) |
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Create and optimize reliable schedules |
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Estimate and budget efforts |
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Track effectively and report status |
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Establish milestones or iterations |
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Perform solid risk management |
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Establish and execute resource strategies |
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Deal with delays and drive recovery |
prerequisites
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Intermediate knowledge of software engineering |
course materials
A comprehensive workbook with knowledge material, examples, case studies, lab exercises, and references.
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 Module 1: Project planning
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Elaboration and partitioning |
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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) |
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Life-cycle planning |
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Master planning |
Module 2: Estimating
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Estimation convergence |
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Resource allocation |
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Estimation methodologies |
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Delphi sessions |
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Risk factors |
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Budgeting fundamentals |
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NPV, ROI, and payback models |
Module 3: Scheduling
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Available scheduling techniques |
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Master schedule & individual targets |
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PERT techniques and Gantt charts |
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Dependencies and conflict resolution |
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Incorporating risks |
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Resource leveling |
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Critical path analysis and schedule optimization |
Module 4: Tracking
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Task tracking |
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Dealing with schedule delays |
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Status reporting |
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Project communication |
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Change management |
certificate
Students receive a SoftO2 Education Certificate upon completion of the course.
take this training
Contact SoftO2 Education or send the following form to register or request information.
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