PROJECT+ Certification

Learning Outcomes:

• Using information provided, correctly establish the high-level timetable and budget for the project.

• Successfully develop the Project Life Cycle and Project Concept Definition Statement given instructions in the Lesson Lab.

• Create the project planning documents, including Scope Statement, Project Charter, and Statement of Work with 90% accuracy.

• Given a specific scenario, effectively identify variances and outline corrective action, negotiate changes, and identify the proper course of action to avoid scope creep.

With your IT experience, you want to successfully manage and deploy and IT project. In this course, you will acquire the necessary skills to plan and implement IT projects that will impact your organization in a positive manner.

* Initiating a Project
* Creating a Scope Statement
* Planning Project Strategy
* Creating the Project Budget and Schedule
* Managing Relationships
* Implementing the Project
* Closing the Project
* Confidence in Estimating

PROJECT+ Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Perform discovery and analysis to determine the true nature of the problem or opportunity, ascertain its relevance and feasibility, and identify associated risks. Establish the high-level timetable and budget for the project. Develop the Project Life Cycle and Project Concept Definition Statement. Create the Work Breakdown Structure. Manage stakehoders. Create the project planning documents, including Scope Statement, Project Charter, and Statement of Work. Create the documents that lay the foundation for the project. Conduct the management planning activities that result in the development of the project plan used to control the execution process of the project. Determine the ideal team composition, recruit, negotiate for, and assign team members. Define a strategy for monitoring the project iteratively, calculate schedule and budget variances, manage the critical path, team, and vendor relationships, and monitor quality metrics. Identify variances and outline corrective action, negotiate changes, and identify the proper course of action to avoid scope creep. Close the project by delivering the final product, conduct a debriefing, create the project closure report and manage administrative closure.

Class targeted to:

Designed for students who are new to project management in IT, or who are IT professionals starting to work as project managers in the field.

Prerequisites:

Basic PC skills and experience with MS Office and a knowledge of MS: Project.