IT Project Management

Course Description:

This course focuses on IT projects and everything they encompass - hardware, software, vendor relationships, communication mechanisms for different audiences, and how to work with local and remote teams. Understand how to start an IT project with a clearly defined scope, how to set and manage stakeholder expectations, how to identify and deal with typical IT risks, and how to meet quality standards.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

- Understand the IT project life cycle
- Build an IT project business case
- Define the IT project scope & expectations
- Identify project stakeholders
- Define roles and responsibilities
- Build an effective project schedule
- Develop an accurate project budget
- Create project management plans
- Procure key project resources (human and capital)
- Identify, assess, and manage risk
- Establish quality metrics
- Monitor the project progress
- Turn over to production
- Close down a project
- Understand different IT project management methodologies (RUP, etc.)

Who Should Attend

IT professionals, IT project managers, IT managers, IT project team members, associate project managers, project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, and program managers.

This course includes the following modules:

Theory

• IT Project Failure and Success
• Project Management Foundation
• Project Initiation
• Project Scope Definition
• Time Management and Scheduling
• Resource Planning
• Cost Management and Control
• Communications Management
• Project Risk Management
• Procurement and Sourcing
• Project Management Methodologies
• Controlling and Managing Change
• Quality Assurance and Control
• Phase and Project Closure

Hands-On Exercises

• Creating Business Cases
• Establishing Project Mini-Charters
• Developing Work Breakdown Structures
• Creating Network Diagrams and Critical Paths
• Estimating Schedules and Budgets
• Establishing Risk Management Plans and Matrix
• Managing Change Control
• Creating Final Project Reports