Course Summary
Project Management Essentials Course
Real world application of project management principles and best-practices
The Project Management Fundamentals course will provide an introduction to principles, best-practices, and real world application of project management concepts.
What you will get from this course
- 2-day Project Management Fundamentals course earns 14 contact hours (PDUs)
- Investigate project management and its' techniques. best-practices, and real world application.
- Learn about the profession and what you really need to do as a Project Manager to be successful
- Flexible schedules and convenient Bay Area locations
The Project Management Fundamentals course will provide an introduction to the principles, best-practices, and real world application of project management concepts. As students learn what it's really like to be a Project Manager, they will examine the project lifecycle, project planning, managing resources, and mitigating risk. This course is intended for individuals looking to learn project management principles, better understand project managers, or investigate the profession.
More Course Details
Duration
2 days.
Audience
Those interested in learning more about project management, working with Project Managers, or being on a project team. Junior project managers, project coordinators, project team members, IT professionals, IT team members, business and IT managers, team leaders, and product managers.
Additional Notes
Instructor
Jim J. Park, PMP, is a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension, teaching project management for the business and management department. He has taught public courses in project management for UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley since 1998. Over the past 10+ years, Jim has trained hundreds of Silicon Valley’s technical professionals and managers. He has helped make project management the most successful program at Extension and his courses have consistently been in high demand. His success in the classroom has also created strong demand for on-site corporate training. Jim has provided project management mentoring for companies such as Oracle, Hitachi, PG&E, Lockheed, Kaiser Permanente, Applied Materials, SRI International, Ingersoll-Rand, Symantec, LucasArts, and the U.S. Air Force.
Jim has over 15 years of experience in the software development, IT, pharmaceutical and medical-device industries, with well over a decade of experience focused on managing projects and developing better project management organizations, processes, and tools. He received his Bachelors degree in Materials Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and resides in Redwood City, California.
Why us?
Outline
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- Introduction
- Project Management Overview
- Initiating Projects
- About the profession
- Define & Organize Projects
- Project organization
- Objectives and preliminary scope
- Project framework
- Planning Projects
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Estimating
- Project Scheduling
- Resources
- Plan Optimization
- Risk Management
- Tracking & Managing Projects
- Project control
- Issues, changes, and risks
- Reporting
- Close-Out
- Review & Questions
- Introduction
PMI, PMP and PgMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
