IT Project Management Course
(1-day, 8 PDU's)

This course presents the top-ten causes of project failure, a standard 5-Phase IT Project Lifecycle, Methodology and Project Management processes, techniques, tips and tools. The course focuses on the 6 activities to setup a project, 12 processes to manage and control a project, and the 7 activities to close-out a project.  The one-day class covers most of the material of the two-day class with few class exercises and case studies.  It does not cover developing project requirements.

This class can be presented as a generic (non-IT specific) class.

This course:

• Will show you exactly how to manage an IT project successfully, phase-by-phase, step-by-step, from proposal through deployment, operations and support
• Is Designed for project managers who are “in the trenches”, managing tough, complex IT projects with a minimum of resources
• Is NOT an academic discussion of project management theory
• A half day is devoted to developing Project Requirements
  • Poor Requirements/Scope is the No. 1 reason for project failure
• Applies to all types of IT Projects
  • Application development and integration
  • Selection, implementation, upgrade, enhancement of:
    • Software/Web Applications & Tools
    • Hardware & Infrastructure
    • Communications & Network

Problems you will learn to solve:

1. Identify and eliminate the top 10 reasons for project failure
2. Engaging/keeping stakeholder commitment: Management, Resources, Customers
3. Roles and responsibilities are not clear: Management, Customers
4. Aligning stakeholders with goals, objectives and scope
5. Managing and correcting unrealistic expectations: Budget, Schedule, Scope
6. Coping with frequent management priority changes
7. "Project resources won't make, or keep, their commitments"
8. "I don't have time for project management and planning"
9. "My project seems to go on and on - never ending"
10. "How do I keep track of hundreds of details and small tasks?"

This course presents effective project management methods, techniques, tips and tools to utilize people, resources and time to ensure IT project success.

In today's tight economy, corporate expenditures are being intensely scrutinized. Only those IT projects with the best combination of: Return-on-Investment (ROI), Time-to-Payback, and Business Risk are being selected for implementation by corporate management. It is imperative that these critical projects are optimally managed to maximize utilization of people and other resources. In the current competitive economic environment, there is no room in budgets, nor justification, for project delays or cost overruns.

Without a practical, real-world approach to project management, most projects are likely to incur significant budget and schedule overruns, if they don't fail altogether.

1-Day IT Project Management Class covers the following topics:

• "Top 10" Reasons why Projects Fail - Root Causes
• Project Management Processes and Activities
  • Initiation & Planning: 7 steps to setup a project
  • Execution & Control: 11 processes to manage and control a project
  • Closure: 7 steps to close a project
    
• Over 350 Templates and Tools on CDROM
• The 5 Standard Phases of the Project Lifecycle
  • Their Objectives and Key Deliverables
    1) Proposal & Definition
    2) Requirements & Analysis
    3) Design & Planning
    4) Construction, Testing & Implementation
    5) Operations & Support

Reference Accounts
(Contact information available upon request)