Project Management 1 – Session 2

This is a three-part series, Project Management Level I, led by The Center for Project Management.

This workshop series emphasizes the fundamentals of how to initiate, create and manage a project.

Session 2: Planning & Estimating a Project
In this course, students learn how to build a professional-grade project plan and detailed estimates.

• Construct a “work breakdown structure”
• Construct a “network diagram,” connecting tasks to show their logical relationships
• Perform critical path analysis, “crashing,” and “fast-tracking” to meet project requirements
• Manage scope
• Create a project staffing plan
• Discuss the role of a change management plan
• Develop and apply a communications management plan
• Develop realistic, “detailed,” “bottom-up” estimates of the effort, duration, and budget
• Calibrate estimates based on resource assignments

Must attend all three sessions:

• Session 1: Wednesday, November 2, 8:30am -12:30pm
• Session 2: Wednesday, November 9, 8:30am -12:30pm
• Session 3: Wednesday, November 16, 8:30am -12:30pm