Crash course on project planning techniques
Develop the skills you need to effectively plan your project and obtain greater business value
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What You Will Learn!
- Learn how to select a project and write a problem statement
- Develop a project plan with phases, milestones and timing
- Use a network diagram to determine the critical path of a project
- Create the Gantt chart view for a one page summary of your project
- Assign ownership of tasks and update progress within a RAIL document
- The difference between the agile and waterfall approach to tasks
Description
Project planning is an important skill that can be applied across all organizations as it enhances project performance, delivery and success. Effective program and project management plays a large role within any group or team, and it can help you obtain greater business value for your efforts. In this course, you will not only master the role of leadership within your projects, but you will also learn the following skills and lessons needed to deliver a successful result:
How projects differ from ongoing work
What are the different types of projects
How multiple projects fit together within an organization
How a project should be selected
How to describe your problem in the form of a pain point
How to write a problem statement
How to establish the vision and next target condition to help scope project effort
What is a project charter
The seven key elements of a project charter
The structure of a well defined project charter
How the problem statement identifies the driving force requiring the project
How a project could change throughout its lifetime
What a milestone is and how it relates to your project
How a milestone differs from a project phase
How to create a project plan using milestones and a work breakdown structure
How to create an activity on arrow network diagram
What is the critical path
What is slack time
How to calculate the critical path by hand
Determine the total time for the project
How to create a Gantt chart in excel
How to categorize actions and assign ownership of tasks
How to develop detailed tasks using the rolling action item list
How to update progress of a task within a RAIL document
What are the benefits to the agile approach
The agile manifesto
The difference between the waterfall and agile approach to tasks
This course has been specifically curated to provide you with the knowledge and concepts needed to plan and manage successful projects. By taking this course, you will gain access to high quality videos and and downloadable templates that will give you everything you need to become a successful project planner. We are so excited for you to learn and apply this expertise to your next project, regardless of the industry.
Who Should Attend!
- project managers who want to learn how to effectively plan and execute their projects