Course Outline

• Integration Management
  An Overview of Agile Project Management
  Kicking Off Your Project
  Managing Global Projects
  Project Post Mortems as a Positive Experience
  Project Selection Techniques
  Virtual Project Management
• Scope Management
  Better Brainstorming
  Building the Business Case
  Keys to Controlling Project Scope
  Managing Competing Stakeholder Priorities
  Writing the Statement of Work (SOW)
• Time Management
  12 Steps to Managing Your Professional Time So You Can Have Personal Time
  Effective Time Management
  Making the Most of Your Project Meetings
  Microsoft Office Project 2007 Overview
• Cost Management
  Becoming a Cost-Estimating Expert
  The Value of EVM for Cost Control
  Understanding Project Budget and Accounting
• Quality Management
  Acceptance Testing for Quality Success
  Establishing Quality Policies
  Practical Project Quality Planning
• Human Resource Management
  Coaching and Mentoring Team Members
  Managing Conflict on Teams
  Managing Remote Teams
  Motivation and Delegation
  Providing Performance Feedback to and about Team Members
  Successful Management Techniques in a Matrix Organization
  Your Role as an Organizational Change Agent
• Communication Management
  Effective Stakeholder Relationships
  Excelling at Facilitation
  Improving Your Presentations
  Influence and Persuasion in Project Management
  Managing Challenging Conversations
  Negotiating with Authority
  Public Speaking
• Risk Management
  Conducting a High-Quality Risk Workshop
  Managing High-Risk Projects
  Preventing Project Failure
• Procurement Management
  Effective Vendor Management
  Getting the Right Vendor Evaluation Team
  Key Components of Vendor Contract Close Out
• Stakeholder Management
  Effective Stakeholder Relationships
  Managing Competing Stakeholder Priorities.