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Managing IT Projects
…A Three-day power-packed training on effectively Managing IT Projects Using A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) The Project Management Institute, Inc., 2008 And (Software Engineering Body Of Knowledge) SWEBOK Best Practices
Salient Features
- Understand IT Project Management and why it’s so different.
- There are very few professionals who have been formally
trained on Project Management (particularly in the IT sector).
Hence be among the few who know.
- This training applies the best practices of PMBOK® Guide - 4th Edition and
SWEBOK and other best practices that are extremely practical and
not just conceptual.
- Trainees become effective immediately after the training.
There is no further gestation and catch-up period.
- Topics covered in this training are closer to real life
practices.
- Highly relevant bonus topics discussed over and above the
decided agenda.
- Also touches on the political and human angles of IT project
management
Prerequisite
Basic understanding of IT Projects Management
Course Level
Intermediate/Advanced
Duration
3 Days
Who should attend?
- Delivery Heads
- Program Managers
- Project Managers
- Account Managers
- Project Leaders
- Test Leads
- Team Leads
- Architects
- Systems Analyst
Performance Focus
- To arm you with End – to – End techniques in IT Project
Management.
- To give you the fullest insight into the special
requirements of IT Project Management.
- To empower you with technique to be used during
planning, executing and controlling IT projects under most
situations.
- To take you to a higher level of insight on project
management where it is treated as a separate discipline and
not just an extension of execution.
- To give you a practical view of Conceptual, Practical,
Political and Organizational effects on IT projects, thereby
making you more mature in handling dynamic situations on a
daily basis.
Content
Basic Outline of the Course:
IT Project Basics
Project Management
Project Management Framework
What is so different with IT projects?
A project is more than its technical deliverables
Pre-Sales And Initiation
Scoping and Vision
Proposal writing
Estimation overview
Project Charter and Initiation
Requirements And Analysis
IT Project Planning
Inputs to Project Plan
WBS
Activity Scheduling
The Pulling Forces
Key Essentials of Good IT Project Plan
Stakeholder Management
IT Project SDLC’s
Planning For QA
Risks and Plan B
Planning For Communication
Team Building
Costing and Budgeting
Other Elements of Project Plan
IT Project Execution
Leadership And MBO
Construction
Team Meetings
Test Plan and Test Cases
Prevention and Inspection
The Politics of Bad News and Escalation
Software Configuration Management
Conflict and Team Management
Stakeholder Expectation Management
Change Control Management |
IT Project Monitoring And Control
What to Monitor and What Not To Monitor?
Status Meetings and Project Control
Schedule Control
Earned Value Management
Project Status Reporting
Quality Control
Art Of Software Testing
Special considerations during Testing Cycles
IT Project Closure
Team De-allocation
Project’s Lessons Learned
Team Appraisal Recording
Corporate DB / Library
Voice Of Customer
Bonus Topics
Why Do IT Projects Fail?
What Makes An Excellent IT Project Manager?
Recap & Closing |
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