IT Project Management for Team Members

On-Site Learning

Who Needs to Attend

IT project team members or individuals who are considering moving into the project management field and want a basic introduction to the fundamentals of IT project management.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Follow-On Courses

Understand key IT project management concepts and your role as a project team member.

Have you ever wondered why your company uses project management and what it means when you are assigned to work on a project team? IT projects are unique. In this course you'll learn the fundamentals and best practices of project management methodology as applied to IT initiatives. Learn the language that your project manager uses so you can better understand and interact throughout the project and be an effective team member. Understand your role as a project team member, and learn the importance of this role in defining a project's scope, creating its schedule, communicating appropriately with others, and identifying and managing project risks. Learn typical pitfalls of IT projects and how to overcome them (managing the changing client requirements is possible!). Master skills needed to deliver IT projects on time, within budget, and to specification.

What You'll Learn

The project life cycle
The nine knowledge areas of the PMBOK®
Basic project management terminology and concepts
Your role and responsibility as a team member
Define project scope and stakeholder expectations
Build an effective project schedule
Typical IT project challenges
Identify, analyze, quantify, mitigate, and manage risk
Manage project change through formal change control processes
Close a project

Course Outline

1. IT Project Success and Failure

A Study of IT Project Success and Failure
Reasons for IT Project Success and Failure
IT Projects: What Makes Them Different?

2. Project Management Foundation

Project Management Basics
Project Management Life Cycle
Project Management Knowledge Areas
Triple Constraints of Project Management
Types of Project Organizations

3. Project Initiation

Stakeholder Identification and Analysis
Constraints and Assumptions

4. Project Scope Definition

Scope Statement
Work Breakdown Structure

5. Time Management and Scheduling

Activity Definition and Sequencing
Duration Estimating
Network Diagramming and Critical Path
Time Compression Techniques

6. Roles and Responsibilities

Resource Assignment Matrix

7. Communications Management

Communication Management Plan
Project Status Report

8. Project Risk Management

Identify, Assess, Quantify, and Manage Risks through Mitigation Strategies and Contingency Planning
Essentials of Project Risk Management
Risk Sources for the IT Project
Stakeholder Risk Tolerance
Risk Identification
Risk Ranking
Risk Triggers
Risk Response Strategies