The course examines project management in theory and practice and the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, as well as focusing on the canons of professional conduct required by the profession. The course offers a practical approach to managing projects, focusing on organizing, planning, and controlling the efforts of the project. The course is based on the best and most current thinking in the field, particularly the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) approach described in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). At the end of the course, attendees will understand why project management requires a high degree of professionalism, and how to achieve that end in future projects. This class also includes lectures on ethical behavior as expected by the NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers), the Texas Board of Professional Engineers (TBPE), and PMI (The Project Management Institute).
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The course is intended for Texas Professional engineers with varying levels of project management experience. It is also appropriate for experienced Texas Professional engineers, who lack knowledge of the project management processes outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).
• Participant introductions
• What is management? What is project management?
• Where do projects come from? What are they? How good are we at them?
• The challenges faced by the project manager
• Lifecycles. Standards. Methodologies
• The difference between the business and technical management of the project process
• PMI, the PMBOK® Guide, and the ANSI Standard
• Phases, Process Groups, and Knowledge Areas
• Project Initiation
• PM Process Flow. The Management components: Organize, Plan, Control
• The project management organization model
• The Project Board and the project manager
• The PMO (Program Management Office). PMO models, what each does
• The project team.
• Organizational causes of failure
• Why plan? Planning and its linkage to failure.
• Types of plans. Product oriented planning versus project management
planning
• Product/technical oriented plans
o Scope, Time, Cost, and Quality plans
• Project management plans:
o Risk, Communications, Procurement, and Organization and
Human Resources
• Scope planning and definition
o Product decomposition
o The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Time planning:
o Activity definition. The activity list
o Activity sequencing
o Duration estimating
o Scheduling – resource planning, schedule development
o The critical path
• Cost estimating. Budgeting
• Quality planning
• Risk Management Plan
o Identifying risks and triggers
o Risk response plan
o Managing project issues
• Human Resource Management Plan
o Identifying specific resources
o Resource calendars
o Acquiring resources
• Procurement Management Plan
o Planning and executing a procurement plan
o Going outside for people
• Communication Management Plan
o Identifying key stakeholders
o Defining information needs and mechanisms
• Pulling the plans together
• The Project Plan
• Integrated Change Control
• Team development
• Procure outside resources
• Quality Assurance
• Information distribution
• What is control?
• Life cycles – end stage assessments – Controlling the big picture
• Levels of responsibility for control – Business and product quality controls
• Integrated change control during the life of the project
• Performance reporting – monitoring and control
• Exceptions – technical and management
o Technical:
Scope verification and deviation from specification – acceptance
Change requests and scope change control
Errors (defects) and quality control
o Business:
Schedule control
Cost control
Earned Value analysis
• Risk monitoring and control, including issues
• Project failures related to controls
• Contract close-out
• Administrative close-out
• Lessons learned
• Archiving project information
• National Society of Professional Engineers
o Preamble
o Fundamental Canons
o Rules of Practice
o Professional Obligations
o Statement by NSPE Executive Committee
• Texas Board of Professional Engineers
o The Texas Engineering Practice Act
o Professional Conduct and Ethics
o Board Rules Regarding Registration of Firms
o Continuing Education Program (CEP)
• Project Management Institute
o Project Manager Responsibilities
o Relationship to other Domains
o Honesty & Professional Responsibility
o Integrative Viewpoint
o Legitimate Use of Power
o Project Manager Knowledge and Skills
o PMI Member Ethical Standards
o PMP Code of Conduct
• Class Evaluation