Course Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Maximize your time in preparing for the Project Management exam
- Master the critical terms and concepts in Project Management
- Apply the key concepts to your work in Project Management
- Evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses to best focus your efforts
- Focus on the key elements of each of the project management processes
- Recognize what is meant by professional responsibility
- Determine those areas that are important to study vs those that are ‘nice to know’
- Avoid common pitfalls associated with taking this exam
Methodology
Software engineers concerned with building, managing and deploying AI solutions that leverage Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Cognitive Search, and Microsoft Bot Framework. They are familiar with C# or Python and have knowledge on using REST-based APIs to build computer vision, language analysis, knowledge mining, intelligent search, and conversational AI solutions on Azure.
Who Should Attend?
This course is suitable for Project Managers, Senior Managers, Project Executives, Supervisors and Professionals who are involved or going to be involved in either projects or work that is being treated in a project format.
Pre-requisite
- A four-year degree
- 36 months leading projects
- 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® Certification
OR
- A high school diploma or an associate’s degree (or global equivalent)
- 60 months leading projects
- 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® Certification
Pricing & Sponsorship
Date
Date 1
8-12 Jan 24
Date 2
11-15 Mar 24
Full Course
RM6500
Excluding 6% SST
Sponsorship
The course is 100% claimable under HRDC
Course Outlines
- Project Planning Methodology
- Stakeholder knowledge and skills
- Organizational Policies and Procedures
- Corrective and Preventive Action
- General Management Skills
- • Social-Economic-Environmental Influences
- Integrated Change Control
- Configuration Management
- Concept, Development, Implementation and Closeout Phases
- Scope Planning, Definition, Verification and Change Control
- Project Selection Techniques
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Risk and Complexity Trade-Offs
- Heuristic Scheduling (Rule of Thumb)
- Schedule Management Plan
- Schedule Control
- Variance Analysis
- Schedule Updates
- Corrective Action
- Life Cycle Cost (LCC)
- Resource Planning
- Cost Estimating
- Other basics of Cost Management Terminology
- Depreciation of Capital
- Value Analysis
- Cost Risk and Contract Type
- Cost Management Plan, Budgeting and Control
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Key PMBO Concepts
- Quality Control Tools
- Continuous Improvement and Kaizen
- Impact of Motivation on Quality
- Priority of Quality vs. Cost and Schedule
- Impact of Poor Quality
- Trend Analysis
• Design and Quality
- Forms of Organization
- Project Interfaces
- Key Organizational Planning Output
- Staff Acquisition
- Conflict and the Project Life Cycle
- Team building
- Co-location
- Communication Planning
- Communication Management Plan
Barriers to Communication - Building effective team communication
- Management styles and skills
- Performance Reporting
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis Output
- Risk Response Planning
- Risk Response Plan
- Risk Monitoring and Control
- Step 1 : Procurement Planning
- Step 2 : Solicitation Planning
- Step 3 : Solicitation
- Step 4 : Source Selection
- Step 5 : Contract Administration
- Step 6 : Contract Closeout
- Organizing for Contract Management
- Privity of Contract
- Foreign Currency Exchange
- Ensuring individual integrity & professionalism
- Contributing to the Project Management Knowledge Base
- Enhancing individual competence
- Balancing stakeholders’ interests
- Interacting in a professional and cooperative manner