Introduction to Project Management: A 90-Minute Online Module
Topics covered include:
- Defining what a project is
- Understanding what a project manager does
- Examining the six phases of a project: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing
- Clarifying the final deliverable by answering the question, “What does ‘done’ look like?”
- Using the triple constraint: quality of deliverable, time and cost
- Defining the scope of the project
- Using project management tools in the planning phase
- Work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Project activity scheduling: critical path, milestones, Gantt charts
- Resource allocation
- Risk analysis and management
- Budget development
- Project communication plan
- Tracking and monitoring project performance
- Managing the relationships between scope, quality, cost and time
- Controlling changes in scope
- Using earned value management (EVM)
- Taking corrective action using different methods
- Closing the project
- Handing off deliverables
- Using an administrative checklist
- Capturing lessons learned
“Delta Dental of Wisconsin used this presentation to get our executive group familiarized with and excited about the benefits of project management. As we move project management to an enterprise-wide discipline, it is important that all levels of the organization understand the protocols, methodology and terminology that we are already using in project management within IT.”
Jeff Lutgen, Director of Partnerships, Delta Dental of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI
pfriede@exed.wisc.edu