Course Catalog
IT Project Management
Code: IT Proj Mgmt
Duration: 3 Day
$2395 USD

OVERVIEW

IT projects come with distinct challenges for all project team members, and most of all for the project manager. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals and best practices of project management methodology as applied to IT initiatives. Using real-world scenarios and hands-on exercises, you will apply practical project management principles to successfully take a project from planning to rollout.

Practice essential project management skills to help you mitigate time, budget, quality, and scope constraints. Determine product scope through effective identification of requirements, assess and manage stakeholder expectations, identify and manage risks, and meet quality standards while navigating change requests. Examine important aspects of IT projects, including communication needs of virtual teams, security, and testing. Avoid the most common pitfalls of IT project success to deliver optimal business value for your IT projects.

Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.

PMI is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.


This is a BYOD course. Students should bring a PC, Mac, or tablet to class in order to access digital course materials. Students can download a copy of the course materials in their MyGK account.

DELIVERY FORMAT

This course is available in the following formats:

Virtual Classroom

Duration: 3 Day
Classroom

Duration: 3 Day

CLASS SCHEDULE

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Apr 15 2024 - Apr 17 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Apr 29 2024 - May 01 2024 | 11:30 - 19:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: May 13 2024 - May 15 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: May 29 2024 - May 31 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jun 10 2024 - Jun 12 2024 | 11:30 - 19:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jun 24 2024 - Jun 26 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jul 01 2024 - Jul 03 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Jul 15 2024 - Jul 17 2024 | 11:30 - 19:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Aug 19 2024 - Aug 21 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Aug 26 2024 - Aug 28 2024 | 11:30 - 19:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Sep 16 2024 - Sep 18 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Oct 07 2024 - Oct 09 2024 | 11:30 - 19:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Oct 21 2024 - Oct 23 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EDT
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Nov 18 2024 - Nov 20 2024 | 11:30 - 19:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

Delivery Format: Virtual Classroom
Date: Nov 11 2024 - Nov 13 2024 | 08:30 - 16:30 EST
Location: Online
Course Length: 3 Day

$ 2395

GOALS
  • Articulate the relevance of core project management competences.
  • Identify key project goals and assumptions and set the stage for value delivery.
  • Understand how to identify stakeholders and assess how to engage with them during the project.
  • Meet stakeholder informational needs by creating an actionable communication plan.
  • Articulate product scope as part of the charter.
  • Become familiar with the process of eliciting and capturing requirements.
  • Create the WBS and dictionary that would deliver the scope in the project charter.
  • Perform a more detailed and systematic assessment of risk.
  • Articulate guiding quality characteristics for the project.
  • Sequence activities, create schedule, and estimate the cost of the project.
  • Prepare to oversee go-live.
  • Manage change in projects.
  • Track value delivery in projects.
  • Understand the basics of a project retrospective.
OUTLINE

  1. Match competence to scenario
  2. Evaluate a project business case
  3. Identify and assess stakeholders
    • Stakeholders
    • Resource management
    • Teams
  4. Develop a communication plan
  5. Define product scope
    • Project charter
    • Product and project scope
  6. Decompose product scope into stakeholder requirements
    • Requirements
  7. Create WBS and dictionary
    • Work
    • Work breakdown structure
  8. Create risk register
    • Risk identification and management
  9. Establish quality metrics
  10. Create an initial schedule and budget
    • Effort and duration
    • Estimating effort
    • Level of accuracy in estimates
    • Team-based estimation
    • Scheduling
    • Estimating cost
  11. Review and disposition a change request
    • Change management
  12. Plan a project rollout
    • Testing
    • Release management
  13. Use metrics to reassess the business case
    • Delivering business value
  14. Close out a project

 

  1. Match competence to scenario
  2. Evaluate a project business case
  3. Identify and assess stakeholders
    • Stakeholders
    • Resource management
    • Teams
  4. Develop a communication plan
  5. Define product scope
    • Project charter
    • Product and project scope
  6. Decompose product scope into stakeholder requirements
    • Requirements
  7. Create WBS and dictionary
    • Work
    • Work breakdown structure
  8. Create risk register
    • Risk identification and management
  9. Establish quality metrics
  10. Create an initial schedule and budget
    • Effort and duration
    • Estimating effort
    • Level of accuracy in estimates
    • Team-based estimation
    • Scheduling
    • Estimating cost
  11. Review and disposition a change request
    • Change management
  12. Plan a project rollout
    • Testing
    • Release management
  13. Use metrics to reassess the business case
    • Delivering business value
  14. Close out a project

 

LABS

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND

IT professionals, IT project managers, IT managers, IT project team members, associate project managers, project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, and program managers.

You should not take this course if you have taken Project Management Fundamentals. The subjects covered are the same.

PREREQUISITES

None