Project Management Fundamentals  PM10G

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Course Description:

Overview:

Alert: This course has a mandatory prerequisite course.  The prerequisite course, Project Management Orientation (PM54G) requires a MINIMUM of 16 hours of DEDICATED TIME to complete and must be completed before coming to class.  PM54G may take some participants significantly longer depending upon their learning style, strengths and number of interruptions. Participants should plan to begin PM54G ideally at least 2 weeks before their class to allow enough time to complete the material. Participants arriving for class without  proof of completing PM54G will not be allowed to remain in class.  See the Prerequisites section for details.

Project Management Fundamentals is the initial course in the project management professional development curriculum. This course introduces the participants to fundamentals of managing a project in the IBM community. This course provides participants with a comprehensive exposure to the best project management principles, methods, and processes used in the industry. The course covers the aspects of defining, organizing, planning, scheduling, executing and controlling, and closing a project.

The participants of Project Management Fundamentals will be given in-depth exposure to project planning topics such as defining baselines for the project, work breakdown structures, risk management, estimating, scheduling, project control, and closeout.

IBM Project Managers need to have consistent and repeatable processes to apply as they manage projects, whether those projects involve the development of a product or delivery of a complex system for a single customer.

PMF teaches project management methods consistent with WWPMM (World Wide Project Management Method). The course is applicable to participants who work in environments using either the IPD (Brands) or CRM (Global Services) business process.

·         Professional Development Unit credit = 24.0 PDUs

• PMP Professional Development Activity Program Number - 1107-0PM10B
• PMP Professional Development Activity Program Title - Project Management Fundamentals --- II

• New hires with varying experience levels in project management.
• New project managers who are preparing to direct a project team on a project of limited size, scope, duration, and cost.
• Project Managers pursuing IBM project management certification.

This is the second of the required PM Basic classes for certification. The Project Management Orientation
e-Learning course, PM54D, is a prerequisite to this course and is the first that should be taken.

• Manage Projects

• Apply project management skills across IBM
• Build a project team
• Develop a communications plan
• Identify and validate project requirements
• Use change management to control baselines
• Prepare and use WBS/PBS/OBS
• Prepare and execute a risk management plan
• Establish a project budget
• Compile and manage reliable schedules
• Develop and manage project baselines
• Use project management tools to control project execution
• Prepare and execute a project closeout strategy

• Project Management in IBM
• Defining the Project
• Phases of a Project
• Roles of the Project Manager in Various Types of Organizations
• Organizing the Team and Communications Planning
• Identifying and Validating Requirements
• Creating Hierarchical Decomposition Structures
• Understanding Risk Management
• Estimating
• Creating a Project Schedule
• Precedence Diagram Network Analysis
• Understanding Change Management and the Importance of Baselines
• Executing and Controlling the Project
• Project Reviews and Characteristics of Troubled Projects
• Closing the Project

This course has a mandatory prerequisite course.    The prerequisite course, Project Management Orientation (PM54G) must be successfully completed before coming to class.  The Project Management Orientation (PM54G) course is a self-pace e-learning course and has an on-line exam that participants must pass to get credit for completing the learning activity.

 Project Management Orientation (PM54G) requires a MINIMUM of 16 hours of DEDICATED TIME to complete.  PM54G may take some participants significantly longer depending upon their learning style, strengths and number of interruptions. Participants should plan to begin PM54G ideally at least 2 weeks before their class to allow enough time to complete the material.  Project Management Orientation (PM54G) is required because it teaches project management fundamental concepts that this classroom course builds upon.

Participants must show proof that they have successfully completed the Project Management Orientation PM54G course before class begins on the first day.  Participants who do not have this proof will be asked to leave the class - no exceptions.  As proof of successfully completing PM54G, participants MUST bring a printed hard copy of one of the following to class:

• The Project Management Orientation (PM54G) e-learning course completion certificate. (Once a student  passes the on-line exam, they will be provided with an option to print a PM54G course completion certificate.)

• A screen copy of the CAS Exam record for the participant showing that the exam was passed. (This will have to be created by an administrator or someone else who has access to the testing service's site and can inquire into the system for test performance information.) This option should be used only in emergency situations where printing the certificate is not possible.

Pre-class Assignment:  

This is the mandatory preclass assignment which must be completed prior to attending this class. The average time required to complete this pre-class assignment is 16 hours.

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