Advanced Project Management
Practice program
Course overview: Module 2: The Manager, the Organization, and the
Project management in practice skills is becoming one Team
of the most important groups of skills which is highly • The PM’s roles
needed by contemporary management, as even non- • The PM’s responsibilities to the Project.
project businesses tend to be projected to ensure the • Selection of a Project Manager.
achievement of objectives with high efficiency. • Fitting Projects in the parent organization.
• The Project Team.
Course objective: Module 3: Planning the Project
• Understand the difference between
• Elements of Project Master Plan.
general management and project
• The Planning Process.
•
management.
• The Project Action Plan.
Discuss manager, organization, and team
roles • The Work Breakdown Structure.
• Perfectly plan and monitor all project • A Linear Responsibility Chart LRC
activities. • Multidisciplinary Teams.
• Apply different techniques for Budgeting • Design Structure Matrix (DSM).
the Project. Module 4: Budgeting the Project
• Apply different techniques for Scheduling • Methods of Budgeting.
•
the Project • Cost Estimating.
Apply different techniques for Allocating
• Activity Versus Program Budgeting.
•
Resources to the Project
• Improving cost estimates.
Apply different techniques for Monitoring
• Budget Uncertainty and Risk Management.
•
and Controlling the Project
Apply different techniques for Evaluating
• Failure Mode and Effect Analysis.
and Terminating the Project Module 5: Scheduling the Project
• Practice the needed skills to manage Agile • CPM networks.
Project Management • The Language of PERT/CPM.
• Building the network.
Course Outline: • Calculating activity slack.
Module 1: The World of Project Management • Schedule uncertainty and risk
• What is a project? management.
• Characteristics of projects. • The Gantt Chart.
• Project management vs. General • Precedence diagramming
management. Module 6: Allocating Resources to the Project
• Skill requirements for effective project
• Expediting a project.
•
management.
• Resource loading.
•
The three goals of a project.
• Resource leveling.
•
The life cycles of projects.
• Allocating scarce resources to projects.
Selecting projects' numeric and non-
numeric methods • Allocating scarce resources to several
• Confronting uncertainty and management
•
projects.
Goldratt’s critical chain.
of the risks.
• The project portfolio process. • Common chain of events.
Module 7: Monitoring and Controlling the Project Assessment Strategy:
• The plan-monitor-control cycle. • Participants will be informally assessed
• Designing the monitoring system. based on their interaction during sessions,
• Data collection and reporting. group exercises
• Report types. • 60 % Cut of a score of total grades which is
• The meeting guidelines. “100”
• Earned value.
• Project control. Program language:
• Designing the control system. • Material: English
Module 8: Evaluating and Terminating the Project • Instruction and Explanation: Bilingual
• Evaluation criteria. (EN<>AR)
• Project auditing.
• Project termination. Course Duration:
• The project final report. • 32 hours
Module 9: Agile Project Management
• Agility Overview
Instructor Biography:
• 12 Agile Principles
Dr. Ashraf Farouk is a certified MBA instructor &
• Agile Development Cycle
Business-related soft skills trainer specialized in
• Advantages & Disadvantages of Agile
Management, Marketing.
• Top Methodologies Used to Implement
Certified by the following international
organizations:
Agile
• Top Methodologies Used to Implement • Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (CIM)
as “Associate CIM”
Agile-Scrum
• Top Methodologies Used to Implement • EBI/ACCET USA for instructional standards
and methodology
Agile-Kanban
• How to Get Started with Agile • ATD USA (Association for Talent
• Finding the Best Agile Tool
Development, certified as adult and virtual
trainer)
Target Audience: • IBDL Professional (International Business
• Project Managers
Driving License), MDI Missouri State
• Project Coordinators
University
• Anyone interested in the field of project
Based on more than 33 years of experience in
different markets, different managerial positions
management.
and in sales and marketing management with
multinational organizations, Pfizer, Schering
Delivery Method:
• In-class
Plough & MSD, he did build his business acumen.