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How to Start a Project: Project Management Basics

Delivering successful projects begins on day one

Determining accurate and realistic baselines for scope, timeline, costs and quality Set your project up for success. Proper planning dramatically increases your odds of meeting project objectives and coming in on time and under budget. In less than 3 hours we’ll give the tools to initiate a project successfully. We’ll show you how to set realistic objectives and accurate baselines for scope, timeline, costs and quality. NOTE: A headset with microphone is required to attend and participate in this program. For more information, view the FAQ page .

Seminar Number: 07867

  • Online
  • Your Company Location

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Who Should Attend

  • Individuals who are new to project management
  • “Accidental” project managers for whom PM is a secondary part of their jobs
  • Business analysts and subject-matter experts from any field who contribute to projects
  • Managers responsible for projects and experienced project managers looking to review current tools, techniques and processes

  •   Online1 Lesson(s)
    0.2 CEU
 
 

Determining accurate and realistic baselines for scope, timeline, costs and quality

Set your project up for success. Proper planning dramatically increases your odds of meeting project objectives and coming in on time and under budget. In less than 3 hours we’ll give the tools to initiate a project successfully. We’ll show you how to set realistic objectives and accurate baselines for scope, timeline, costs and quality.

NOTE: A headset with microphone is required to attend and participate in this program. For more information, view the FAQ page.

  • Identify key stakeholders and set their expectations about what the project will deliver
  • Get consensus on a project requirements document to make sure you’re all on the same page before you get started
  • Focus your team on project deliverables with a clearly defined project charter
  • Create documentation to easily track and report on your project’s progress

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Learning Objective

  • Facilitate a Project Start-up
  • Set Clear Expectations with Stakeholders on a Project
  • Explain Benefit to the Organization

Building the Foundation

  • Define Key Project Management Terminology
  • Explain the Triple Constraints
  • Define the Business Case for a Project

Initiating the Project

  • Explain How Projects Are Initiated
  • Develop a Project Charter and a Product Requirements Document (PRD)

Download Extended Seminar Outline PDF

American Management Association is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.

AMA has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

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Project Management Institute (PMI) Talent Triangle, 2015.
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Online Schedule

2 Sessions Available

279.00 $
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