What You Will Learn:

Most books and presentations today treat project management as a separate entity of the management discipline. Project management does have its own particular tools and techniques, but the discipline of project management must fit within the framework of an organization’s strategic business plan—in other words, project management must coalesce with the organization’s management culture and framework. This presentation addresses the key components of controlling schedule and cost in a project but in a fashion that shows clearly how controlling these projects fit within the organization’s strategic environment. It will discuss how projects should be developed and planned to maximize the potential for successful project completion, and several key project management techniques and tools will be explained and demonstrated. Some of the key points to be discussed are:

• Choosing projects that fit the organization’s strategic business plan
• Requirements development
• Planning for success
• Base lining and how the baseline can be changed
• How and why some projects fail before they are implemented
• Key metrics for developing future schedule and cost control planning and estimating parameters

This presentation is a guide for experienced as well as beginning project managers. In addition, senior management who need to know how to support their project managers will benefit from the information provided.



About the Presenter:
James Taylor