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Applied
Project
Management

IPECC CONSULTANTS
Pr o je c t Ma n ag e m e nt , Tr a in in g & C o nt r ac t Wo r kf o rc e

Course Title: Applied Project Management

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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

A PPLIED P ROJECT M ANAGEMENT

IPECC Consultants has found over the years that educating students using a highly interactive, hands-
on workshop where concept reinforcement is stressed is the best means of preparing students to
apply training “on the job.”

IPECC Consultants is a Registered Educational Partner with Skill Development Council and many
others Universities and Institutions.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The course is designed keeping the PMI Standards in great concern to improve the competency
of project management practitioners and for those who want to embark on the world of
project management, whether to assess the benefits of the project-driven organization or to develop
new skills, and is considering a foundation milestone in stepping towards more advanced courses such
as CAPM or PMP.

This course provides in-depth Project Management Training and addresses how to identify, monitor,
and balance information crucial for the successful management of projects. It will discuss the
development of a baseline performance management plan (PMP) for the project that will allow
the efficient compilation and the timely generation of quantitative performance comparisons. The
comparisons highlight significant performance departures ("actual vs. baseline") and allow for
preventive and early remedial and corrective actions.

The course will use Primavera and MS Project Professional to demonstrate how today’s available
tools can be used to effectively manage projects data and provide visibility for important project
performance data.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Personnel whose responsibilities include managing as well as supporting projects:

Owners and other executives of companies that deliver projects;

Members of Project Teams who wish to broaden their understanding of the Project
Management Framework and disciplines.
Technical specialists/engineers moving into a project management/team leadership role
Technical specialists/engineers working for a project
Engineers of all disciplines; drafters; designers;
Contractors;
 Other individuals whose responsibilities include supporting projects, such as personnel in the
back office and in administrative support areas; marketers; and sales;

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PMI STANDARDS

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PMI S TANDARDS

TRAINING COVERS

 Introduction

 Fundamentals of Project Management Establishing the Project & Coding Structures

 PM Knowledge Areas

 Scope Management

 Time Management

 Cost Management

 Earned Value

 WBS ( Work Break Down Structure ) Foundation of Project Management

 Managing Resources & Resource leveling

 Network Analysis

 Growth Curve ( S – Curve )

 Developing the Schedule

 PM Process Groups - IPECC ( Initiating , Planning, Executing, Controlling, Closing )

 Techniques For Managing Complex Projects

 PMIS - Primavera Enterprise 6.0 & MS Project Professional.

 Scheduling ** ( Advance options )

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PMIS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

 PRIMAVERA ENTERPRISE 6.0

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P RIMAVERA E NTE RPRISE 6.0

B E NE F I T S W H AT YO U W I L L L E A R N

C R E AT I N G A P R O J E C T P L A N

 Understanding Planning and Scheduling Software

 Enterprise Project Management
 Understanding Your Project
 Planning Without Resources
 Creating Projects
 Defining the Calendars
 Defining the Project Breakdown Structures
 Adding Activities
 Adding the Logic Links
 Constraints
 Scheduling the Project
 Formatting the Display – Layouts and Filters
 Printing and Reports
 Issuing the Plan
 Setting the Baseline
 Tracking Progress
 Creating and Using Resources
 Creating and Using Roles
 The Relationship Between Resources and Roles
 Activity Type and Duration Type
 Budgets
 Statusing Projects with Resources
 Tools and Techniques for Scheduling
 The Balance Between the Number of Activities and Resources

CREATING A NEW PROJECT

 File Types
 Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
 Creating a Blank Project
 Project Architect Wizard and Methodology Manager
 Importing a Project
 Copy an Existing Project
 Setting Up a New Project and EPS Nodes
 Project Dates
 Saving Additional Project and EPS Information - Notebook Topics

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DEFINING CALENDARS

 Accessing Global and Project Calendars

 Assigning the Project Default Project Calendar
 Creating a New Calendar
 Copying Calendars
 Renaming a Calendar
 Deleting a Calendar
 Resource Calendars
 Editing Calendar Working Days of an Existing Calendar
 Adjusting Working Hours
 Editing Calendar Weekly Hours
 Editing Selected Days Working Hours
 Editing Detailed Work Hours/Day
 Inherit Holidays and Exceptions from a Global Calendar
 Calculation of Summary Durations

CREATING A PRIMAVERA PROJECT WBS

Opening and Navigating the WBS Workspace

Creating and Deleting a WBS Node
WBS Node Separator
Work Breakdown Structure Lower Pane Details
WBS Categories

ADDING ACTIVITIES & ORGANIZING UNDER THE WBS

New Activity Defaults

Duration Type
Percent Complete Type
Activity Types and Milestones
Cost Account
Calendar
Auto-numbering Defaults
Adding New Activities
Copying Activities in Primavera Version
Copying Activities from other Programs
Elapsed Durations
Finding the Bars in the Gantt Chart
Activity Information – Bottom Layout
Assigning Calendars to Activities
Assigning a Calendar Using General tab of the Bottom Layout Form
Assigning a Calendar Using a Column
Undo
Assigning Activities to a WBS Node
Reordering or Sorting Activities
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 Summarizing Activities Using WBS

FORMATTING THE DISPLAY

 Formatting in the Project Workspace

 Formatting Columns
 Selecting the Columns to be Displayed
 Setting the Order of the Columns from Left to Right on the Screen
 Adjusting the Width of Columns
 Editing the Column Description and Alignment
 Formatting the Bars
 Formatting Activity Bars
 Bar Style Tab
 Bar Settings Tab
 Bar Labels Tab
 Bar Chart Options Form
 Format Fonts and Font Colors
 Format Colors
 Format Timescale
 Moving and Rescaling the Timescale
 Format Timescale Command
 Gantt Chart Curtains

ADDING RELATIONSHIPS

 Understanding Relationships
 Understanding Lags and Leads
 Displaying the Relationships on the Bar Chart
 Adding and Removing Relationships
 Graphically Adding a Relationship
 Adding and Deleting Relationships with the Activity Details Form
 Chain Linking
 Using the Command Toolbar Buttons to Assign Relationships
 Dissolving Activities
 Circular Relationships
 Scheduling the Project
 Critical Activities Definition

ACTIVITY NETWORK VIEW

 Viewing a Project Using the Activity Network View

 Adding, Deleting and Dissolving Activities in the Activity Network View
 Adding, Editing and Deleting Relationships
 Graphically Adding a Relationship.
 Using the Activity Details Form
 Formatting the Activity Boxes
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 Reorganizing the Activity Network

 Saving and Opening Activity network Positions
 Early Date, Late Date and Float Calculations

CONSTRAINTS

 Assigning Constraints
 Number of Constraints per Activity
 Setting a Primary Constraint Using the Activity Details Form
 Setting a Secondary Constraint Using the Activity Details Form
 Setting Constraints Using Columns
 Typing in a Start Date
 Project Must Finish By Date
 Activity Notebook
 Creating Notebook Topics
 Adding Notes

FILTERS

 Understanding Filters
 Applying a Filter
 Filters Form
 Applying a Single Filter
 Applying a Combination Filter
 Creating a New Filter
 Modifying a Filter
 One Parameter Filter
 Two Parameter Filter
 Multiple Parameter Filter
 Editing and Organizing Filter Parameters

GROUP, SORT AND LAYOUTS

 Group and Sort Activities

 Show Grand Totals
 Show Summaries Only
 Group By Options
 Sorting
 Reorganize Automatically
 Group and Sort Projects at Enterprise Level
 Understanding Layouts
 Applying an Existing Layout
 Creating a New Layout
 Editing a Layout
 Layout Types
 Changing Layout Types in Panes
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 Layout Types
 Gantt Chart
 Activity Details
 Activity Table
 Activity Network
 Trace Logic
 Copying a Layout To and From Another Database

PRINTING

Printing
Print Preview
Page Setup
Page Tab
Margins Tab
Header and Footer Tabs
Options Tab
Print Form
Print Setup Form

TRACKING PROGRESS

Setting the Baseline

Saving a Baseline
Deleting a Baseline
Restoring a Baseline to the Database as an Active Project
Setting the Baseline Project
Update Baselines
Displaying the Baseline Data
Practical Methods of Recording Progress
Understanding the Concepts
Activity Lifecycle
Actual Start Date Assignment of an In-Progress Activity
Calculation of Durations of an In-Progress Activity
Percent Complete
Retained Logic and Progress Override
Actual Finish Date
Summary Bars Progress Calculation
Understanding the Current Data Date
Updating the Schedule
Updating Activities Using the Status Tab of the Details Form
Updating Activities Using Columns
Progress Spotlight
Highlighting Activities for Updating by Dragging the Data Date
Spotlighting Activities Using Spotlight Icon
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Statusing Using Update Progress

Suspend and Resume
Scheduling the Project
Comparing Progress with Baseline
Corrective Action

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PROJECTS
PRACTICE PROJECTS

 Project A – Schedule Development

On Primavera Enterprise 6.0 Project
Covering Time, Cost & Resource
Analysis

 Project B – EVMS Metrics

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