Project Effectiveness
Project Management for All
Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality
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Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects
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Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close
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Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality
Lesson Objectives
Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality
- recognize the correct actions to take when planning for project risks
- describe common responses when risk events occur on a project
- recognize the principles of quality assurance
- identify methods for implementing quality control on a project
- describe how to conduct a make-or-buy analysis
- describe how to choose a vendor using multi-criteria analysis
- recognize methods for managing risk, quality, and procurement on a project
Overview/Description
When starting a project, there are many things to consider. One key area is risk. You need to prepare ahead of time for all the things that could go wrong…or go right! Another key area is quality. How are you going to ensure that your product or service meets stakeholders' expectations? And then there's figuring out whether to do all the work in-house or outsource it to a third party. And how do you choose the vendors who will partner with you to minimize risk and maximize quality? This course will help you sort out all these considerations by explaining common methods and best practices related to managing risk, quality, and procurement.
When starting a project, there are many things to consider. One key area is risk. You need to prepare ahead of time for all the things that could go wrong…or go right! Another key area is quality. How are you going to ensure that your product or service meets stakeholders' expectations? And then there's figuring out whether to do all the work in-house or outsource it to a third party. And how do you choose the vendors who will partner with you to minimize risk and maximize quality? This course will help you sort out all these considerations by explaining common methods and best practices related to managing risk, quality, and procurement.
Target Audience
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality
Lesson Objectives
Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality
- recognize the correct actions to take when planning for project risks
- describe common responses when risk events occur on a project
- recognize the principles of quality assurance
- identify methods for implementing quality control on a project
- describe how to conduct a make-or-buy analysis
- describe how to choose a vendor using multi-criteria analysis
- recognize methods for managing risk, quality, and procurement on a project
Overview/Description
When starting a project, there are many things to consider. One key area is risk. You need to prepare ahead of time for all the things that could go wrong…or go right! Another key area is quality. How are you going to ensure that your product or service meets stakeholders' expectations? And then there's figuring out whether to do all the work in-house or outsource it to a third party. And how do you choose the vendors who will partner with you to minimize risk and maximize quality? This course will help you sort out all these considerations by explaining common methods and best practices related to managing risk, quality, and procurement.
When starting a project, there are many things to consider. One key area is risk. You need to prepare ahead of time for all the things that could go wrong…or go right! Another key area is quality. How are you going to ensure that your product or service meets stakeholders' expectations? And then there's figuring out whether to do all the work in-house or outsource it to a third party. And how do you choose the vendors who will partner with you to minimize risk and maximize quality? This course will help you sort out all these considerations by explaining common methods and best practices related to managing risk, quality, and procurement.
Target Audience
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects
Lesson Objectives
Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects
- describe the law of triple constraints
- identify potential effects on a project when changes are not controlled
- sequence the steps for controlling changes on a project
- recognize the types of information that should be included in a communication plan
- recognize methods for managing conflict
- describe how to keep stakeholders positively engaged in a project
- recognize methods for managing project change, communication, and stakeholders
Overview/Description
Of all the different types of skills and competencies a project manager uses, soft skills are the most important. The ability to communicate effectively with team members and negotiate between conflicting demands so stakeholders remain positive can mean the difference between success and failure. In this course, you'll learn how to handle it when someone requests a change to the project, how to create a plan for communicating with stakeholders, and approaches for dealing with conflicts that arise.
Of all the different types of skills and competencies a project manager uses, soft skills are the most important. The ability to communicate effectively with team members and negotiate between conflicting demands so stakeholders remain positive can mean the difference between success and failure. In this course, you'll learn how to handle it when someone requests a change to the project, how to create a plan for communicating with stakeholders, and approaches for dealing with conflicts that arise.
Target Audience
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects
Lesson Objectives
Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects
- describe the law of triple constraints
- identify potential effects on a project when changes are not controlled
- sequence the steps for controlling changes on a project
- recognize the types of information that should be included in a communication plan
- recognize methods for managing conflict
- describe how to keep stakeholders positively engaged in a project
- recognize methods for managing project change, communication, and stakeholders
Overview/Description
Of all the different types of skills and competencies a project manager uses, soft skills are the most important. The ability to communicate effectively with team members and negotiate between conflicting demands so stakeholders remain positive can mean the difference between success and failure. In this course, you'll learn how to handle it when someone requests a change to the project, how to create a plan for communicating with stakeholders, and approaches for dealing with conflicts that arise.
Of all the different types of skills and competencies a project manager uses, soft skills are the most important. The ability to communicate effectively with team members and negotiate between conflicting demands so stakeholders remain positive can mean the difference between success and failure. In this course, you'll learn how to handle it when someone requests a change to the project, how to create a plan for communicating with stakeholders, and approaches for dealing with conflicts that arise.
Target Audience
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close
Lesson Objectives
Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close
- recognize methods for getting a project schedule back on track
- recall how to calculate values used in earned value management (EVM)
- calculate a project's cost performance index
- recognize when it is appropriate to cancel a project
- identify appropriate activities that accompany completion of work on a project
- identify administrative activities that should be carried out during project wrap-up
- recognize methods for effectively controlling schedule and cost performance and closing a project
Overview/Description
We'd all like to think that good scheduling and budgeting will ensure a project will stay on track until completion. The truth is, most projects go a little astray at some point along the way. In this course, you'll learn some tricks for correcting schedule variances and how to determine if your project is over or under budget. You'll also learn how to tell whether your project should be canceled and how to bring a healthy project to a successful close.
We'd all like to think that good scheduling and budgeting will ensure a project will stay on track until completion. The truth is, most projects go a little astray at some point along the way. In this course, you'll learn some tricks for correcting schedule variances and how to determine if your project is over or under budget. You'll also learn how to tell whether your project should be canceled and how to bring a healthy project to a successful close.
Target Audience
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close
Lesson Objectives
Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close
- recognize methods for getting a project schedule back on track
- recall how to calculate values used in earned value management (EVM)
- calculate a project's cost performance index
- recognize when it is appropriate to cancel a project
- identify appropriate activities that accompany completion of work on a project
- identify administrative activities that should be carried out during project wrap-up
- recognize methods for effectively controlling schedule and cost performance and closing a project
Overview/Description
We'd all like to think that good scheduling and budgeting will ensure a project will stay on track until completion. The truth is, most projects go a little astray at some point along the way. In this course, you'll learn some tricks for correcting schedule variances and how to determine if your project is over or under budget. You'll also learn how to tell whether your project should be canceled and how to bring a healthy project to a successful close.
We'd all like to think that good scheduling and budgeting will ensure a project will stay on track until completion. The truth is, most projects go a little astray at some point along the way. In this course, you'll learn some tricks for correcting schedule variances and how to determine if your project is over or under budget. You'll also learn how to tell whether your project should be canceled and how to bring a healthy project to a successful close.
Target Audience
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
Anyone wishing to acquire the necessary skills to manage small- to medium-sized projects successfully.
