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Class | Topics | Due |
Aug 30 |
Introduction Intro to class · Content · Introductions · Administrivia Intro to Project Management · Projects vs. Operations· Success vs. Failure · Exercise
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Sept 6 |
Team / Leadership Leadership Styles 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Building a team – people and culture Responsibility Matrix Communication Plan
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Sept 13 |
Initiation / Charter / POS Project success factorsProject InitiationBusiness CaseProject Charters
Identification of stakeholders - expanded view Remaining initiation tasks |
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Sept 20 |
Requirements Review / discuss Charter / POS assignment
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Sept 27 |
WBS Class delivers Elevator Speeches Translating Business Requirements to WBS WBS – high level to detailed Activity Sequencing Introduction of estimating Activity duration Lifecycle review · Traditional vs Adaptive vs Extreme · Examples of differing Requirements & Planning methodologies · User stories · Ideal Days · Planning Poker
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Oct 4 |
Sizing / Financials
Project schedule – begin w/high level What are project financials? Why care about project financials? Creating a cost baseline
MS Project demo
Deriving: · Critical Path · Critical Chain
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Oct 11 |
Risk Developing & maintaining risk management plan
Review Project Schedule, Critical Path & Cost Baseline assignments Schedule compression Metrics Revisit Communication Plan |
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Oct 18 |
Monitoring / tracking 1 Review Risk Assessment assignment Review Cost Baseline assignment Change management · baselines · benchmarks · constraints Tracking and status reports · Automated time/task tracking · Status communications Presenting and Presentations
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Oct 25 | Status Presentations | assignment |
Nov 1 |
Retrospectives guest lecturer
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Nov 8 |
Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme - contrast and comparison Quality control · Quality benchmarking · Quality flowcharting
Closure / PMBOK
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Nov 15 |
PM as a Career / Panel · PM Career slides
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Nov 22 | Holiday | |
Nov 29 | Final Presentations | assignment |
Dec 6 | Final Presentations | |