Lectures
Schedule

 

Assignments

 

Lectures

 

Resources

 

 

  

Class 1
 

  • Course objectives, grading, methodology
  • Project Failure
  • Breakout - Livermore Laser Project
  • Project Walkthrough
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment - Charter Part 1 + Chapters 1, 2 Getting Started ...

Class 2
 

  • Leadership styles
  • Project success criteria
  • Lifecycles - phases, documentation
  • Charters
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment - Chapter 5, Getting Started ...
    Sign up with Gantthead
 

Class 3
 

  • Sponsor meetings
  • Planning client satisfaction
  • Issues logging
  • Business requirements gathering
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment - Chapter 3, Getting Started ...
    Five Dysfunctions of a Team
 

Class 4

  • Business requirements
  • Analysis & Design phases
  • Team Building
  • Responsibility matrix
  • Communication plan
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
 

Class 5

  • WBS
  • Project Schedule
  • Schedule Compression
  • MS Project
  • Pert, Gantt, CPM
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
 

Class 6

  • Planning Phase review
  • Risk Management
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
 

Class 7

  • Project Financials
  • Execution Phase
  • Metrics
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
 

Class 8

  • WBS review
  • Tracking progress & updating the Project Plan
  • Change management
  • Saying 'no'
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
  Class 9
  • Establishing credentials
  • Making an argument - pathos, logos, ethos
  • Tailoring to an audience
  • Hurt, then rescue
  • assignment
  Class 10
  • Class presentations
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment

 
  Class 11
  • Team Building
  • Problem Solving
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment

 
  Class 12
  • Pareto
  • Agile
    slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
  Class 13
  • Agile - cont.
  • Retrospectives
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)
  • assignment
  Class 14
  • Close-out
  • Project Management review
  • final words
  • slides (ppt) (slides will be removed May 2nd)