Project Management II

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Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

This course covers key intermediate project management skills needed to progress beyond a basic level: developing master schedules, estimating total cost of ownership, and product life cycle plans.

Who Should Attend:

This course is specifically developed to support Project Managers who need to meet the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Management (FAC-P/PM) program core training requirements.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Develop and document an integrated master schedule
• Assist in the development of an estimate of Total Ownership Cost (TOC)
• Define requirements, clearly, to meet needs, including, where appropriate, performance-based outcomes and setting performance standards
• Formulate the key features of a risk/opportunity management process
• Create a requirements development process that provides traceability back to user-defined capabilities
• Formulate the key features of the Test and Evaluation (T&E) program/project, including modeling and simulation
• Develop a life cycle plan for delivering, maintaining, and retiring a product that includes supply chain considerations

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken the Project Management I course.

Course Outline:

• Analyzing Program / Project Needs
  1. Performance parameters objectives and thresholds
  2. Affordability constraints
  3. Scheduling constraints
  4. Technical constraints
  5. Environmental issues
• Develop and Document an Integrated Master Schedule
  1. Schedule network tools and techniques
  2. Work loading methods
  3. Process Inputs
• Preparing Total Life Cycle Management Plans
  1. Phased inputs &outputs
  2. Deliverables for phases
  3. Project technical reviews
  4. Audits
  5. Program/project functions planning
• Estimating Total Cost of Ownership
  1. Rough estimating techniques and tools
  2. ECP & Modification Costs
  3. Program / Project Cost
  4. Life Cycle Cost
  5. Associated risk levels
  6. Assumption validation
  7. Business case analysis
• Structuring a Requirements Development Process
  1. Establishing Operational Needs
  2. Attributes
  3. Performance Parameters
  4. Trade-offs
  5. Constraints
  6. Confirming Completeness
• Testing and Evaluation (T&E)
  1. Planning & Monitoring
  2. Conducting Tests
  3. Prototyping
  4. New Systems
  5. Relating testing to requirements
  6. Developing Metrics
• Risk/Opportunity Management
  1. Analyzing Risk Events
  2. Reviewing Risk Status
  3. Integrating risk status into project routines
  4. Managing risk at project and organization levels
  5. Standardizing risk management practices