2. [email_address]

3. www.bnettel.com

4. bright.bnettel.com

6. Prepares you for the qualifying exams for Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) Certifications

7. Recommended References

9. I am a ................................

10. How many of you are

11. (i) currently

12. (ii) interested in

13. managing projects?

17. Project time management

21. Project procurement management

24. Project Management Professional Examination

25. Other Project Management Standards

26. The Next Level

27. Project Management

29. Project life cycle and organisation

31. What is project management?

32. Who is a project manager?

33. What is the PMBOK ?

37. A project is unique

40. The purpose of a project is to attain its objective and then terminate. Conversely, the objective of an ongoing operation is to sustain the business.

41. A project concludes when its specific objectives have been attained, while operations adopt a new set of objectives and the work continues.

42. Examples of projects ...

44. An organizational need

45. A customer request

46. A technological advance

47. A legal requirement

50. Establishing clear and achievable objectives

51. Balancing the competing demands for quality, scope, time, cost, quality, resources and risk

52. Adapting the specifications, plans, and approach to the different concerns and expectations of the various stakeholders

54. Planning

55. Executing

56. Monitoring and Controlling

57. Closing

60. Excellent planning skills

61. Excellent budgeting skills

62. Excellent conflict resolution skills

63. Excellent leadership skills

64. Excellent motivators

65. Excellent Management skills

66. Excellent Interpersonal skills

68. Sales and marketing

69. Contracts and commercial law

70. Manufacturing and distribution

71. Strategic planning, tactical planning, and operational planning

72. Organizational structures and staffing

73. Health and safety practices

74. Information technology

78. Application area knowledge, standards, and regulations

79. Understanding the project environment

80. General management knowledge and skills

81. Interpersonal skills

83. The PMBOK also provides and promotes a common lexicon for discussing, writing, and applying project management. Such a standard lexicon is an essential element of a profession.

84. The PMBOK is a very popular, but not the sole project management standard.

86. Good practice does not mean that the knowledge described should always be applied uniformly on all projects; the project management team is responsible for determining what is appropriate for any given project.

88. Five Project Management Process Groups

89. Nine Knowledge Areas

91. PMBOK specifies nine knowledge areas

92. The knowldge areas and the proccess groups form the core of the PMBOK

97. Program management

98. Portfolio management

99. Project management office (PMO)

101. The individual subprojects can be referred to as projects and managed as such.

102. Subprojects are often contracted to an external enterprise or to another functional unit in the performing organization.

103. Examples...

105. A portfolio is a collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives

106. The projects or programs in the portfolio may not necessarily be interdependent or directly related

108. A PMO oversees the management of projects, programs, or a combination of both.

109. The PMO focuses on the coordinated planning, prioritization and execution of projects and subprojects that are tied to the parent organization’s or client’s overall business objectives.

111. Identification and development of project management methodology, best practices, and standards

112. Clearinghouse and management for project policies, procedures, templates, and other shared documentation

113. Centralized configuration management for all projects administered by the PMO