Project Planning

• What is Project Management?
• Applications of Project Management
• Why Project Management?
• Potential Benefits of Project Management
• History of Project Management
• Project Problems
• Setting Project Objectives and Elements of Project Management
• Building Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Network Modeling and Project Scheduling

• WBS Sequencing
• Understanding Project Schedules
• Critical Path Method, ES, EF, LS, LF and Float
• Forward and Backward Scheduling and Setting Project Milestones
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
• Crashing a Project
• Resource Planning
• Role of the Project Manager

Dealing with Contractors, Consultants, Users and Team Members

• Skills of a Project Manager
• The Importance of Clear Communication and Negotiation Skills
• Group Work and Team Building

Project Organizing, Control and Reporting

• Project Organization and Project Control
• Earned Value
• Schedule and Budget Variances
• Project Management Reporting
• Auditing a Project
• The Role of I.T. in Project Management and Project Management Software Vendor Directory

Capital Budgeting Techniques

• Definition of Capital Budgeting and Cost of Capital
• Project Rate of Return:
  • Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
  • Pay Back Period (PP)
  • Net Present Value (NPV)
  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)