IT Project Management
| Ref |
IT 660 |
IT 340 |
IT 580 |
| Dates |
27 - 31 Dec 2009 |
11 - 15 July 2010 |
7 - 11 November 2010 |
| Venue |
Dubai |
Dubai |
Dubai |
| Fees |
US$ 3850 |
US$ 3850 |
US$ 3850 |
| CPE
Credits |
30 |
30 |
30 |
INTRODUCTION
As an information systems project manager, your job has evolved from applications development to business systems integration. In this programme you will learn:
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The tools and techniques that will help you optimize the Systems Development Life-Cycle processes so that you can bring your projects online more effectively, more quickly and on budget
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Learn how to accelerate development and compress design time - and how to use capability and maturity models so that you can assess where your IT processes currently are
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
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IT project managers
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Team leaders
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Programmers/analysts, systems analysts
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Project office staff members
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Personnel who manage IT projects but are not necessarily IT experts
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
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Maintain control of your projects with proven-in-action scheduling techniques
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Deliver quality systems on time
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Achieve leadership skills that really work
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Successfully plan for the unexpected
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Budget more effectively
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Stay on top of schedules and workloads
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Get organizational support
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Keep conflict at a minimum
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Master the do’s and don’ts practiced by successful managers
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Identify the capabilities and limitations of a variety of project management software tools
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Characteristics and Success Criteria of a Well-defined IT Project Defining Scope
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Current (“as is”) vs. the future (“to be” situation)
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Using “gap analysis” to prioritise requirements
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Time-cost-scope tradeoffs
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Project Leadership
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The project manager as an effective communicator, motivator and problem solver
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The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
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WBS: from high-level strategy to detailed work packages
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Matching project objectives and methodology
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Project Scheduling: Network Logic and Dependency Analysis
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Network diagram - precedence diagramming - arrow diagramming
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Dependency relationships
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Defining the project’s critical path, free float and total float
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Estimating Uncertainty in IT Projects
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Creating realistic estimates for each work package
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The Integrated Project Plan
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Gantt Chart, network diagram or spreadsheet?
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Project cost or budget plan?
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Project management software examples
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Project Control and Reporting
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Five sources of change to project scope
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How to conduct a net impact assessment
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Reporting project status and formats
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Establishing Project Closure
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Securing final approvals and buy-ins
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Organizational, contractual and financial closures
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Includes IT-focused Case Studies
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