Project Management Foundations Workshop

Project Context & Approach

• Projects, Products, and Processes
• Project Management and the Project Life Cycle
• Defining Project Success
• Waterfall vs Agile

Partnering with Stakeholders

• Key Project Roles and Responsibilities
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) – RACI Diagrams Exercise

Initiating the Project

• Predictive Project Life Cycle
• Project Charters

Planning the Project

• Project Management Plan Best Practices
• The PM Plan Components
• Balancing Constraints

Defining Project Scope

• The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating a WBS Example

Defining and Estimating Activities

• Breaking Down Activities
• Effort vs. Duration
• Defining Activities Exercise

Developing the Project Schedule

• Dependencies, Leads, and Lags
• The Critical Path and Float
• Schedule Compression
• Schedule Formats
• Developing a Budget
• Creating a Schedule and Budget Exercise

Planning Project Communications

• Tailoring Stakeholder Communications
• Project Communication Challenges and Best Practices
• Communications Matrix
• Creating a Project Communications Plan Exercise

Planning Project Risk Management

• Risk Identification Challenges
• Identifying Risks: Knowns and Unknowns
• Risk Analysis
• Planning Risk Responses
• Creating Risk Register Exercise

Artificial Intelligence

• Generative AI vs. Artificial General Intelligence
• Opportunities & Risks

Executing the Project

• Leading and Managing Projects
• Developing the Team and Trust
• Engaging Stakeholders

Overseeing and Controlling the Project

• Change Management
• Tracking and Reporting
• Controlling the Project Schedule
• Monitoring Communications, Risk, and Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Monitoring and Controlling Top 5

Closing the Project

• Closing Projects, Phases, or Milestones
• Lessons Learned
• Celebrating Project Successes

Wrap-Up

• Parking Lot Review
• New Ideas, Confirmations, and Takeaways

Project Context

• Projects, Products, and Processes
• Project Management and the Project Life Cycle
• Factors Impacting the Project Environment
• Definition of Project Success

Project Approach

• Waterfall vs. Agile
• Agile Manifesto and Principles
• Introduction to Scrum and Kanban
• Embracing Change

Partnering with Stakeholders

• Key Project Roles and Responsibilities
• Understanding the Stakeholder Register
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) - RACI Diagrams Exercise

Initiating the Project

• Predictive Project Life Cycles
• Project Charters
• Developing a Charter Exercise

Planning the Project

• Project Management Plan Best Practices
• The PM Plan Components
• Balancing Constraints

Defining Project Scope

• The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Creating a WBS Example

Defining and Estimating Activities

• Breaking Down Activities
• Defining Activities Exercise
• Effort vs. Duration
• Estimating Techniques
• Estimating Resources
• Rolling Wave Planning
• Estimating Activities Exercise

Developing the Project Schedule

• Sequencing Activities
• Dependencies, Leads, and Lags
• The Critical Path and Float
• Schedule Compression
• Schedule Formats
• Developing a Budget
• Creating a Schedule and Budget Exercise

Planning Project Communications

• Project Communication Challenges and Best Practices
• Analyzing Stakeholder Communication Needs
• Tailoring Stakeholder Communications
• Communications Matrix
• Creating a Project Communications Plan Exercise

Planning Project Risk Management

• Roles and Responsibilities in Risk Management
• Risk Identification Challenges
• Identifying Risks: Knowns and Unknowns
• Contingency Reserves
• Risk Analysis
• Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
• Risk Triggers
• Risk Registers
• Planning Risk Responses
• Creating Risk Register Exercise
• Other Planning Considerations

Artificial Intelligence

• Generative AI (GenAI) vs. Artificial General Intelligence
• How to Use AI in Project Management
• Risk of Using GenAI

Executing a Project

• Leading and Managing Projects
• Developing the Team and Trust
• Engaging Stakeholders
• Power Skills and Emotional Intelligence

Overseeing and Controlling the Project

• Monitoring vs. Controlling the Project
• Change Management
• Tracking and Reporting
• Controlling the Project Schedule
• Monitoring Communications, Risk, and Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Monitoring and Controlling Top 10
• Identifying Project Tracking Requirements Exercise

Closing a Project

• Closing Projects, Phases, or Milestones
• Lessons Learned
• Celebrating Project Successes

Wrap-Up

• Parking Lot Review
• New Ideas, Confirmations, and Takeaways