68 Google Project Management courses

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is intended for individuals with some level of experience overseeing, managing, or working on projects. Overview Project Management FrameworkInitiatingPlanningExecutingMonitoring and ControllingClosing This one-day course introduces the senior managers, department managers, and other key stakeholders to the principles and processes of project management. PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK * What is a Project? * What is Project Management? * Role of a Project Manager * Project, Program, and Portfolio Management * Strategy, Portfolio, Program, and Project Management * Organizational Goals * Project Selection Criteria * The Project Life Cycle Overview * Case Study Selection INITIATING * Initiating Process Group Overview * Develop Project Charter * Identify Stakeholders PLANNING * Planning Process Group Overview * Develop Project Management Plan * Collect Requirements * Define Scope and Create WBS * Determine Project ROI * Schedule Processes * Cost Management Processes * Plan Quality Management * Plan Human Resource Management * Project Human Resource Difficulties * Plan Communications Management * Risk Management Activities * Plan Procurement Management EXECUTING * Executing Process Group Overview * Team Building * Lessons Learned MONITORING & CONTROLLING * Monitoring and Controlling Process Group Overview * Perform Integrated Change Control * Monitoring and Controlling Processes * Verify Scope CLOSING * Closing Process Group Overview * Close Project or Phase * Close Procurements

Masterclasses? Refreshers? Introductions? It depends what you're looking for and where you want to pitch them, but here are six tried-and-tested highly focused sessions that organisations can take individually or as a series, to help develop their teams' project management capabilities one topic at a time. Objectives for each individual session are set out below, as part of the session outlines. Taken together, as a series, however, these modules are an ideal opportunity to develop your team's levels of project management capability maturity, whether that's by introducing them to the basic principles, refreshing them on best practice, or giving them the opportunity to really drill down into a specific area of challenge in your particular operating environment. SESSION OUTLINES 1 Stakeholder management SESSION OBJECTIVES This session will help participants: * Understand why stakeholders matter to projects * Be able to identify and engage stakeholders * Be able to categorise stakeholders by their significance 1 KEY PRINCIPLES * What does 'stakeholder' mean - in theory? * What does this mean in practice? * Why stakeholders matter * Consequences of missing stakeholders * The stakeholder management process: * Identify * Assess * Plan * Engage 2 IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS * Rapid listing * CPIG analysis * PESTLE analysis * Drawing on the knowledge and experience of others * Other ways to identify stakeholders 3 ASSESSING STAKEHOLDERS * Which stakeholders are significant? * Stakeholder radar * Power-interest maps * Power-attitude maps 4 PLANNING * The adoption curve * Dealing with obstacles * Who should engage which stakeholder? * How should the project's organisation be structured? * How will communication happen? 5 ENGAGING * Seven principles of stakeholder engagement 2 Requirements and prioritisation SESSION OBJECTIVES This session will help participants: * Understand how clarity of requirements contributes to project success * Use different techniques for prioritising requirements * Agree requirements with stakeholders * Manage changes to requirements 1 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING STAKEHOLDER NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS * What are 'requirements'? * What is 'requirements management'? * Sources of requirements - and the role of stakeholders * Are stakeholders sufficiently expert to specify their needs? * Do they understand the detail of what they want, or do they need help to tease that out? * What do stakeholders want to achieve? * Working within constraints * Prioritising requirements - three techniques 2 MOSCOW PRIORITISATION * 'Must have', should have', 'could have, 'won't have this time' * When to use MoSCoW 3 THE KANO MODEL * Customer satisfaction - 'attractive' and 'must-be' qualities * When to use Kano 4 VALUE-BASED PRIORITISATION * Understanding risk v value * Using risk v value to prioritise features and schedules 5 AGREEING REQUIREMENTS * Perfect v 'good enough' * Establishing acceptance criteria * Requirements traceability * Agreeing project scope 6 CHANGING REQUIREMENTS * Why requirements change * Why change control matters * Impact on projects * A formal change control process * Paying for change - managing change for different types of project 3 Estimating SESSION OBJECTIVES This session will help participants: * Understand the different purposes estimates satisfy * Be able to use different estimating techniques * Understand how to achieve different levels of accuracy 1 KEY PRINCIPLES * What's an estimate? Informed guesswork * What needs to be estimated? Costs, resources, effort, duration * Tolerances * Precision v accuracy 2 ESTIMATING THROUGH THE LIFECYCLE * Start * Plan * Do 3 EARLY ESTIMATES * Comparative ('analogous') estimating * Parametric estimating * Using multiple estimating techniques 4 BOTTOM-UP ESTIMATING * Bottom-up ('analytical') estimating * Pros * Cons 5 THREE-POINT ESTIMATING * Three-point ('PERT': Programme Evaluation and Review Technique) estimating * Uncertainty and the range of estimates * Calculating a weighted average * Three-point with bottom-up 4 Scheduling SESSION OBJECTIVES This session will help participants: * Understand how to create a viable schedule * Be able to use different forms of schedule * Understand the concept of the critical path 1 KEY PRINCIPLES * The planning horizon * Rolling wave planning * Release planning 2 VIABLE SCHEDULING * Creating a viable schedule * Define the scope * Sequence the work * Identify the risks and build in mitigations * Identify the resources * Estimate the effort and durations * Check resource availability * Refine until a workable schedule is produced 3 CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS * The critical path * Network diagrams * Sequence logic * Practical application: * Network diagram with estimated durations * The 'forward pass' * The 'backward pass' * Calculating total float * Identifying the critical path * Calculating free float * Gantt charts 5 Risk and issue management SESSION OBJECTIVES This session will help participants: * Understand the difference between risks and issues * Be able to identify and assess risks * Understand ways of mitigating risks * Manage issues 1 KEY PRINCIPLES * Understanding risk * Threats and opportunities * The risk management process * Preparation - proactive risk management * The process - identify, assess, plan, implement * Stakeholder communication * Roles and responsibilities * Risk management strategy * The risk register * Risk appetite 2 RISK IDENTIFICATION * Brainstorming * Interviews * Assumption analysis * Checklists 3 RISK ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITISATION * Probability, impact and proximity * Triggers * Qualitative risk assessment * Qualitative impact assessment * Qualitative probability assessment * Probability / impact grid * Bubble charts * Risk tolerance 4 PLANNING COUNTERMEASURES * To mitigate or not to mitigate? * Categories of risk response * Avoid and exploit * Reduce and enhance * Transfer * Share * Accept * Contingency * Secondary risks 5 ISSUE MANAGEMENT * What is an issue? * Tolerances * Issues and tolerances * The PRINCE2 view of issues * Ownership of issues * An issue management process * Issue register 6 Budgeting and cost control SESSION OBJECTIVES This session will help participants: * Understand what to include in a budget - and why * Choose - and use - the appropriate estimating technique * Align the budget with the schedule * Understand how to monitor spend and control costs * Trouble-shoot effectively to get projects back within budget SESSION FORMAT Flexible. The session can be tailored to the participants' average level of project management maturity - a 60-minute session (delivered virtually) is an effective introduction. A 90-minute session allows for more in-depth treatment. A half-day session (face-to-face or virtual) gives time for a more challenging workshop, particularly to discuss specific cost control issues with any of the participants' current projects. 1 WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? * Can we pay from revenue? Do we need to borrow? How long will the project take to pay back? * The lifecycle of the budget * Through-life costs * Stakeholder involvement 2 ESTIMATING COSTS * Reminder: the relationship between estimates * Reminder: possible estimating techniques * What do we need to estimate? * People * Equipment * Materials * Facilities and operating costs * Work package estimate * Estimated project costs * Estimating agile projects 3 ALIGNING BUDGET AND SCHEDULE * Scheduling and financial periods * Spreading the budget 4 RESERVES AND AGREEING THE BUDGET * Contingency reserve * Management reserve * Agreeing the budget 5 COST CONTROL * Planned spend over time * Actual spend over time * Work completed over time * Evaluating different scenarios: delivery v spend 6 TROUBLE-SHOOTING * Why are we where we are? * What has caused the project to spend at the rate it is? * Why is it delivering at the rate it is? * What are the root causes? * What can we do about it?

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours In this hands on workshop for Agile Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineers and anyone serving as Jira Administrators, Jira experts will lead you through advanced configuration and customization settings in Jira, from installation through to customized screens, workflows, filters and reports. JIRA ADMINISTRATION * Adding and managing Users * Administering and managing Groups * Global Jira Settings * Jira layout and interface customization * User authentication and security JIRA CUSTOMIZATION * Customization of screens and fields * Customization of workflows PROJECT AND BOARD ADMINISTRATION * Configuring and managing Projects * Configuring and managing Boards * Creating and managing Filters * JQL JIRA INTEGRATION * Integrating Jira with Atlassian Tools * Retrospectives and Documentation in Confluence * Code management with Bitbucket * Integration management with Bamboo * Building a Dashboard with gadgets * Jira Plug-ins and Marketplace

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for any individual who might need to perform project management activities in their job role on either a formal or informal basis, or any individual who wants to build upon their current project management knowledge to be more productively involved on a project team. This course is not specifically designed for students who are seeking project management-related certification. Rather, it is designed to introduce a structure to help students more effectively manage projects as well as participate fully on a project team. Overview In this course, you will apply recognized practices of project management to manage a project from start to finish. You will: - Identify the basic concepts of project management. - Launch a project. - Estimate project work. - Create a project schedule. - Plan project costs. - Plan for project risks. - Plan for project quality and compliance. - Manage human and physical resources for the project. - Manage project procurements. - Plan for change management and monitor the project scope. - Monitor and optimize project schedule and cost. - Monitor the quality of the project work and the risks involved. - Plan communication strategies and manage stakeholder relationships. - Close a project. If you are taking this course, you probably have some exposure to managing projects, or you may be considering embarking on a career as a professional project manager. Your ability as a project manager to demonstrate best practices in project management on the job is becoming the standard to compete in today's fast-paced and highly technical workplace. In this course, you will apply the generally recognized practices of project management to successfully manage projects. Project managers are always under severe pressure to complete projects on time and within budget. However, most projects fail to meet these demands, and, as a result, many projects are terminated early. Successful project management requires knowledge and experience. This course is designed to provide you with the skills needed to be a successful project manager in today's rapidly changing world. The skills and knowledge you gain in this course will help you avoid making costly mistakes and increase your competitive edge in the project management profession. GETTING STARTED WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT * Define Project Management Basics * Identify Influencing Factors * Define Project Management Certifications LAUNCHING PROJECTS * How Organizations Choose the Right Project * Identify Project Stakeholders and Their Expectations * Authorize a Project * Identify the Project Scope ESTIMATING PROJECT WORK * Develop a WBS * Identify the Relationships Between Work Packages * Identify Resources * Estimate Time CREATING A PROJECT SCHEDULE * Develop a Project Schedule * Create a Schedule Baseline PLANNING PROJECT COSTS * Establish Project Costs * Establish the Cost Baseline * Reconcile Funding and Costs PLANNING FOR RISK * Create a Risk Management Plan Identify Risks and Their Causes Analyze Risks Develop a Risk Response Plan PLANNING FOR QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE * Deliver the Desired Project Results * Verify Compliance Requirements MANAGING THE PROJECT TEAM * Plan Your Project Team * Assemble the Team * Develop the Team * Manage the Team MANAGING PROJECT PROCUREMENTS * Plan for Project Procurements * Obtain Responses from Vendors * Select the Right Vendor * Manage Vendors and Procurements MANAGING CHANGE DURING PROJECT EXECUTION * Prepare for Project Execution * Manage Project Changes * Monitor the Project Scope MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST * Monitor and Control the Project Schedule * Optimize the Project Schedule * Monitor and Control Project Cost MONITORING AND CONTROLLING RISK AND QUALITY * Monitor and Control Risks Put Quality Plans into Action Control Project Quality COMMUNICATING AND REPORTING * Communicate During a Project * Distribute Project Information * Manage Stakeholder Relationships and Expectations * Report on Project Performance CLOSING THE PROJECT * Deliver the Final Product * Close Project Procurements * Close the Project

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for all project managers and project team leaders. Overview At course completion, students will be able to identify, analyze, respond to, and control project risks. This course focuses on improving the project manager?s risk management expertise, from initial planning through project closure. Participants will apply all course principles to a work-related case study taken directly from their work environment. RISK MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW * Risk Management Benefit and Uses * Project Risk Management * Project Management Life Cycle INITIATING PROCESS GROUP * Initiating Process Group Overview * Develop Project Charter * Identify Stakeholders * Project Selection Criteria * ROI Analysis * ROI Methods * Risk Complexity Index * Project Selection PLANNING PROCESS GROUP * Planning Process Group Overview * Scope Risks * Schedule Risks * Resource Risks * Plan Risk Management * Identify Risks * Delphi Technique * Subject Matter Expert Input * Brainstorming * Fishbone Diagrams * Process Analysis * Five Whys * Influence Diagrams * Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) * Risk Register * Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis * Probability and Impact Assessment * Probability and Impact Chart * Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis * Three point estimates * PERT * Triangular Distributions * Outlier Considerations * Geometric Mean * Normal Distributions Methods * Tornado Diagrams * Expected Monetary Value (EMV) * Monte Carlo * Plan Risk Responses * Risk Response Strategies * Overall Project Risk * Checklists EXECUTING, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PROCESS GROUPS * Executing Process Group Overview * Monitoring and Controlling Process Group Overview * Control Risks * Project Monitoring * Longer Projects CLOSING PROCESS GROUP * Closing Process Group Overview * Close Project or Phase * Risk Activities During Closing Process Group * Post-Project Risk Assessment

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for all levels of experience in using Microsoft Project, as well as all levels of experience in project management. In particular, this course is designed for persons who need to author Microsoft Project work schedules including Project Managers and Project Assistants. Overview To be properly introduced, or reintroduced, to Microsoft Project. To gain an understanding of a proven mindset Microsoft Project users should possess each time they open and work Microsoft Project schedules. To gain an understanding of globally accepted project management principles. To be able to effectively apply Microsoft Project into the Initiation and Planning phases of a normal project life cycle. MS Project: Project Initiation and Planning (part 1 of a 3 part series) course provides proven tools and techniques for successfully using Microsoft Project to assist with managing projects. MS Project: Project Initiation and Planning (part 1 of a 3 part series) course provides proven tools and techniques for successfully using Microsoft Project to assist with managing projects.

Duration 0.5 Days 3 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for a wide range of managers and staff members who need to successfully manage small- to medium-sized projects. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - plan the project and its parameters, including its scope, requirements, resources, and constraints. - implement the project plan, which includes putting the work of the project in motion and delegating tasks, and then monitoring the progress of the project and managing changes as they arise. In this course, students will identify methods of effectively managing small- to medium-sized projects and achieving their stated objectives. PLANNING THE PROJECT * Define the Project Requirements * Create Your Project Plan IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT PLAN * Execute the Project Plan * Monitor the Progress of the Project * Negotiate for Success * Evaluate the Process

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Attending students should be new to Jira (this is NOT for experienced users), and are required to have a background in basic Enterprise application development Overview This course is approximately 50% hands-on, combining expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Working in a hands-on learning environment guided by our expert Jira practitioner, students will explore: Getting started with JIRA Using JIRA for Business Projects Using JIRA for Agile Projects Issue Management Field Management Screen Management Workflows and Business Process Searching and Filtering Tracking issues is a critical component of any project management strategy. JIRA provides a web based single repository for creating, tracking and reporting on feature requests, bugs reported, or managing workflow. JumpStart to Jira for End Users is a two-day, lab-intensive course for participants new to Jira, that provides them with a hands-on Jira instance to ?learn by doing?. This course provides essential understanding in the practical use of the Jira in an Agile context, with an emphasis on Best Practices and practical job-ready skills. GETTING STARTED WITH JIRA * JIRA Overview * Core concepts * Terminology * Infrastructure * Users and Groups * JIRA roles USING JIRA FOR BUSINESS PROJECTS * Overview of Projects * Project types * Project screens * Tasks and task management * Project Management * Process Management USING JIRA FOR AGILE PROJECTS * Overview of Agile with JIRA (very brief) * Kanban overview * Running a project with Kanban * Configuring agile screen * resolving an issue ISSUE MANAGEMENT * Overview of Issues * Working with issues * Issue cloning * Time tracking * Issues and comments * Tasks and subtasks FIELD MANAGEMENT * Overview of Fields * Built-in fields * Custom fields * Searching * Configuring JIRA for fields SCREEN MANAGEMENT * Overview of JIRA screens * Working with screens * Using screen tabs * Issue type screens * associating an issue type screen a with a project * Customizing JIRA screens WORKFLOW AND BUSINESS PROCESS * Overview of Workflow * Mapping business processes * Managing workflows * Authoring a workflow * Updating an existing workflow * Workflow schemes * Applying a workflow to a project SEARCHING AND REPORTING * Overview of Searching * Search screens * Basic search * Advanced search with JQL * Working with search results * Reports * Dashboards * Filters * Gadgets * Charts SUMMARY AND BEST PRACTICES * Looking back at the ?Big Picture? * JIRA Administration Overview * Where JIRA fits into the Agile perspective * JIRA End-User best practices

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for all levels of experience in using Microsoft Project, as well as all levels of experience in project management. In particular, this course is designed for persons who need to author Microsoft Project work schedules including Project Managers and Project Assistants, and for management personnel in charge of setting standards for baselining and tracking project data. Overview To gain an understanding of a proven mindset Microsoft Project users should possess each time they open and work Microsoft Project schedules. To gain an understanding of globally accepted project management principles. To be able to effectively apply Microsoft Project into the Execution phase of a normal project life cycle. To gain an understanding of Microsoft Project's baseline capabilities in preparation for analysis and reporting of project data. MS Project: Project Validation, Baseline, and Tracking using Microsoft Project course provides proven tools and techniques for successfully using Microsoft Project to assist with managing projects. MS Project: Project Validation, Baseline, and Tracking using Microsoft Project course provides proven tools and techniques for successfully using Microsoft Project to assist with managing projects.

Many organisations find that project teams struggle to create and maintain effective plans. Estimates are often overly optimistic and risks go unmanaged until the inevitable happens. Resource managers also find it hard to forecast the likely loading on their departments and requests for support are not provided in a consistent format. This programme has been developed to address these needs in a very practical, hands-on format. Case study work can be based on simulations or on the organisation's current projects for maximum benefit to participants. The aim of this training is to develop and enhance participants' planning and risk management skills in order to maximise the success of project work undertaken by the organisation. The principal training objectives for this programme are to: * Provide a structured, integrated approach to planning and risk management * Demonstrate practical tools and techniques for each stage of planning * Show how to organise and involve relevant people in the planning process * Explain how to use the plan for forecasting and pro-active project control * Identify ways to improve planning, both individually and corporately The course will emphasise the importance of participative planning techniques that improve the quality of plans whilst reducing overall time and cost of planning. The course will encourage discussion of internal procedures and practices and may be customised to include them if required. DAY ONE 1 INTRODUCTION (COURSE SPONSOR) * Why this programme has been developed * Review of participants' needs and objectives 2 PROJECTS AND PLANNING * Why plan? The benefits of good planning / penalties of poor planning * Planning in the project lifecycle; the need for a 'living' plan * The interaction between target setting and the planning process * Team exercise: planning the project 3 PLANNING THE PLAN * Defining the application and structure of the plan * Impact of planning decisions during the project lifecycle * Using available time to create an effective plan 4 DEFINING DELIVERABLES * Assessing the context; reviewing the goals and stakeholders * Developing the scope and defining deliverables; scope mapping * Understanding customer priorities; delivering value for money * Case study: defining the project deliverables 5 CREATING THE WORK BREAKDOWN * Building the work breakdown structure * Detailing the tasks and sub-tasks; structured brainstorming * Defining task ownership; the task responsibility matrix 6 CREATING AND USING A LOGICAL NETWORK * Developing the logical network; task boarding * Determining the critical path and calculating float * Accelerating the plan; concurrent programming and risk * Individual and group exercises DAY TWO 7 DEVELOPING RESOURCE SCHEDULES * Deriving the Gantt chart from the network * Developing the detailed resource schedules * Calculating the expenditure profile ('S' curve) 8 ESTIMATING TASK DURATIONS AND COSTS * Understanding estimates: effort, availability and duration * Estimating tools and techniques * Application of estimating techniques during the project lifecycle 9 CASE STUDY * Developing the project plan * Refining the project plan * Team presentations and discussion 10 MANAGING RISKS AND REFINING THE PLAN * Awareness of contractual issues associated with risk * Identifying and evaluating risks; deciding ownership * Managing risks: determining levels of provision and contingency * Controlling risks: maintaining an up-to date risk register 11 PLANNING FOR PRO-ACTIVE CONTROL * The earned value analysis (EVA) concept and its predictive value * Deriving the measures needed for cost and delivery performance * Practical issues associated with implementing EVA 12 USING AND MAINTAINING THE PLAN * Tracking progress and updating the plan * Publishing and controlling the plan 13 COURSE REVIEW AND TRANSFER PLANNING (COURSE SPONSOR PRESENT) * Identify ways of implementing the techniques learnt * Sponsor-led review and discussion of proposals * Conclusion