- Project Management Basics
- What makes a project a project?
- Project management triangle
- Stacey Matrix
- Levels of project management
- KISS approach
Initiating the Project
- Project phases
- Project goals and stakeholder analysis
- Project charter
- Project organisation
- Communication and information flow in the project
- Kickoff organisation
- RACI Matrix
Planning the Project
- Setting goals SMART
- Effort vs. duration
- WBS (work breakdown structure)
- Phase plan / critical path planning
- Schedule, costs and resource planning
- Risk analysis
Executing the Project
- Dealing with changes and disturbances
- Agile mindset
- Agile vs. traditional
- Scrum process
- Retrospectives
- Collaborative work with Kanban
- Hybrid project management
- Monitoring and controlling projects
- Project reporting process
Closing the Project
- Approval and handover
- Project closure
Methode
Participants benefit from a mix of lectures, discussions, group work, practical role-plays and examples in which they can directly apply what they have learned in theory.