Department of Citywide Administrative Services

Course Project Management for the IT Professionals - (CMPD-8633-F25)

Portfolio Personal Development

Cost $ 500.00 Per Participant

Prerequisite(s) None

Credits CEU:1.2, CPE:16, PDC:12

Modality Instructor Led Classroom Training

Instructor(s) Brent Oberholtzer

Class Description

Through this two-day workshop participants will develop and formalize basic project management skills in leaders on IT project teams. He will ensure topics included are an overview of the project lifecycle, PMI’s project management basics, PM roles and responsibilities, an overview of project schedules including estimating techniques, dependencies and critical path, establishing project baselines, project status reporting and project closure. This course is one of the courses needed and a good preparation for the PMP exam for IT professionals.

Objectives:

• Identify the Project lifecycle of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing
  • Identify the basic concepts and terminology of professional project management including PMI’s ten knowledge areas with heavy emphasis on scope, time, communications, and risk management
  • Identify the roles and responsibilities of the Project Manager and the Team
  • Launch a project
  • Estimate project work and discuss the importance of key deliverables
  • Create a project schedule at a high level, including dependencies, relationships and critical path
  • Conceptualize at a high-level cost, quality, human resource, stakeholder, procurement, and integration management
  • Plan for change management and project risks; monitor the project scope
  • Monitor and optimize project schedule, quality of work, risks involved, and cost

Target Audience:

• Business Analysts (BAs) – Junior BAs or those transitioning into the role
• Systems Analysts – Wanting to expand into business-focused roles
• Product Owners – Needing to improve requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement
• Project Managers – Seeking better requirement elicitation and documentation skills
• QA Testers or Engineers – Who need to understand business rules for writing test cases
• Software Developers – Wanting to grow into more strategic or client-facing roles
• IT Support Professionals – Looking to move into analysis and solution design.