Introduction to project management

What a project is and what it’s not. International standards in project management. Project management methods (IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2, ITIL).

Project strategy

The relation between a project realization and business (pre-sale and obtaining orders). Good assignment. Goals and benefits of a project. The Magic Triangle of project management. Determining the project strategy.

Agile management and sustainable project management

Strategic, line, project and process management. Basic characteristics of a process and process classification. The Agile Methodology (Scrum).

The lifecycle of a project

The rules and principles of project implementation. The process decomposition of project management. Key scenarios and alternative scenarios of a project lifecycle.

Starting a project (Start-up)

The management set of a project. How to compose a project team. Kick-off and the first 10 days of a project.

Regular status assessment

Product breakdown structure. Product flow. Use case classification. Project planning and the project plan maintenance.

Information sharing

Communication on the project and communication matrix. Expectation management and cooperation. Project portals.

Day-by-day routine

Managing people and work on the project. Technological procedure. Iteration plans and agile development sprints.

Problem solving

Crisis in a project. Risk and risk management.

Final Assessment

Acceptation and acceptation criteria. Change management. Final project assessment.

Tools used in project management

Introducing the tools for project management. An example of project management implementation. Tool comparison. Advantages and disadvantages.

The implementation of project management (practical workshop)

The project preparation, creating the management set, the project plan.