EPMP – Executive Project Management Program

Case study / Assignment driven executive program imparting the knowledge and skills to manage medium and large sized projects in any domain. The course covers Predictive, Agile and Hybrid project management based on globally accepted project management best practices.

Who must attend?

  • Engineering graduates with a minimum of 3 years work experience in projects
  • Fresh MBA graduates wanting to improve career prospects
  • Any graduates / diploma holders with around 5 years experience in projects
  • Experienced project managers wanting to master standards based project management
  • Project Management Office (PMO) Professionals
  • PMP Certification holders who want to advance their knowledge in project management

Key takeaways

  • Complete knowledge of professional project management from project selection to project close out
  • Global perspective (case study analysis)
  • Executive Project Management Program (EPMP) completion certificate
  • 60 PDUs

Training method & Duration

  • Course duration 12 weeks
  • Weekend Instructor led classes – 1 hour
  • Weekly assignments to be completed by participants
  • Weekly assessments to be completed by participants
  • Discussion forums for doubt clarification and support
  • Online instructor support throughout the course
  • Reference material
    • Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK)
    • Scrum Guide
    • PMdistilled Guide
    • Project Management – Achieving Competitive Advantage – Jeffrey K Pinto

Course outline

Module#1 – Introduction


  • The need for projects
  • What is a project?
  • Why are projects important? – Case study analysis
  • Project life cycles
  • Determinants to Project Success
  • Developing project Management Maturity
  • Employability skills
    • Communication
    • Critical thinking
    • Collaborations
    • Business ethics and social responsibility
    • Information technology application and computing skills
    • Data literacy
    • Assignment – Case study analysis and presentation
    • Assessment

Module#2 – The Organizational Context : Strategy, Structure & Culture


  • Implementing strategy through projects
  • Stakeholder management
  • Organizational structures
  • Project Management Offices
  • Organizational culture & Project Management
  • Case study analysis 1
  • Case study analysis 2
  • Case study analysis – assignment and presentation
  • Assessment

Module#3 – Project selection and portfolio management


  • Approaches to project screening and selection
    • Checklist model
    • Simplified scoring models
    • Analytical hierarchy process
    • Profile models
    • Financial models
  • Project portfolio management
  • Case study 1
  • Case study 2
  • Assignment & Presentation
  • Assessment

Module#4 – Leadership & the Project Manager


  • Leaders Vs Managers
  • How the project manager leads?
  • Traits of effective project leaders
  • Case study analysis
  • Assignment & Presentation
  • Assessment

Module#5 – Scope Management


  • Conceptual development
  • The scope statement
  • Product breakdown structure
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Organization breakdown structure
  • Responsibility assignment matrix
  • Configuration management
  • Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
  • Case study analysis
  • Assignment & Presentation
  • Assessment

Module#6 – Team building


  • Characteristics of effective project team
  • Reasons why teams fail
  • Stages in team development
  • Achieving cross functional cooperation
  • Virtual project teams
  • Conflict management
  • Negotiation
  • Goal setting
  • Conducting performance appraisals
  • Case study analysis
  • Assignment & Presentation
  • Assessment

Module#7 – Risk Management


  • Risk identification
  • Risk breakdown structures
  • Analysis of Probability & Consequences
  • Qualitative risk analysis
  • Risk mitigation strategies
  • Contingency strategies
  • Case study analysis
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#8 – Cost estimation & Budgeting


  • Cost management
    • Direct Vs Indirect
    • Recurring Vs Non recurring
    • Fixed Vs Variable
    • Normal Vs Expedited
  • Cost estimation
  • Creating a project budget
  • Developing budget contingencies
  • Case study analysis
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#9 – Project Scheduling


  • Decomposing work packages into activities
  • Activity sequencing
  • Developing a network
  • Activity duration estimation
  • Constructing the critical path
  • Case study
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#10 – Project Scheduling


  • Leads, Lags, float
  • Crashing & Fast tracking
  • Four types of dependencies
  • Network analysis
  • Developing /Optimising the schedule
  • Case study
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#11 – Agile & Critical Chain


  • What is Agile?
  • Agile manifesto
  • When to go for Agile?
  • Key roles in Agile
  • Key ceremonies in Agile
  • Agile artefacts
  • Agile estimation
  • Agile Contracting
  • Critical chain
  • Case study
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#12 – Resource Management


  • Time and resource constraints
  • Resource levelling
  • Resource loading charts
  • Case study
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#13 – Monitoring & Control


  • Project ‘S’ curve
  • Milestone analysis
  • Tracking Gantt Chart
  • Earned Value Management
  • Case study
  • Assignment
  • Assessment

Module#14 Project Closeout and termination


  • Natural termination
  • Early termination
  • Preparing the final project report
  • Case study
  • Assignment
  • Assessment
  • Final assessment

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Will this training cover the exam content of the PMP examination?. Yes. This program covers it fully.
  • How much is the total effort required to complete the course? 60 hours (lectures + Assignments + Assessments)
  • What is the validity of the registration to this course?. 1 year from the date of registration.
  • Will you provide 35 contact hours certificate at the end of the training, which can be used while applying for the PMP exam?. We provide 60 contact hours certificate which is more than sufficient to apply for PMP certification.
  • What is the duration of the course – 3 months with weekend virtual classes, starting on the first of every quarter

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