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Introduction

• Introduction.
• About Professional project management.
• A systems approach to project management.
• Project Management Principles.
• Project management principles quiz
• Comparison of Project Management Certifications.
• About PMP Certification.(Read only if you are interested in certification).
• Assessment.

1.Basic Definitions

• What is a project?
• What is an operation?
• What is a program?
• What is portfolio?
• Project Management Office,PMO).
• Project stakeholders.
• Enterprise environmental factors (EEF).
• Organizational process assets (OPA).
• Project success criteria.
• Roles and responsibilities of Project Managers.
• Three types of Project Management.
• Assessment.

2.Predictive

• Predictive Project Management.
• Project management lifecycle.
• Stage gates / Phase gates / Kill points
• Project Initiation & Project Charter.
• Project selection ratios.
• Assessment.

3.Planning

• Collecting detailed requirements.
• Product Breakdown Structure (PBS).
• Work breakdown structure (WBS).
• Bill Of Quantities (BOQ)
• Cost estimation & budgeting.
• Projects Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS).
• Control accounts.
• Assessment.

4.Scheduling

• Plan schedule management.
• Define activities.
• Sequence activities.
• Estimate activity durations.
• Developing & Optimizing the project schedule
• Assessment

5.Subsidiary plans

• Plan quality management
• Plan resource management
• Plan communications management
• Plan risk management
• Plan procurement management
• Plan health, safety and environmental aspects
• Plan stakeholder engagement
• Assessment

6.Execution

• Direct and manage project work
• Manage changes
• Manage project knowledge
• Manage quality
• Acquire resources
• Developing & Managing teams
• Manage communications
• Implement risk responses
• Conduct procurements
• Manage HSE
• Assessment

7.Monitoring & Controlling

• Introduction to Monitoring & Controlling Project Work
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Control Scope
• Control Schedule
• Control Costs
• Control Quality
• Control Resources
• Monitor Communications
• Risk monitoring and control
• Control Procurements
• Monitor and control stakeholder engagement 
• Earned Schedule Management
• Assessment

8.Project closure

• Formal closure
• Handover takeover
• Assessment

Agile & Hybrid

12.Hybrid

• What is hybrid project management?
• Tailoring strategies

13.Models & Concepts

• Situational Leadership II
• Oscar Model
• Cross cultural communication
• Gulf of execution and evaluation
• Hygiene and Motivational Factors
• Hawthorne effect
• Intrinsic Vs Extrinsic Motivation
• Information radiators
• Kanban Board
• Lead and lag indicators
• Process Tailoring

Models & Concepts..

• Theory of needs (Maslow’s heirarchy of needs)
• Theory XYZ
• ADKAR model
• Kotter’s 8-step change process
• Virginia Satir Change Model
• Bridges Transition model
• Cynefin framework
• Stacey matrix
• Drexler / Sibbet  team performance
• Conflict model
• Negotiation
• Planning process groups
• Salience model
• Project Management Principles
• Project performance domains

14.Emerging trends

• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Project Management Information System (PMIS)
• Artificial Intelligence in Project Management

15.PMP focus

Sample PMP Questions

• Stakeholders
• Team
• Development approach and lifecycle
• Planning
• Project work
• Delivery
• Measurement
• Uncertainty

References

• Muscat International Airport