Software Project Management Boot Camp

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Software Project Management Boot Camp

upcoming public offerings
1/26/2009 - 1/28/2009 Jerry Deville ($1,995)	register now

4/15/2009 - 4/17/2009 Matt Peloquin ($1,995)	register now

7/15/2009 - 7/17/2009 Matt Peloquin ($1,995)	register now

9/28/2009 - 9/30/2009 Jerry Deville ($1,395)	register now

11/2/2009 - 11/4/2009 Matt Peloquin ($1,995)	register now

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course overview

Leading any project can be a challenge. Leading a software project can be even more challenging if you're new to project management or new to software. This seminar will help you make the transition to solid software project leadership. Software Project Management Boot Camp teaches you the concepts and techniques necessary to manage projects successfully. This seminar closely follows the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PM-BOK) and shows how to apply these best practices to a typical small to medium sized software project. This course involves extensive hands-on practice with real-world case studies. Three days.

who should attend

This seminar will be useful to anyone who is asked to lead a software project. Whether you are currently a project manager and want an overview of key software project management practices, or whether you are soon to become a project manager (some shops call them "leads"), this seminar will be of great benefit. It is particularly applicable to those who have general project management experience but who have not managed a software project previously.

the seminar includes the following topics

Introduction

Defining software project success
Understanding the challenges on a software project
Typical software project outcomes
Construx's path to software project success

Basic Survival Concepts

Understanding labor rate, burn rate, capital vs. expense
Taking advantage of the upstream/downstream effect
Recognizing the intellectual phases of a software project
Fundamentals of software project estimation

Project Initiation

Chartering the project
Assessing risks to software project success
Recognizing software project assets

Project Close Out

Typical close out tasks
Using a project retrospective to learn from the experience

Project Planning

Using a software project plan template
Developing work breakdown structures (WBS)
Simplifying the WBS with a project matrix
Building the WBS dictionary
Choosing a project organization
Choosing a project lifecycle
Typical software project effort allocations
Creating an activity network (PERT chart)
Finding the critical path
Developing a realistic project schedule
Scheduling to fixed end dates
Addressing uncertainty using rolling wave planning
Tuning the plan to the specifics of your project

Execution, Checking and Correcting: Succeeding in Stages

Controlling change
Using earned value to objectively track project status
Conducting effective status meetings
Creating useful project status reports
Refining the project plan based on actual progress
Capturing valuable project history in a project log
Sanity checking the project using planning checkpoint reviews

available instructors

Steve Tockey, Jerry Deville, Matt Peloquin

pmi information

Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, Communication Management and Risk Management

18 PDU

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