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Recovering and Managing Troubled Projects
What you will learn:
• Utilize a scoring model for prioritizing projects
within the portfolio.
• Perform root cause analysis of gaps, issues,
and bottlenecks.
• Employ project process mapping methodology to
conduct "what-if" scenarios to evaluate options.
• Develop a team approach to proceeding with
the selected recovery plan.
MDP195
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2 Day
Advanced Project Planning and Control
What you will learn:
• Determine if a project can truly be delivered on time
and in budget.
• Understand how to discover the risks necessary
to meet a constrained delivery date.
• Communicate project tradeoffs clearly and set
attainable goals with stakeholders.
• Record actual project progress and use the project
baseline to spot and manage variance.
MDP515a
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3 Day
Project Contracting and Procurement
What you will learn:
• Learn a comprehensive procurement and contract-
ing methodology based on the latest PMI® PMBOK®
Guide best practices and International Association
for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM)
standards.
• Develop a procurement management plan.
• Promote project success with appropriate
procurement selection and management.
• Apply key knowledge and skills to establish and
manage procurement contracts to completion.
MDP590A
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2 Day
Managing Your Project and Its Stakeholders
What you will learn:
• Describe an approach for designing and developing
a project management plan.
• Describe the responsibilities of the project manager
during project execution.
• Communicate effectively with project stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations to ensure
stakeholder satisfaction.
MDP975B
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3 Day
Planning Project Scope and Schedule
What you will learn:
• Select appropriate tools and techniques to define,
gather, and document requirements that meet
stakeholder needs and project objectives.
• Develop a project scope statement.
• Build a work breakdown structure and decompose
it into work packages and activities.
• Perform project schedule calculations.
MDP976B
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2 Day
Managing Project Resources, Cost, and Quality
What you will learn:
• Describe how resources, cost, procurement, and
quality are planned and managed during successive
phases of the project life cycle.
• Describe how to develop an effective project team.
• Prepare a time-phased cost budget.
• Describe best practices for selecting, managing,
and closing out contracts with external vendors.
MDP977B
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3 Day
