Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Gain a fundamental level of understanding on what a project is
- Understand the key considerations of a project
- Manage a task as a project, with appropriate level of planning
- Foresee the risks and challenges and ways to overcome those with as minimum impact as possible
- Understand the key characteristics of traditional and Agile project management approaches
Pre-requisites
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Be able to speak, listen, read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualification (ES WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 6
- Well versed in all Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Hardware & Software
This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must own a zoom account and have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/download.System Requirement
Must Have: Please ensure that your computer or laptop meets the following requirements.
- Operating system: Windows 10 or MacOS (64 bit or above)
- Processor/CPU: 1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or higher
- Minimum 20 GB hard disk space.
- Minimum 8 Gb RAM
- Webcam (The camera must be turned on for the duration of the class)
- Microphone
- Internet Connection: Wired or Wireless broadband
- Latest version of Zoom software to be installed on computer or laptop prior to the class.
Good to Have:
- Wired internet connection
Wired internet will provide you with stable and reliable connection.
- Dual monitors
Using a dual monitor setup will undoubtedly improve your training experience, enabling you to simultaneously participate in hands-on exercises and maintain engagement with your instructor.>
Not Recommended:
Using tablets is not recommended due to their smaller screen size, which could cause eye strain and discomfort over the course of the program's duration.
Course Outline
Part-1 (Online Learning: approximately 5 Hours)
Participants will be given account access to our Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). Participants are required to complete the e-learning course and 2 quizzes before they can proceed to attend the remaining 2-day instructor-led classroom/virtual training.
Part-2 (Instructor-led Virtual Training: 16 Hours)
- Introduction to Project Management
- Define Project
- Differentiate operational work from Project work
- Program and portfolio definition
- Introduction to Project Management Methodologies
- Waterfall
- PMI
- PRINCE2
- Agile
- Role of a Project Manager
- PM Sphere of influence
- PM competencies
- Key role of project integration
- Charter / Brief
- Definition
- Importance
- Contents
- Requirements
- Define the scope in Agile environment
– Backlog
- Define the scope in a non-agile environment
– WBS
- Document the requirements for clarity
- Create a mind-map and affinity diagram
- Populate the Kanban
- Scheduling
- Granularity of the tasks
- Dependency determination
- Introduction to PERT / CPM
- Scheduling
- Plotting in a tool
- Tracking mechanism
- Cost
- Concepts, Trends & Emerging Practices
- Plan cost management
- Estimate costs
- Resources
- Manpower
- Machinery
- Materials
- Money
- Project Management Tools
- Stakeholder
- Definition
- Importance
- Classification
- Identification
- Risks
- Identification
- Qualify and quantify the risks
- Responses for risks
- Mitigation plans
- Quality
- Level of quality needs
- Cost of quality
- Procurement
- Decision to outsource
- Contract types
- Considerations
- Tracking the project
- Earned value management
- Forecasting
- Variance analysis
- Trend analysis
- PM Tool
- The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes
Certificate Obtained and Conferred by
- Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub
Upon meeting 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.
- Statement of Attainment from SkillsFuture Singapore
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Statement of Attainment from SkillsFuture Singapore to certify that the participant has achieved the following Competency Standard(s):
- Programme Management (ICT-PMT-3002-1.1)
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More Information
- NTUC LearningHub
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