| WHEN: |
Monday-Tuesday, June 9-10, 2008
5-9 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Sewall Center for Leadership
Robert Morris University
6001 University Boulevard
Moon Township, PA 15108 |
| COST: |
$585 (includes refreshments and course materials) |
| REGISTRATION: |
Submit the brochure and registration form via mail or fax (412-397-2593), call 412-397-3692 or e-mail cares@rmu.edu. You can also register by phone at 412-397-3692 or via Online Registration. | |
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
This workshop introduces participants to project management practices and techniques. Specific objectives include acquainting participants with planning and management processes that increase the potential for engineering projects to be completed within budget, schedule and technical requirements. The program is designed for those who are responsible for managing, coordinating or working on projects but have limited knowledge of project management methods.
Participants will learn to: translate a broad project proposal into a project management plan; define a clear scope of work and companion work breakdown structure; initiate a resource-loaded project schedule; and outline the monitoring and control strategy to be used.
INSTRUCTOR
John C. Hayward, Ph.D., P.E., is associate professor and director of graduate engineering programs at Robert Morris University. From 1974 to 2000, Hayward was employed by the Michael Baker Corp., where he served as proposal developer and project manager for clients including the World Bank, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Electric Power Research Institute and several state transportation agencies. He led a task force to develop a companywide project management improvement program, which resulted in an extensive in-house training for hundreds of engineers and scientists, and the development and deployment of a series of instructional and informational modules. Most of the work was incorporated into a web-based project proposal and management resource still in use by more than 5,000 employees.
MATERIALS
The instructor's PowerPoint slides will be made available on the Internet for prior review and downloading, and will include links to relevant websites. At the workshop, participants will receive a binder containing the printed slides and any other material discussed. While not required, participants may consider purchasing Project Management (Ninth Edition) by Harold Kerzner (John Wiley and Sons 2005).
OUTLINE
The program includes two four-hour sessions (eight total hours) involving lecture, class discussion and group activities.
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Session 1: Project Planning and Estimating
This session covers the development of a project plan document. The concept of a work breakdown structure to organize the execution plan, schedule, budget and organization are introduced. The Critical Path Method of scheduling and use of Microsoft Project are demonstrated. Emphasis is on summarizing the project plan as an expenditure forecast over the life of the project, based upon the timing and quantity of resources needed. This planned baseline of expenditure will be the standard for actual project performance during the execution and monitoring phase. |
Session 2: Project Monitoring and Control
In this session, the budgeted cost of the project is compared to actual expenditures and accomplishments to determine budget and schedule adherence. Participants learn to estimate schedule and budget variances (differences between budgeted cost for work scheduled (BCWS), budgeted cost for work performed (BCWP) and actual cost for work performed (ACWP)) at both the overall project and individual task or work package level. These variances are the primary statistics the project manager can use to take control actions. |