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IT Project Management Masterclass
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Overview
This Master Class in Project Management brings together new technology
and modern Project Management techniques to provide a realistic basis
for managing today's projects. The focus is on the practicalities of
how to achieve successful delivery of product to demanding end-users,
using modern tools and methods. Attendees of this course will understand
how to select an appropriate software lifecycle for their project,
understand "agile" project management techniques and when
they should be used, how to select the best combination of techniques
for their project, define a build-strategy, perform realistic estimations,
produce a working Project Plan, and use the Project Plan to manage
the project. Core topics such as Test design, Estimation techniques,
Requirements Management, Acceptance Tests, Inspections, Agile and Extreme
Programming processes are all presented, both from inside and outside
of a PRINCE2 perspective . Critical Path and Critical Chain techniques
are both described and reviewed. Team management is addressed from
the perspective of both the Project Manager and the Team Member. The
training is instructor-led, with extensive discussion sessions. The
course is likely to be seen as intensive. Attendees will receive extensive
classroom materials and reference documents.
- Agile prerequisites
- PRINCE2 Introduction
- Project Business Case
- Customer Management
- Software lifecycles – RAD, DSDM, XP, Staged, EVO, RUP, Scrum, Waterfall and others
- Work breakdown analysis
- Planning tools
- Estimation
- Team organisation
- Requirements gathering and management
- Acceptance test design
- TDD
- Inspections and reviews
- Configuration Control
- Implementation Strategies
- Risk Management
- Choosing your Management Techniques
- Monitoring Techniques
- Making Best Use of Your Team
- Project Tracking and Control
- Critical Path and Critical Chain Concepts
- Getting Acceptance
Introduction to Project Management
- Project Initiation
- PRINCE2 Overview
- The Business Case
- Sponsor Management
- Customer Management
- Project Manager Toolkit
- Planning Prerequisites
- Getting to WOW!
- The PID
Software Development Lifecycles
- Waterfall
- RAD
- DSDM
- Spiral
- Scrum
- Staged
- RUP
- Agile Processes
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- The CMM
Teams and Team Organisation
- Resource Planning
- Roles
- Communication
- Team Approach to Decision Making
- Leadership
- Agile Teams
Implementation Strategies
- Low-risk Development
- Quality Processes
- Quality Planning
- Nail Driving
- Inspections
- Reviews
- Four-Eyes
- XP
- Refactoring
- Configuration Control
- Check pointing
- Testing and Test Strategies
- TDD
Requirements Management
- Good Requirements and how to get them
- Functional Requirements
- Non-functional Requirements
- Assumptions
- JAD, Use Cases Prototypes, Story Boards, User Stories
- Prioritisation, MoSCoW Rules
- Managing Changing Requirements- Tools and Techniques
- Designing Acceptance Tests
Dealing with Risk
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Exposure
- Planning for Risk
- Dealing with Risk
Design Techniques
- OO Design
- UML, Use Cases and Class Diagrams
- Reuse and reusability
- Design Tools, Rose, TogetherSoft, Visio
Estimating the Task
- Estimation techniques
- Analogue
- Delphi
- KLOCs
- Fit-to-Price
- Bottom-Up
- Top-Down
- "Been There- Done That" Agile Estimation
Product Delivery and Acceptance
- Planning for Delivery
- Deployment Teams
- Cut-over Techniques and Planning
- Data Takeover
- Graceful Back-out
- Post Project Review
- Acceptance Testing Criteria
Planning and Tracking
- Introduction to Project 2000
- Establishing a Project
- Lifecycle Mapping
- Resource Allocation and Scheduling
- WBS, Gantt and Pert Charts
- Task Planning
- Critical Path
- Critical Chain in Agile projects
- Reports and Reporting
- Costing
Project Tracking
- Base-lining Your Project
- Progress Monitoring
- Management Techniques
- Critical Path Monitoring
- Earned Value Analysis
- EVA on User Stories
- When to Re-plan
- Review and Rescheduling
- Customer negotiations
- Recovery techniques
Key Topics Review
- Elements of Planning and Control
- Requirements vs. Acceptance Tests
- Successful Delivery
- Follow-on Business
- Project Managers
- Lead analyst / programmers
- Staff needing a view on IT Project Management issues
- Staff expecting to move into the Project Manager role
- Management wanting to familiarize themselves with current technology.
Prerequisites
- Exposure to software development
- Familiarity with multi-person projects
- Some knowledge of distributed systems
In-House Training
If you require a quote for running an in-house course,
please contact us with the following details:
- Subject matter and/or speaker required
- Estimated number of delegates
- Location (town, country)
- Number of days required (if different from the public course)
- Preferred date
Please contact:
Jeanette Hall
E-mail: jeanette.hall@irmuk.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8866 8366
Fax: +44 (0)1923 828 770
Speaker: George Brooke
George Brooke brings a wealth of technical and managerial experience to his subject of IT Project Management. He frequently receives the highest awards for both content and presentation of his materials.
He provides training and consultancy to organisations on topics ranging from Project Management, Strategic Testing and Requirements Management, to XML, Distributed Systems, SAP, Oracle and Java technology.
George's background includes 10 years as a systems designer and 10 years running his own software company in Germany. Returning to the UK as General Manager for Siemens, he established a new R&D organisation where he was responsible for setting up and managing some 20 projects. Later as part of Siemens Nixdorf, he took over the management of Application Software development for clients such as Tesco, British Gas, PowerGen, Esso and other well-known names. He continues to monitor new technologies and management techniques and more recently has been responsible for the design and delivery of major graduate training programs in the banking industry. He is a member of BCS and IEEE and lives in Cambridge with his wife and nine computers.