Project Management for Team Members

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for team leaders, team members, other office professionals, and administrative staff who want to improve their project management skills. The course also serves as a great introduction to project team responsibilities and those looking to develop their existing skills so that they may be more effective team members.  It is also perfect for office professionals who seek a basic understanding of project management techniques as well as those looking to possibly enter the field for the first time.  

We are a Project Management Institute (PMI) authorized training partner, and our course is taught by a Project Management Institute (PMI) authorized training partner instructor and now includes the latest PMBOK 7 knowledge components in addition to processes and procedures covered in PMBOK 6.

For those who want or need an intermediate level course, please see our Project Management course.

Additional Information

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None

CPE Field of Study: Personal Development

Course Objectives and Agenda

Course Objectives

• Identify the critical aspects of project success.
   
• Assess High Performing Team methods.
   
• Prioritize project stakeholders’ issues.
   
• Apply methods for meetings that matter.
   
• Prioritize the Project Planning Framework.
   
• Recognize what not to do in scheduling.
   
• Evaluate the Risk Control Matrix.
   
• Apply the Project Communications Framework.
   
• Evaluate project status reporting and trade-offs.
   
• Review basics of Agile Project Management.
   
• Apply improved project team skills going forward.

Course Agenda

Day One

          - Introduction to PM Team Skills

          - The PM Process

          - The High Performing Team Inventory

          - Team-Oriented Ground Rules

          - TERP Root Cause Assessment

          - Focus on The “Right” Problem

          - Project Purpose – The Charter

          - Project Critical Success Factors

          - Stakeholders’ Issues

          - Meetings That Matter!

          - Project Planning Skills

          - The Project Planning Framework

          - Who’s Who – Team Roles

          - Facing Challenges with Feedback

          - Personal Accountability

          - Risk Management

Day Two

          - Scheduling - What Not to Do!

          - The Risk Control Matrix

          - Idea Generation Techniques

          - Change Control Issues

          - Facilitating Solutions

         - Facilitating Project Communication

         - CSFs and the Decision Matrix

         - The Project Communications Framework

         - Project Status Reporting

         - Negotiating Trade-Offs

         - Project Team Skills Outlook

         - How to Prevent Project Failure!

         - PMP and the PMBOK

         - RAD, Agile PM, and Testing Issues

         - Project Close-Out

         - Better Choices Going Forward

Why You Should Attend

Project management skills apply to just about any aspect of a Federal career, including:

• finance, budget, administration, acquisitions
• people, staffing, and management
• products and/or services
• HR development and training
• customer service and relationship management
• IT and communications
• vehicles, equipment, buildings
• storage, distribution, logistics
• purchasing, selling, marketing
• quality, health, and safety issues
• technical, scientific, research and development
• new business development  
• anything else which needs planning and managing within an organization