Project Performance Reporting

Overview/Description
 Communication in project management can directly affect the success of any project. The project manager is the one who controls the communications center where information constantly flows in and out. Managing the diversity of information is crucial to maintaining project control. This course, "Project Performance Reporting," examines the process of managing information regarding project status and progress. Without a reporting structure, potential problems may not be communicated, which can delay corrective action for a project. This course presents the tools and techniques that will help you analyze information and present it in understandable formats. "Project Performance Reporting" is aligned with "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK® Guide), published by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Target Audience
 This series is targeted specifically for project managers, project team members, functional managers with employees assigned to project teams, project stakeholders, any team manager or member interested in project management, executives committed to their organization's growth, managers required to take on new challenges, and top managers with vision.

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Performance Reporting Inputs

  • recognize the benefits of using performance reporting inputs to successfully assess the project.
  • distinguish between project plan and work results information for the purpose of assessing project performance.
  • identify the measurement information from samples of other project records.

    • Performance Reporting Tools and Techniques

  • recognize the benefits of using project performance reporting tools and techniques to successfully assess the project.
  • apply variance analysis and trend analysis to determine the status and trend of cost and schedule, for a given case study.
  • apply earned value analysis to determine the status and trend for the work being accomplished, for a given case study.
  • apply the elements of a performance review process, for a given case study.

    • Performance Reporting Outputs

  • recognize the value of using performance reporting outputs to successfully communicate the project's status.
  • determine the appropriate stakeholder, given the format of a performance report.
  • identify the reason for generating a change request, given a project scenario.

    • Course Number: PROJ0282