Project Plan Execution (PMBOK 2000)

Overview/Description
 As a project manager, you are ultimately responsible for implementing the project plan and managing all the work of your project. The end result of the project directly reflects your success as a project manager. To be a successful project manager and keep your project on the right track, you must be able to execute a project plan in a complex work environment. In this course, you'll learn how to coordinate the various interfaces that exist and change throughout a project. This course is aligned with "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK® Guide) 2000 Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Target Audience
 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
4.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Inputs to Project Plan Execution

  • recognize the benefits of knowing the inputs to project plan execution.
  • identify the key elements of a project plan.
  • match examples of supporting details and organizational policies with example components of each.
  • match given corrective actions to examples.
  • choose which corrective action should be used for a specific project.

    • Tools and Techniques for Project Plan Execution

  • recognize the value of using the tools and techniques for project plan execution.
  • identify examples of general management skills that every project manager should have.
  • use general management skills effectively in a business scenario.
  • identify examples of the resource documents that are needed to determine the necessary product skills and knowledge in a project.
  • determine the necessary product skills and knowledge for a given project.
  • identify examples of the purposes of a work authorization system.
  • sequence the steps for conducting a status review meeting.
  • conduct a status review meeting effectively, in a given business scenario.

    • Outputs of Project Plan Execution

  • recognize the benefits of using the outputs of project plan execution.
  • identify types of information contained in work results.
  • differentiate between examples of tangible and intangible work results.
  • identify the components for creating a change request.
  • create a change request for a specific business scenario.

    • Course Number: PROJ0422