Project Staff Acquisition (PMBOK 2000)

Overview/Description
 Have you ever stopped to think of how many people you interact with during the course of a day? Think of all the face-to-face contacts, phone calls, memos, meetings, and other situations you encounter involving people. If you actually kept a tally of this number, it is likely that you would be amazed at the total. For a project to be successful, it involves the collaboration of many people, who are, collectively, the heart that pumps the life blood into a project. For this reason, it is essential to have the best people working on your project. This course, Project Staff Acquisition, will show you the necessary steps in acquiring top notch people for your project. The 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
 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:

Inputs to Staff Acquisition

  • recognize the benefits of using the inputs to staff acquisition.
  • make appropriate decisions for acquiring staff, based on a staffing management plan for a given business.
  • use a staffing pool description to select the best staff for a given scenario.
  • use guidelines appropriately, to recruit staff for a given project.

    • Tools and Techniques for Staff Acquisition

  • understand the importance of using the tools and techniques for staff acquisition.
  • identify the method of negotiation for a given business example.
  • identify the method used for assigning project staff in a given scenario.
  • apply the steps and guidelines for procuring a consultant from outside a parent company.
  • apply the steps and guidelines for procuring a contractor from outside a parent company.

    • Outputs from Staff Acquisition

  • recognize the advantages of using the outputs from staff acquisition.
  • determine the best way to assign specific staff to a project (full-time, part-time or variable).
  • identify the value of using a project team directory.

    • Course Number: PROJ0472