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(12) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYPROJECT MANAGEMENT
KUALA LUMPUR l 18-20 June 2008
Learn How to Master all the Elements & Challenges that go into Being a Top-Notch IT Project Manager In today's business paradigm, as an IT professional, your job has evolved from applications development, to business systems integration, to information systems project management. Therefore, today's IT manager's responsibilities cover a variety of functions including:
At this seminar, participants will discover the tools and techniques that will help them to optimize the Systems Development Life-Cycle processes so that you can bring your projects online more effectively, more quickly and on budget. Participants will also examine the processes meant to accelerate development and compress design time. And, finally, participants will find out how to use capability and maturity models so that you can assess where your IT processes currently are. HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT
WHO SHOULD ATTEND CIOs, Vice Presidents, Directors & Managers of IT, IT Project Managers & Team Leaders, Programmers/Analysts, Systems Analysts, Project Office Staff Members, and those who manage IT projects but are not necessarily IT experts. COURSE
SCHEDULE Note:
This schedule is a guide and may be modified depending on the group
dynamics and the needs of the participants.
Day
1 Morning Session (9.00–10.30am) Introduction to Project Managemen - What is a Project? - What is Project Management? - How Project Management Relates to Other Disciplines - History of Project Management -
The Project Management Profession
Coffee
Break (15 minutes) Project Management Context and Processes - System view - Project Phases and Project Life-Cycle - Understanding Organizations - Suggested Skills for Project Manager - Project Management Process Groups -
Developing an Information Technology Project Management Methodology
Project Integration Management -
What is Project Management Integration? -
Project Plan Development -
Project Plan Execution -
Integrated
Change Control
Morning Session (11.30am–12.30pm) Project Scope Management -
What is Project Scope Management? -
Project Initiation: Strategic Planning and project Selection -
Scope Planning and the Scope Statement -
Scope Definition and the Work Breakdown Structure -
Scope Verification and Scope Change Control
Lunch Break (12.30–1.30 pm)
Afternoon Session (1.30-3.00pm) Project Time Management -
Importance of Project Schedules -
Where
Do Schedules Come From? Defining
Activities -
Activity Duration Estimating -
Schedule Development -
Controlling Changes to the Project Schedule -
Using Software to Assist in Time Management -
Words of Caution on Using Project Management Software
Project Cost Management -
Basis Principles of Cost Management -
Resource Planning -
Cost Estimating -
Cost Budgeting -
Cost Control
Tea Break (15 minutes)
Afternoon Session (3.15-4.30pm) Project Quality Management -
Quality of Information Technology Projects -
What
is Project Quality Management? -
Modern Quality Management -
Quality Planning -
Quality Assurance -
Quality Control -
Tools and Techniques for Quality Control -
Improving
Information Technology Project Quality
Day
Two Morning Session (9.00–10.30am) Project Human Resources Management -
The Importance of Human Resource Management -
What
is Project Human Resource Management? -
Keys to Managing People -
Organizational Planning -
Issues in Project Staff Acquisition and Team Development -
Using Software to Assist in Human Resource Management
Coffee Break (15 minutes)
Morning Session (10.45–11.30am) Project Communications Management -
The Importance of Project Communications Management -
Communications Planning -
Information Distribution -
Performance Reporting -
Administrative Closure -
Suggestions for Improving Project Communications
Morning Session (11.30am–12.30pm) Project Risk Management -
The Importance of Project Risk Management -
Risk Management Planning -
Risk Identification -
Quality Risk Analysis -
Quantitative Risk Analysis -
Risk Response Planning -
Risk Response Planning -
Risk Monitoring and Control -
Using Software to Assist in Project Risk Management -
Results
of Good Project Risk Management
Lunch Break (12.30–1.30 pm)
Afternoon Session (1.30-3.00pm) Project Procurement Management -
Importance of Project Procurement Management -
Procurement Planning -
Solicitation Planning -
Solicitation -
Source Selection -
Contract Administration -
Contract Close-Out -
Sing Software to Assist in Project Procurement Management
Tea Break (15 minutes)
Afternoon Session (3.15-4.30pm) Project
Management Phases - Initiating -
What is involved in Project Initiation? -
Background/examples on selected companies -
Selecting the Project Manager -
Preparing Business Justification for the Project Charter -
Actions of the Project Manager and Senior Management in Project Initiation Day
Three Morning
Session (9.00–10.30am) -
What is involved in Project Planning? -
Developing the Project Plans -
Determining Project Scope and Schedules -
Estimates Examples -
Human Resource and Communications Planning -
Quality: Risk, and Procurement Planning
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What is involved in Executing Projects? -
Providing Project Leadership -
Developing the Core Team -
Verifying Project Scope -
Assuring Quality -
Disseminating Information -
Procuring Necessary Resources -
Training Users to Develop Code Morning
Session (11.30am–12.30pm) -
What is Involved in Controlling Projects -
Schedule Control -
Scope Change Control -
Quality Control -
Performance and Status Reporting -
Managing Resistance to Change
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What is Involved in Closing Projects -
Administrative Closure -
Industry Examples -
Audit -
Personnel Transition -
Lessons Learned
Project Leadership -
What is Leadership? -
Why Leadership is Needed in Project Management? -
How to Apply Leadership to Project Management
Tea Break (15
minutes) -
What Makes an IT Project Well-defined? -
Success Factors -
Defining Success Criteria -
Assessing and Measuring Success -
Project Management Software -
What is Project Management Software? -
Why, When, Where, Who and How Use Project Management -
Examples of Project Management Software -
MS Project 2000 YOUR
EXPERT COURSE LEADER
Dr.
Clifford (Cliff) R. Kettemborough’s professional background spans 30
years. His business and
management experience includes: developing
centers of business and organizational excellence, IT and technology-based
strategy development, strategic global marketing, business process
re-engineering, strategic global business management, continuous
quality/process improvement, achieving process and operational excellence,
total quality management, systems and software engineering, and technical
and organizational leadership. Dr.
Kettemborough’s knowledge,
experiences and superior presentation skills makes him very much in
demand with numerous training and
development organizations as a seminar/workshop
leader, as a professor to
numerous colleges and universities, or as a quest
speaker at professional conferences.
In addition, he is sought by companies wishing to understand how
to benefit from knowledge based economy, by helping them to improve
knowledge processes, increase
intellectual capital value,
importance of benchmarking and lead
major business changes. Dr.
Kettemborough functioned in professional positions, including senior
management for several large organizations such as: Boeing, NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology, Rockwell International (now Boeing Corp.), Xerox Corp., IBM
Corp. (Europe), Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., Transamerica Financial
Services, Corp., and Software
Analysis & Management, Inc. In
addition, Dr. Kettemborough is the Founder, President and Owner of
a high-tech organization established to help
companies with successful solutions to their technology, management and
business challenges, and an education and corporate training
provider that connects industry organizations with various educational and
training institutions to satisfy growing training needs of their
employees. Dr. Kettemborough has worked with prestigious
consulting firms, such as Ernst
& Young, PriceWaterhouse and McKensie
& Assoc. on technology and
business assessment and strategic planning projects. Dr.
Kettemborough has been invited as a guest
speaker to numerous seminars
and has conducted numerous workshops
and corporate training around the world.
He has extensive
intercultural experiences teaching numerous MBA,
EMBA, IMBA, DBA courses overseas (over 60). His industry consulting expertise has been appreciated by
numerous companies in several countries.
Dr. Kettemborough’s teaching,
seminars, workshops, guest speaker, and international consulting
experience includes numerous organizations across all types of
industries in The United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Austria,
Korea, Japan, P. R. China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mongolia and Romania. In addition, Dr. Kettemborough has traveled to over 100
countries, thus being well versed in
many cultures and customs, both personal and for business purposes. In addition
to his professional career with several large business organizations, Dr.
Kettemborough is an accomplished
professor with outstanding
evaluations from undergraduate, graduate, and executive students, as
well as administrators. He
has extensive teaching and training experience at close to 30
different institutions ranging from high-school
to vocational college and to college and university graduate level on
three continents. He has
taught over 600 and a variety of courses (live) including over 100 on-line using Blackboard, Convene, eCollege, Embanet, eCompanion)
in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems, Computer
Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Administration, and Technology
Management. Dr.
Kettemborough is also listed
in "Who's Who in California,
West, America, World, Emerging Leaders in America, Science and
Engineering, Information Technology, International Who’s Who of
Professionals, World Who’s Who Hall of Fame", “International
Cultural Diploma of Honor” publications in U.S. and U.K.
“1996, 1998 Man of the
Year,” “1997 Platinum Record
for Exceptional Performance,” and
“Gold Record of Achievement
for 1999" awards from American Biographical Institute,
"2000 Outstanding Intellectuals
of the 20th Century,"
and “Top 100 Communicators –
2006” and "International
Man of the Year" from International Biographical
Centre, Cambridge, U.K. Member
of Research Board of Advisors - American
Biographical Institute.
He also is a member of several Professional
organizations such as: ACM, AIAA, AMA, AMS, DECUS,
ICCP, IEEE, ISACA, MAA, NMA, QAI. Military service:
major-lieutenant, in reserve, special operations.
Dr. Kettemborough has also received the
following awards: NASA/JPL
Leadership Award for Y2K Project Successful Completion, ahead of
schedule and he has been Nominated
Member in “Alfred Whitehead
Leadership Society” - 1996. Finally,
Dr. Kettemborough is sought by numerous world class publishing companies
as a consultant and textbook
reviewer, such as: Addison-Wesley,
McGraw-Hill, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, Thomson/Course Technology. Dr. Kettemborough’s formal educational background spans over 30 years of undergraduate, graduate and post –graduate work. He holds numerous formal degrees, as follows: Doctor of Education, Specialty: Computer Technology in Education, Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Specialty: Technology Management with “Honors”, Doctor of Philosophy in Computer & Information Sciences with “Honors”, Master in Education, Specialty: Education Leadership, Master of Business Administration, Master of Management Information Systems, Master of Science in Computer Science, Studies in Cybernetics, Licentiate/Diplomat (Bachelor of Science with Thesis) in Mathematics/Informatics/Operations Research. COURSE FEESRM2,225 per person
TEAM DISCOUNT (For organisations sending 3 or more participants) RM1,995 per person
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