Project Management: Establishing Competitive Advantage

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Learn to

• Define project management. Understand the project life cycle and its connotation. Define and bring into context the main areas of project management
• Initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close a project using a sample project

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to improve your project management knowledge, getting into a much deeper detail in each of the nine knowledge areas as stated in PMI’s PMBOK Guide 4th Edition, as well as other available project management best practices. This module also allows the student to build a complete and detailed project plan from a fictitious project which is to be carried along the module, together with its schedule, budget, scope, risk identification, procurement processes, communication and quality.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Define project management [+]

• Introduction
• Project management definition
• When are projects necessary?
• Projects characteristics
• Define project success criteria
• Project management benefits
• The main causes of failures and successes in projects
• Project management myths

3. The project life cycle [+]

• A project life cycle
• The life cycle characteristics
• The costs of changes and corrections
• Constructive opportunity x destructive intervention
• Fitness ability
• Risk uncertainty x Level of risks taken
• The phases in a project’s life cycle
• The integration between perfornance, costs and time in projects
• Analysing cost and duration in a project
• The analysis of performance and investment
• The analysis of performance and scope

4. The main areas of project mangements [+]

• Integration management
• Scope management
• Time management
• Cost management
• Quality management
• Human resource management
• Communication management
• Risk management
• Procurement management

5. The project manager and his/her interfaces [+]

• Definitions and skills necessary to the project manager
• Hiring a project manager
• The top mistakes made when recruiting a project manager
• Conflict management

6. The project management general model [+]

• Justification of the project’s activity flow
• Project’s flowchart

7. Definition phase [+]

• Problem or opportunity
• Develop Project Charter
• Identify the Project Manager
• Develop the Project Plan
• Define the project’s objective, justification,it’s main project and all of the deliverables
• Documenting the project’s information on the Project Plan
• Create scope alternatives for the project’s execution
• Estimating performance, costs, time, risks and consequences involved in the selection of alternatives
• Documenting the alternatives in the Project Plan
• Discarding unused information but documenting them on the Lessons Learned document
• Developt the Scope Statement
• Approve the Scope Statement

8. Planning phases [+]

• Define and group the work packages and the project deliverables (WBS)
• Create the activity list for each work package (WBS)
• Summary of all the project plans (by knowledge area)
• Determining the duration of the activities (20)
• Identify and select the human resources for the project (21)
• Determining the activity dependencies (PERT) (23)
• Bringing together the over allocated resources (24)
• Determining the Critical Path (CPM) (25)
• Develop the project’s schedule (26)
• Determining the cost of the activities and the cost of the project (strategic approach only) (28)
• Develop the Project Plan (32)
• Approving the Project Plan (33)
• Documenting the Project Plan in the project’s archives (34)

9. Executing and Controlling Phases [+]

• Executing auxiliary activies: procurement, communications, quality and scope
• Controlling changes (39) by using the traditional approach
• Registering changes in the project
• Is all the work completed?

10. Course Close-out

Microsoft Office Project 2007

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Learn to

• We will use Microsoft Office Project following an integrated project example through the module
• Rapidly create projects using the software
• Planning schedules
• Manage the project costs inside Project 2007
• Monitoring and controlling projects
• Using the advanced features
• Creating and executing macros. How to manage multiple projects
• How to create and personalize new fields

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to use Microsoft Office Project 2007. The contents of this module are presented using a practical and straightforward approach, where one case is developed from the beginning until the end of the module. The module is based on the best seller book Microsoft Office Project 2007: Standard Professional and Server, author Ricardo Vargas.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Starting up the software [+]

• Microsoft Office Project work environment
• Microsoft Project basic operations
• Opening an existing project
• Saving a project
• Deleting a project

3.Microsoft Office Project 2007 views and tables [+]

• Gantt Chart
• Network diagram
• Calendar
• Tracking Gantt
• Resource Sheet
• Resource Graph
• Task Usage
• Resource Usage
• Other views
• Task Table
• Resource table

4. Using the help [+]

• Microsoft Project Help System
• Using help via Smart Tags

5.Creating a new project [+]

• Creating a new project from a template
• Adding project information
• Creating a new project using the project wizard

6.Working with calendars [+]

• Creating a new calendar
• Editing the calendar
• Assigning an existing calendar to a project
• Assigning a Assigning a specific calendar to a resource
• Editing a specific resource calendar
• Assigning a specific calendar to a task

7.Creating the project activities, the work breakdown structure (WBS); Adding the activities’ durations; Determining the sequences of execution; Determining the project’s critical path(s) [+]

• Adding activities using the entry table
• Adding activities using the entry form
• Adding periodical or recurring activities
• Splitting an activity
• Editing data
• Deleting activities
• Moving activities
• Moving activities back
• Viewing the topic levels
• Using the Chart Wizard from Microsoft Office Visio
• Adding the activities durations
• Using PERT analysis for the actitivies durations
• Working with the project’s end date
• How to link one activity to another
• Using the lag and lead features
• Removing dependencies between activities
• A simple critical path
• Interdependent critical paths

8.Costs and resources [+]

• Adding and removing resources
• Editing a resource
• Attributing costs to a resource
• Adding specific costs using the resource index tables
• Attributing a resource to an activity
• Solving resource allocation problems
• Leveling or re-distributing resources
• Attributing costs to the project
• Microsoft Office Project 2007 calculation and progress control mechanisms

9.Saving, copying and clearing the project’s baseline; formats and filters [+]

• Monitoring the activities progress
• Progress lines
• Format : fonts and alignment
• Format: grid lines
• Format: Time scale
• Format: Gantt Chart
• Format: Network Diagram
• Sort order
• Grouping activities

10.Reports [+]

• Reports
• Viewing reports
• Customizing a report
• Printing

11.Multiple projects, Advanced topics and Subprojects [+]

• Strategies for organizing a master project and subprojects’ files
• Establishing dependency relationships between different projects
• Determining the critical path on a consolidated project (master)
• Adding and removing a subproject from an existing project
• Consolidating projects
• Resource pool sharing
• Analysing attributions in a resource pool
• Microsoft Office Project’s supported file format
• Exporting projects
• Importing projects
• Importing a project based on Excel’s import model
• Saving a project using the database format
• Exporting images
• Copying images to Office Wizard
• Recording and deleting macros
• Executing a macro
• Editing a macro
• Field types
• Creating and removing a personalized field
• Adding a list to a personalized field
• Adding a formula to a numeric field
• Graphical indicators

12. Course Close-out

PMDome Workshop

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Learn to

• Planning and executing a project in one day
• Teamwork and dealing with obstacles as they appear
• Dealing with project resource shortage
• Acquire and quickly develop productive teams

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 8 hours
• PDU’s: 8

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

Highly acclaimed workshop after receiving the 2005 PMI Professional Development Product of the Year Award as the world’s best project management training solution. The workshop covers the main project aspects in a completely practical manner, as well as the vital teamwork abilities necessary to accomplish project success. This workshop has been widely used at events that launch new projects.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Conceptual review [+]

• Conceptual review

3.Simulation rules and team formation [+]

• The PMDome® Project – Part I Team Formation

4. PMDome® Project - Overview [+]

• PMDome® Project – Overview

5.PMDome® Project - Planning [+]

• PMDome® Project – Part II Initial Planning
• PMDome® Project – Part III PlaneDetailed Planning

6.PMDome® Project – Executing [+]

• PMDome® Project – Part IV Procurement
• PMDome® Project – Part V Kick-off Meeting
• PMDome® Project – Part VI Executing

7.Negotiation and control in the PMDome® Project [+]

• PMDome® Project – Negotiation
• PMDome® Project – General reports and Status Reports

8.Closing the PMDome® Project [+]

• PMDome® Project – Closing the project

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10. Course Close-out

Project Management for Executives

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Learn to

• Understand the concepts of project management, program management and portfolio management
• Differentiate the needs for monitoring and controlling projects, programs and portfolios
• Provide corporate sponsorship
• Ensure that the value of the project is properly communicated to the organization
• Communicate the quality expectations to the project team so that they are fully aware of what needs to be done to realize the benefits of the project’s products
• Provide corporate governance to the projects to ensure that the procedures and standards are followed

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 8 hours
• PDU’s: 8

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to provide the organization executives with the appropriate level of knowledge in project management so that they understand the importance of their support and commitment to the projects undertaken by the organization. We will discuss the role of projects, programs and portfolios in achieving the strategic objectives outlined by the organization’s strategic plan.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Overview of Project Management [+]

• Definition of project management
• The benefits of project management
• Organizational Structures
• Definition of PMO and its applications

3.Project organization [+]

• Defining projects
• Defining programs
• Defining portfolios

4. The phases of the project [+]

• Initiation
• Planning
• Control
• Implementation
• Closure

5.Project management and its direct relation to strategic planning [+]

• Corporate Strategic Planning
• Performance indicators
• Defining the Balanced Scorecard approach
• Organizational culture and the impact of changes in projects
• Managerial decisions and leadership

6.Roles of the executive manager in project management [+]

• Sponsorship and support
• Direction and governance
• Project quality assurance
• Ensuring efficient communication

7.Role of corporate governance in the success of projects [+]

• Corporate governance and its importance in guiding the projects
• Desires versus needs
• Strategic Planning
• Ensuring sponsorship and support to projects
• Communicating quality expectations and making sure these are met
• Creating and maintaining a communication channel for all projects

8. Course Close-out

Project Scope Management

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Learn to

• The context of Scope Management
• Scope and requirements details
• The project phases
• The Integration and Scope Management processes
• Initiating a project
• Creating the Project Charter
• Developing the Scope Statement
• Creating a work break-down structure(WBS)
• Using mindmaps to identify and develop the project scope
• A Scope Change Control process

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The object of this module is to enable you to manage the scope of the project, so as to make sure that the project has all of the necessary activities to deliver its products. This module also assists in the formalizing processes and documentation of the project scope. We will also see how the project manager can define a change management process for the project.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Project Integration and Scope Management [+]

• Project definition and management
• Defining integration management
• Defining scope management
• The characteristics of scope management
• Project failures and scope management
• Factors that support the project scope
• The main causes of scope problems

3.The project phases [+]

• The 5 project phases
• The overlapping of project phases in the PMBOK
• The interference of the phases in the project integration and scope management
• The 44 processes that constitute the PMBOK Guide – 3rd Edition

4. The project integration and scope management processes [+]

• Developing the Project Charter
• Developing the Preliminary Scope Statement
• Developing the Project Plan
• Guide and manage the project execution
• Monitoring and controlling the project work
• Integrated change control
• Closing the project

5.The Scope Management processes [+]

• Scope planning
• Scope definition
• Create WBS
• The basic rules to create a WBS
• Scope verification
• Scope control

6.Detailing scope and project requirements [+]

• Project scope requirements
• The different type of scope
• Functional and technical scope
• Activity scope
• How to better specify the project scope

7.Initiating a project [+]

• The needs that drive the creation of a project
• SMART objectives
• Project’s justifications, product and deliverables
• Project Charter
• Scope Statement

8.Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) [+]

• Defining the WBS
• The advantages and disadvantages of the WBS
• Work Packages
• The decomposition process to create the WBS
• WBS Dictionary

9.Scope Change Control Process [+]

• Where do changes come from
• Change control system
• Managing changes
• Configuration Management

10. Course Close-out

Project Time Management

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Learn to

• The context of time management
• The project phases
• The project time management processes
• The interdependencies of project activities and the network diagram
• How to use the CPM – Critical Path Method
• The schedule compression
• How to use the PERT analysis and the CCPM – Critical Chain Project Management

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to enable you to better manage the aspects of time in your projects, and to interpret and make the best use of the schedule information. We will discuss the most important tools used to track the project’s progress and to help ensure that project finishes on time.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Project Time Management [+]

• Defining time management
• The definition of sucess in time management
• The main factors that improve project time management
• The main causes of project delays

3.The project phases [+]

• The 5 project phases
• The overlapping of phases in the PMBOK
• The interference of the phases in the project time management
• The 44 processes that constitute the PMBOK Guide – 3rd Edition

4. The Project Time Management processes [+]

• Activity definition
• Activity sequencing
• Activity resource estimating
• Activity duration estimating
• Schedule development
• Schedule control

5. The interdependencies of project activities and the Network Diagram [+]

• The main relationships among activities
• Network Diagram
• The type of network diagrams

6. CPM - Critical Path Method [+]

• Critical Path definition
• How to determine the project’s critical path
• Total slack and free slack
• Determining the project’s different type of floats

7. Schedule compression [+]

• The importance of the compression methods to optimize the schedule
• Crashing
• Fast tracking

8. PERT Analysis [+]

• PERT Analysis
• PERT Analysis in a project
• Standard deviation and variance

9. CCPM – Critical Chain Project Management [+]

• The concepts of Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain

10. Course Close-out

Project Cost and Financial Management

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Learn to

• The context of project finance and cost management
• The relationship between quality x cost x schedule
• The project phases
• The project cost management processes
• How to estimate costs
• The quantitative tools for financial management and project selection
• How to control the financial aspects of investment projects

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to better manage the financial and cost aspects of the project, and to promote a better understanding of the interfaces of cost and other areas of the project.We will discuss the tools used to prepare the financial estimates and what the project manager can do to be in close contact with the project’s budget. Additionally we will define and present the concepts of investment projects and the technique used to select projects.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of project financial management [+]

• Presentation
• The different types of costs
• Income
• Price formation
• Operating profit

3.The relationship between quality x costs x schedule [+]

• Direct relationship
• Priority differences among projects
• Cost x Time relationship
• Cost x Performance relationship

4. The Project Phases [+]

• The 5 project phases
• The 5 project phases
• The overlapping of phases in the PMBOK
• The interference of the phases in the project cost management
• The 44 processes that constitute the PMBOK

5. The Project Cost Management processes [+]

• Cost estimating
• Budgeting
• Cost Control

6. Cost Estimating [+]

• Detailed estimating
• Analogy
• Parametric
• Monetary adjustments

7. Qualitative Financial Management Tools and Project Selection Tools [+]

• Project selection
• Present value
• Benefit cost analysis
• Net present value
• Break-even point
• Fast tracking

8. Cost control, in Investment Projects [+]

• Definition
• Order of magnitude control
• Pre-project analysis
• Price formation in investment projects

9. Course Close-out

Project Quality Management

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Learn to

• The context of project quality management
• Plan the project quality
• Perform quality assurance (QA)
• Perform quality control
• Manage change

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to better manage the quality aspects of the project and to understand the important influence of this knowledge are on the success of the project.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The quality movement [+]

• Qualty stories
• The greatest quality innovators
• Historical lessons to be applied today
• Quality on today’s competitive environment

3.Quality Management Fundamentals [+]

• What is quality?
• The benefits of a quality management program
• The cost of quality
• The role of the project manager

4. Quality Planning [+]

• Quality planning activities
• “Inputs” and “Outputs”
• Stakeholder analysis and their quality expectations
• Quality standards
• Tools and techniques

5.Quality Assurance (QA) [+]

• The role of QA in the management process
• What a Quality Plan must contain
• The role of QA on the project’s life cycle
• Tools and techniques

6.Quality Control [+]

• Collecting measurement data
• Determining the process
• Controlling the process variables
• Quality Control Reports
• Tools and techniques

7.Change Management [+]

• The change control process
• Configuration Management

8.Improvement processes [+]

• Analysing collected measures
• Evaluation and metrics
• Variance
• Strategies for continuous improvements

9.Commitment to Quality [+]

• Leading quality initiatives
• Quality Management in the new millenium
• Nurturing a corporation towards quality

10. Course Close-out

Project Human Resource Management

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Learn to

• The context of human resource management
• The project phases
• The Human Resource Management processes
• The project manager and his/her interfaces
• Dealing with changes and conflicts
• Dealing with teams
• How to lead; Using Power as a resource; How to deal with stress
• Motivating team members

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to better manage the financial and cost aspects of the project, and to promote a better understanding of the interfaces of cost and other areas of the project.We will discuss the tools used to prepare the financial estimates and what the project manager can do to be in close contact with the project’s budget. Additionally we will define and present the concepts of investment projects and the technique used to select projects.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Project Human Resource Management [+]

• Human Resources on a project
• Human Resources definition
• The benefits of human resource processes
• Human Resource and its influences on the projects

3.The project phases [+]

• Initiating
• Planning
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing
• Human Resources as part of the project’s processes

4. Project Human Resource processes [+]

• Human Resource Planning
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team

5. The Project Manager and his/her interfaces [+]

• The roles of the project manager
• The Posner Study and the project manager characteristics
• The main mistakes made when selecting a project manager

6. Conflict Management [+]

• Changes
• Conflicts
• The double aspects of conflicts
• Conflicts x Performance

7. Teams [+]

• Definition
• Types of teams
• Team behaviour
• Team size

8. Leadership [+]

• Leader x Manager
• The must-have leadership abilities for a project manager

9. Power [+]

• Definition
• Types of power
• Effective power
• The influence of power in the project’s outcomes

10. Stress [+]

• Definition
• Eustress x Distress
• Managing the stress in the project

11. Motivation [+]

• Definition
• Process theories
• Content theories

12. Course Close-out

Project Leadership

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Learn to

• Contextualize project leadership
• The interfaces that the project manager has to be aware of
• Manage and motivate the project team using power as a tool
• Manage Changes, Conflicts and Stress

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to improve your leadership abilities, defining and presenting important concepts such as stress, power, e, poder, interpersonal relationships and conflict management.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Contextualizing project leadership [+]

• The role of leadership today
• The definition of leadership
• The advantages inherent to a leader
• The leader main challenges
• Leader x Manager
• What is the required leadership profile of a project manager

3. The project manager and his/her leadership [+]

• The roles of the project manager
• Posner’s Study of the characteristics of the projet manager
• Main mistakes when hiring a project manager
• How to use the Enneagram as a tool to better understand relationships

4. Managing and motivating project teams: the effective use of power [+]

• The definition of team
• The characteristics of a project team
• Advantages and obstacles when working in a team
• Team formation and development phases (Tuckman)
• Team types
• Priorization dynamics and team work
• Building up motivation(process and content theories)
• Maslow, Theory X and Y, Herzberg
• How to maximize the interpersonal relationship
• The use of SDI® to analyse the individual preferences
• Power and its use on team management
• Sources of power (French and Raven)
• Effective power
• The influence of power on the project’s outcomes
• The 48 Laws of Power (Greene)

5. The Management of Changes, Conflicts and Stress [+]

• Managing change
• Changes as a positive influence
• The change and the leader
• The phases of change: from resistence to support
• The change and conflicts
• The leader as a conflict manager
• The main sources of conflicts
• Positive and negative causes of conflicts
• Conflict and Stress
• Eustress x Distress
• Managing stress in the project
• Conflict x Stress x Performance
• Conflict Resolution Exercise – Self-assessment

6. Course Close-out

Project Communications Management

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Learn to

• The context of communications management
• The project phases
• The project communications processes
• The objectives of a Communication Plan
• Teams
• Meetings
• Data and Document Management, and Systems Integration

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to enable you to achieve better communications effectiveness in the project. It involves everything that relates to information in the project and its impacts on the sucess or failure of a project. This module will allow you to identify the different types of communication and the strategies for implementing them.We will also discuss the professional responsibilities involved in the project communications management.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Communications Management [+]

• Defining communications management
• Rationale and the objectives of communications
• The importance of information
• The benefits and flaws of communications
• The communications process and how it supports the project

3.The project phases [+]

• The 5 project phases
• The overlapping of phases in the PMBOK
• The interference of the phases in the project communications management
• The 44 processes that constitute the PMBOK Guide – 3rd Edition

4. The Project Communications Management processes [+]

• Communications planning
• Information distribution
• Performance reporting
• Manage stakeholders

5. Communications Plan [+]

• Information receivers and context
• Communications process
• Communications Plan components

6. Teams [+]

• Concept and characteristics
• The formation of a team
• The main misconceptions about the size of a team
• The phases of development and formation of a team (Tuckman)
• Team priorization exercise

7. Meetings [+]

• Meetings as an effective communications tool
• Meeting and their negative aspects
• Obstacles found by the facilitator
• Problematic people
• Preparing for a meeting

8. Data management; Document and Systems Integration [+]

• DMS – Document Management System
• DI – Document Imaging
• DM – Document Management
• COLD/ERM
• Forms Processing (OCR/ICR)
• RM – Records Management
• CM – Content Management

9. Course Close-out

Project Risk Management

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Learn to

• The context of Risk Management
• Historical aspects of risks
• Associating risks to each project phase
• Risk Management processes
• Identification and Risk Categories
• Risk Qualification and Quantification
• Risk Response Planning
• Monte Carlo simulation
• Risks and Contracts

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to better manage the project risks.You will get acquainted with the techniques used to identify, qualify, quantify, plan the responses and control the risks in a project. The module also presents some tools that can be used to simulate the effects of the risks in the outcome of the project.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Risk Management [+]

• Basic characteristics of risks
• The effects of risks in the project
• The need to effectively manage the project risks
• The context of risk management inside a project environment

3.The Project Phases [+]

• The 5 project phases
• The overlapping of project phases in the PMBOK
• The interference of the phases in the project risk management
• The 44 processes that constitute the PMBOK Guide – 3rd Edition

4. The Project Risk Management processes [+]

• Risk Management Planning
• Risk Identification
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Risk Response Planning
• Risk Monitoring and Control

5.Risk Identification and Categorization [+]

• Subject matter experts interviewing
• Brainstorming
• Delphi Technique
• Nominal Group Technique (NGT)
• Crawford Slip
• Analogy
• Checklist, Surveys and templates
• Risk Breakdown Structure
• Affinity Diagram

6.Risk Qualification, Quantification and Classification [+]

• The different approaches to risks
• Probability
• Expected Monetary Value
• Probability Trees

7.Risk Response Planning [+]

• Factors that may influence the risk responses
• Mitigate
• Transfer
• Acceptance
• Avoid
• Insurances
• Management and contingency reserves

8. Course Close-out

Project Procurement Management

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Learn to

• The context of Procurement Management
• Plan the acquisition of goods and services
• The project phases
• The project procurement processes
• The Make-or-Buy decision
• Defining what to buy; Select sellers
• The type of contracts and price formation
• Purchase and acquisition strategies
• Acquisition methods
• Ethics in procurement
• That needs to be documented regarding contracts
• Contract Closure

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to enable you to better manage the project’s acquisitions of goods and services, and to consider all external influences that may impact in the success of the project. The module will allow you to better distinguish the different type of contracts and their uses. The module will additionally discuss the professional responsibilities involved in project procurement and how the project manager can add more value and profitability using a set of defined and controlled processes.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Project Procurement [+]

• Defining the goods
• The benefits of having a project procurement process

3.The project phases [+]

• Initiating
• Planning
• Control
• Closing
• The role of procurement in the project

4. The Project Procurement Processes [+]

• Plan Purchases and Acquisitions
• Plan Contracting
• Request Seller Responseses
• Select Sellers
• Contract Administration
• Contract Closure

5. Make or Buy and Purchase Specifications [+]

• Make or Buy process
• Purchase criteria
• Purchase specifications

6. Seller Selection [+]

• Seller selection
• Decision criteria

7. Contracts [+]

• Risks in contracts
• Market
• Competition

8. Types of contracts and Price Formation [+]

• Firm Fixed price contract
• Cost Plus Percentage of Cost contract
• Fixed Price with Incentive Fee
• Cost Plus Incentive Fee
• Cost Plus Fixed Fee

9. Contracting methods [+]

• Criteria used in contracting
• Power and interrelationship abilities and their influence over the contracting model

10. Ethics in procurement [+]

• Professional responsibility
• Legality
• Integrity
• Exclusion

11. Contract closure [+]

• The possible ways of closing a contract
• Adjourning

12. Course Close-out

Earned Value Analysis in Projects

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Learn to

• The definition of earned value
• Nomenclature
• Planning the project to use earned value analysis
• Executing the project activities and using earned value as a control tool
• Using the forecasting features of earned value
• Earned value analysis as a control tool

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to use one of the most powerful project control tools. Earned value is widely used on north american government contracts and it is becoming very popular all over the world.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Earned Value [+]

• Earned value
• Defining Earned Value Analysis
• The benefits of using Earned Value
• How Earned Value can influence the project

3.The project phases [+]

• Initiating
• Planning
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing
• Earned Value as part of the project’s processes

4. Using Earned Value in projects [+]

• Earned Value Analysis Chart
• The traditional way of controlling the project
• Nomenclature
• Performance indexes Matrix
• Planning the project to use EVMS
• Cost Account Plans (CAPs)
• Determing BCWP
• Forecasting Nomenclature
• TCPI – Forecast Costs
• Earned Value as a Control Tool
• The benefits of Earned Value Analysis as a Project Control Tool
• The difficulties of using EVMS
• The costs of implementing earned value on projects
• Final thoughts about the use of EVMS

5. Course Close-out

Managing Complex Projects

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Learn to

• Define and identify complex projects
• Systems and complexiy
• Managing different concerns
• Priorization of different needs
• Necessary leadership needs in complex projects
• Decrease risks in complex projects
• Interppret and analyze project risks at the executive level
• Planning and controlling complex projects
• Understanding the Chaos Theory
• Managing problematic projects

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to deal with the growing need of managing complex projects. We will get to the bottom of the necessary involvement that is needed on crisis management and problematic projects.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Systems and complexity [+]

• The elements of a system
• Balance and lack of balance in a system
• Atratores
• Non linear dynamics
• Self-organization

3.Complex Projects [+]

• Definition of complex projects
• Validating “Hard” and “Soft” benefits
• Managing multiple concerns from the stakeholders
• Setting the priorities (Relationship Matrix)

4. The characteristics of management in complex projects [+]

• Vital leadership abilities to manage complex projects
• The Communication processes in complex projects
• Communication plaform
• Reducing risks in complex projects
• Interpreting and analyzing project risks at the executive level

5.Planning and controlling complex projects [+]

• The 5 planning stages on complex projects
• The 5 executing stages on complex projects

6.Problematic projects and Crisis Management [+]

• Complexity and problems have something in common
• Continuous sequence of problematic projects
• The perceptions about problematic projects
• How to identify a problematic project
• Vital Signs Model
• Problematic Projects Evaluation Model
• Restricting factors to recovery
• Premature project closure
• Decision making process
• Developing a recovery plan
• The 4 classical recovery options
• Critical factors to recover a project

7.Discussion – Managing complex and problematic projects [+]

• The change control process
• Configuration Management

8.Improvement processes [+]

• Cases
• Table participants
• Discussion

9. Course Close-out

Project Portfolio Management

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Learn to

• The context of project portfolio management
• Project and portfolio metrics and performance indicators
• Balanced Scorecard in projects
• PMI Standard for Portfolio Management
• Project selection for the portfolio
• How to use the risk management tools on a portfolio
• Implementing the portfolio management process

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to teach you project portfolio management, one of the most important and up-to-date tool to assure that the projects are aligned with the strategic objectives of the corporation.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of portfolio management [+]

• The definition of portfolio management
• Portfolio objectives
• The benefits of having a portfolio focus
• The context of porffolio management in the project management
• The differences between portfolio management and the traditional managemnt
• Portfolio management is not multiple project management
• Portfolio management and the PMO

3.Project portfolio metrics and performance indicators [+]

• The desired portfolio profile
• Associating the return of investment with the management costs
• The project categories and their aligment to the strategic objectives of the corporation
• The most important metrics in the portfolio (Balanced Scorecard)

4. Balanced Scorecard in the Portfolio Management [+]

• BSC and the performance evaluation of the portfolio
• Ibbs Study – Berkerley connecting reliability with maturity and the application of a Project Maturity Model
• (OPM3) in projects
• Balanced Scorecard for the portfolio
• Different BSC’s that can be applied to projects

5.Project selection in Portfolios [+]

• The main project selection criteria and the development of project portfolios
• Qualitative criteria and the selection of projects for the portfolio
• Quantitative criteria and the selection of projects for the portfolio
• Portfolio project priorization techniques

6.Risk assessment in portfolios [+]

• Risk management tools used to select projects and assess the performance of the portfolio
• The use of decision trees to determine the project with the best return for the portfolio
• Using Monte Carlo simulation to verify the compliance of the portfolio budget
• Comparing different portfolios using simulation technique

7.Implementing a project portfolio [+]

• Implementation phases
• Converting projects to be part of a portfolio
• Risks associated with implementing a project portfolio

8. Course Close-out

Change Management

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Learn to

• Understand internal and external scenarios and the need for effective management of organizational change
• Develop a process of organizational change
• Identify obstacles that may impact the implementation of changes in the organization
• Develop a plan for change management
• Recognize the importance of the use of standardized processes and adapted to the reality of the organization
• Create an environment of flexibility and organizational adaptation

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to train students in the change management of organizations. A major difficulty in the business, change to evolve or even to survive is a prerequisite of modern administration. The organization must have their processes and their team work and prepared with sufficient maturity to adapt with speed and ensure the success of its projects and operations.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Introduction to change management [+]

• Understanding the nature and necessity of change
• Influence of external and internal scenario
• Recognizing the uncertainties
• A question of survival

3.Organizational processes [+]

• Organizational processes mapping
• Maturity processes diagnosis
• Maturity projects diagnosis

4. Planning and implementing a project change management [+]

• Cultural aspects
• Analysis of the organizational strategy
• Gap Analysis
• The role of communication
• The profile of the project implementers of change management
• Organizational Support
• Creating the plan for change management
• Setting performance indicators
• Implementing the project change management

5.Obstacles [+]

• Organization culture and defects
• Market and competition
• Communication
• Risks

6.Keeping the organization on track [+]

• Lessons learned
• Assessment of benefits
• Implement and monitor continuous improvement

7. Course Close-out

PMO – Project Management Office

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Learn to

• Identify the main types of PMO
• Know the various organizational structures
• Differentiate project, program and portfolio
• Understand the various project management maturity models
• Balance the portfolio of projects against the organization’s strategic planning

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to train the students in the creation and implementation of a project management office, showing the processes and best practices that, when standardized by the organization, help to increase the success rates of their projects. We will discuss the differences in the roles of the project manager and the project team when it comes to managing projects in a centralized manner instead of managing individual projects. Another matter of importance is how to ensure that the aggregated results of projects and programs match the strategic objectives of the organization.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Success and failure in projects [+]

• Overview of Project Management
• Reasons for success in projects
• Major causes of failure in projects
• Project management myths

3.Organizational structures and their influences in the implementation of a PMO [+]

• Functional structure
• Weak matrix structure
• Balanced matrix structure
• Strong matrix structure
• Projectized

4. Organization of a Project [+]

• Defining projects
• Roles and responsibilities in project management
• Defining programs
• Roles and responsibilities in program management. Defining portfolios
• Roles and responsibilities in portfolio management

5.The various types of PMO [+]

• Individual project PMO
• Departmental PMO
• Corporate PMO.
• Strategic PMO

6.Portfolio Management [+]

• The benefits of portfolio management
• Continuous sequence of problematic projects
• Tools and metrics of portfolio management
• Organizational Strategyv
• Corporate Governancec

7.Project management maturity models [+]

• OPM3
• PMMM
• Kerzner Simplified
• ESI Model
• Berkley Model
• Macrosolutions Model

8.Portfolio planning and management [+]

• Identification of the organization’s maturity level
• Selection of methodologies, software and standards to be implemented
• Definition of metrics and performance reports
• Balancing the portfolio using the Balanced Scorecard approach
• Portfolio risk management

9. Course Close-out

Project Leadership

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Learn to

• Contextualize project leadership
• The interfaces that the project manager has to be aware of
• Manage and motivate the project team using power as a tool
• Manage Changes, Conflicts and Stress

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The purpose of this module is to improve your leadership abilities, defining and presenting important concepts such as stress, power, e, poder, interpersonal relationships and conflict management.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Contextualizing project leadership [+]

• The role of leadership today
• The definition of leadership
• The advantages inherent to a leader
• The leader main challenges
• Leader x Manager
• What is the required leadership profile of a project manager

3. The project manager and his/her leadership [+]

• The roles of the project manager
• Posner’s Study of the characteristics of the projet manager
• Main mistakes when hiring a project manager
• How to use the Enneagram as a tool to better understand relationships

4. Managing and motivating project teams: the effective use of power [+]

• The definition of team
• The characteristics of a project team
• Advantages and obstacles when working in a team
• Team formation and development phases (Tuckman)
• Team types
• Priorization dynamics and team work
• Building up motivation(process and content theories)
• Maslow, Theory X and Y, Herzberg
• How to maximize the interpersonal relationship
• The use of SDI® to analyse the individual preferences
• Power and its use on team management
• Sources of power (French and Raven)
• Effective power
• The influence of power on the project’s outcomes
• The 48 Laws of Power (Greene)

5. The Management of Changes, Conflicts and Stress [+]

• Managing change
• Changes as a positive influence
• The change and the leader
• The phases of change: from resistence to support
• The change and conflicts
• The leader as a conflict manager
• The main sources of conflicts
• Positive and negative causes of conflicts
• Conflict and Stress
• Eustress x Distress
• Managing stress in the project
• Conflict x Stress x Performance
• Conflict Resolution Exercise – Self-assessment

6. Course Close-out

Project Human Resource Management

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• The context of human resource management
• The project phases
• The Human Resource Management processes
• The project manager and his/her interfaces
• Dealing with changes and conflicts
• Dealing with teams
• How to lead; Using Power as a resource; How to deal with stress
• Motivating team members

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to better manage the financial and cost aspects of the project, and to promote a better understanding of the interfaces of cost and other areas of the project.We will discuss the tools used to prepare the financial estimates and what the project manager can do to be in close contact with the project’s budget. Additionally we will define and present the concepts of investment projects and the technique used to select projects.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Project Human Resource Management [+]

• Human Resources on a project
• Human Resources definition
• The benefits of human resource processes
• Human Resource and its influences on the projects

3.The project phases [+]

• Initiating
• Planning
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing
• Human Resources as part of the project’s processes

4. Project Human Resource processes [+]

• Human Resource Planning
• Acquire Project Team
• Develop Project Team
• Manage Project Team

5. The Project Manager and his/her interfaces [+]

• The roles of the project manager
• The Posner Study and the project manager characteristics
• The main mistakes made when selecting a project manager

6. Conflict Management [+]

• Changes
• Conflicts
• The double aspects of conflicts
• Conflicts x Performance

7. Teams [+]

• Definition
• Types of teams
• Team behaviour
• Team size

8. Leadership [+]

• Leader x Manager
• The must-have leadership abilities for a project manager

9. Power [+]

• Definition
• Types of power
• Effective power
• The influence of power in the project’s outcomes

10. Stress [+]

• Definition
• Eustress x Distress
• Managing the stress in the project

11. Motivation [+]

• Definition
• Process theories
• Content theories

12. Course Close-out

Negotiations in Projects

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• The importance of effective and precise negotiation in a project environment
• Identifying the negotiation needs of others
• Converting positions into concerns
• Building trust relationships and the Game Theory
• Preparing to negotiate
• Establishing a successful rapport

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to improve your negotiation techniques and to allow a better undestanding of what is involved in business relationships, as well as improve the positive outcomes of a negotiation process.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. Negotiation in projects [+]

• The negotiation process in a project environment
• The importance of negotiation for each one who is involved
• Determining the negotiation needs of everyone
• Power and negotiation
• Batna and zopa

3.The different types of negotiation techniques [+]

• The colaborative and the competitive schools
• The soft approach
• The analytical approach
• The tough approach

4. The cultural aspects involved in a negotiation process [+]

• Culture and rapport
• Respecting the differences
• Building bridges x walls

5.Using the MBTI as a negotiation support tool [+]

• The Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the Jung preferences
• Avoinding conflicts in teams using the MBTI
• How the MBTI can be used in a negotiation

6.The 5 steps to success in a negotiation [+]

• Planning the negotiation
• Games Theory and the negotiation
• Exploring alternatives
• Converting positions into concerns

7.Complex negotiation [+]

• Complex systems
• The Theory of Complexity
• Exploring differences
• Obtaing alternative deals

8.Group exercises [+]

• Negotiation exercise : in pairs
• Complex negotiation exercise with multiple stakeholders

9. Course Close-out

Project Cost and Financial Management

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• The context of project finance and cost management
• The relationship between quality x cost x schedule
• The project phases
• The project cost management processes
• How to estimate costs
• The quantitative tools for financial management and project selection
• How to control the financial aspects of investment projects

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to better manage the financial and cost aspects of the project, and to promote a better understanding of the interfaces of cost and other areas of the project.We will discuss the tools used to prepare the financial estimates and what the project manager can do to be in close contact with the project’s budget. Additionally we will define and present the concepts of investment projects and the technique used to select projects.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of project financial management [+]

• Presentation
• The different types of costs
• Income
• Price formation
• Operating profit

3.The relationship between quality x costs x schedule [+]

• Direct relationship
• Priority differences among projects
• Cost x Time relationship
• Cost x Performance relationship

4. The Project Phases [+]

• The 5 project phases
• The 5 project phases
• The overlapping of phases in the PMBOK
• The interference of the phases in the project cost management
• The 44 processes that constitute the PMBOK

5. The Project Cost Management processes [+]

• Cost estimating
• Budgeting
• Cost Control

6. Cost Estimating [+]

• Detailed estimating
• Analogy
• Parametric
• Monetary adjustments

7. Qualitative Financial Management Tools and Project Selection Tools [+]

• Project selection
• Present value
• Benefit cost analysis
• Net present value
• Break-even point
• Fast tracking

8. Cost control, in Investment Projects [+]

• Definition
• Order of magnitude control
• Pre-project analysis
• Price formation in investment projects

9. Course Close-out

Earned Value Analysis in Projects

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• Download the course handout (PDF)
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• This course is also available in the PMI REP (Registered Education Provider)
• Click here and see the code to claim the PDU’s searching for “Macrosolutions”

Learn to

• The definition of earned value
• Nomenclature
• Planning the project to use earned value analysis
• Executing the project activities and using earned value as a control tool
• Using the forecasting features of earned value
• Earned value analysis as a control tool

Course Information

• Language: English, Portuguese (Br) and Spanish
• Public: On-site and in company classes
• Duration: 16 hours
• PDU’s: 16

Methodology

Macrosolutions / Ricardo Vargas use the state-of-the-art in the training process, including:

• Explanatory classes utilizing audio-visual resources
• Use of films and video clips as an educational resource
• Demonstrations and computer simulations
• Workgroups activities focused in problem-solving
• Scenario-based simulations using real cases to be further discussed in groups

Course Objective

The objective of this module is to enable you to use one of the most powerful project control tools. Earned value is widely used on north american government contracts and it is becoming very popular all over the world.

Course Content

1. Course opening

2. The context of Earned Value [+]

• Earned value
• Defining Earned Value Analysis
• The benefits of using Earned Value
• How Earned Value can influence the project

3.The project phases [+]

• Initiating
• Planning
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing
• Earned Value as part of the project’s processes

4. Using Earned Value in projects [+]

• Earned Value Analysis Chart
• The traditional way of controlling the project
• Nomenclature
• Performance indexes Matrix
• Planning the project to use EVMS
• Cost Account Plans (CAPs)
• Determing BCWP
• Forecasting Nomenclature
• TCPI – Forecast Costs
• Earned Value as a Control Tool
• The benefits of Earned Value Analysis as a Project Control Tool
• The difficulties of using EVMS
• The costs of implementing earned value on projects
• Final thoughts about the use of EVMS

5. Course Close-out