Elon University - Executive Education

Putting the Cart After the Horse:
Project Scope Definition and Schedule Development

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Putting the Cart After the Horse: Project Scope Definition and Schedule Development is a seminar designed to help project management practitioners incorporate better practices in defining and developing timelines for projects.

This course is part of:

The Project Leadership Series^SM

What you will learn

The root cause for many project problems can be attributed to inadequate planning (or, in some cases, no planning at all). More specifically, these organizations do not sufficiently define the scope (the “what?”) and the activities (the “how?”) required to successfully deliver the project. Struggling project teams often drift into the execution phase without a well-defined plan.

This one-day seminar is designed to not only introduce better practices for scope definition and schedule development; it is also structured to facilitate hands-on learning through individual and team application. Participants will leave the seminar with a better understanding of project planning techniques such as: Work Breakdown Structures, Activity Breakdown, and Network Diagramming.

Goals and Objectives include:

To learn useful "take-aways" designed to facilitate proper project scope and schedule planning
To learn relevant and applicable work breakdown techniques
To better understand techniques for identifying and articulating project activities
To properly define dependencies between activities in order to optimize the project schedule
To identify a project’s critical path using network diagramming techniques
To gain insight into useful lessons learned for project planning from other seminar participants

Who should attend

The seminar will benefit project managers, sponsors, team members, and resource managers responsible for defining project scope and developing project schedules.

Prerequisites

An introductory understanding of project management terminology and processes.

Participants Will Receive

Student Guide Including Seminar Exercises
Certificate of Participation
7 PDUs / .7 CEUs

Dates

November 10, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Registration Fee: $495 | Team: $445 for each additional registration - same organization

Early Bird Discount: Register for only $445 on or before October 13, 2008 - SAVE $50

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What Previous Attendees Have Said

"Great seminar! I learned a lot and enjoyed the learning as well, thanks!"

"Instructor kept my attention, hands-on activities were very helpful."

"Fun class; very engaging. Facilitators did a good job explaining the concepts."

Our Promotional Partner

The Project Leadership Series^SM is presented in collaboration with Tanden LLC, a premier project management consulting and education firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chris Wright, President and Managing Principal of Tanden LLC and architect of The Project Leadership Series^SM, is a certified Project Management Professional and is past VP of Education for the NC chapter of the Project Management Institute. Tanden LLC is a PMI Registered Education Provider.

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