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Program Management (625)
Credits: 3
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This course provides a complete knowledge
of program/project management. It is based on the program
management procedures and processes used by the United
States Government and its prime and subcontractors,
however, the procedures are applicable in whole or in
part to the management of any type or size of research,
development, production or construction project. A program/project
manager may deal with large projects or small, at high
or low levels of an organization. In some instances,
functional managers act as project managers. In other
cases, projects are organized around product development
teams. The scope is so wide that discussion of program
management usually focuses upon limited aspects of the
total.
This course focuses upon
the whole. It illustrates how the organizational structure
and specific business
and technical management systems are integrated into
a total system of management to plan, organize, staff,
direct, monitor, motivate and control. The principles
and procedures enunciated are applicable to small and
medium size projects as well as those requiring complete
technical/cost/schedule/performance planning and control
systems. The course is the most comprehensive and thoroughly
documented course in program/project management available
from any government, public or private source.
Subjects covered include:
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Introduction to Project/Progam Management |
Technical Performance Measurement |
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Project Organization |
Risk Management |
| Program/Project Authority |
Specification Development |
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Financial Planning |
Configuration Management |
| Planning the Project |
Interface Management |
| Work Breakdown Structure |
Technical/Design Reviews and Audits |
| Schedules |
Life Cycle Cost |
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Trade-off Studies |
Logistics |
| Project Integration |
Software Development Process |
| Work Authorization |
Test and Evaluation |
| Earned Value Management Systems |
Transitioning from Development to Production |
| Technical Management System |
Production Management |
| Introduction to System Engineering |
Managing Small Projects |
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| Increase
Your Understanding of |
• The program management process
• Steps in program planning
• Requirements determination
• Work definition
• Scheduling and budgeting
• Risk management techniques
• Objective performance measurement
• System engineering
• Technical management
• Program initiation & leadership
• TQM
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| Improve Your
Ability to |
• Measure technical performance
• Organize staff & allocate resources
• Create work breakdown structures
• Motivate and direct staff
• Conduct technical reviews and audits
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This popular course has been presented
in public forums to more than 50,000 industry and government
personnel in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Now you can
have it in your home.
Professor:
Geoffrey VanderPal, B.S.B.A., M.B.A., D.B.A.
Text: The
Program Manager’s
Handbook, AGU Press |