IIM Kashipur
Executive Certificate Programme in Project Management

• Definition of a 'Project'
• Why Project Management
• Type of Projects
• Statistics of Project Failures and Successes
• The Project Lifecycle

• Project Selection
• Project Feasibility Studies and Appraisal
• Types of Project Selection Models
• Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

• Project Manager Responsibilities
• Special Demands and Attributes of Effective Project Managers
• Dealing With Conflict
• Problem of Cultural Differences

• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS)
• CPM & PERT
• Crashing a Project Network
• Project Crashing Analysis

• Gantt Charts
• Network-based Resource Allocation
• Resource Allocation
• Allocation of Resources using MS Project

• Performance Monitoring Technique
• Project Cost Control
• Earned Value Management
• Cost Variance Analysis
• Cost Control & Monitoring Mechanism

• The Variety of Project Terminations
• Project Termination Process
• Post-implementation Evaluation
• Final/Closure Report

• Plan Scope Management
• Decomposition of the Project Scope
• Define Scope
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope

• Planning Procurement Management
• Components of the Procurement Plan
• Contractual Considerations
• Negotiation Processes
• Contract Selection Criteria

• Stakeholder Power and Interest Matrix
• Plan Stakeholder Management
• Issues with Global Stakeholders
• Managing Project Communications
• Controlling Communications Management
• Encoding and Decoding Barriers

• Traditional vs Agile Methods
• Agile Project Management: Roles and Responsibilities
• Agile Methodologies (SCRUM)
• Applying Agile to Large Projects

• Develop Project Charter
• Develop Project Management Plan
• Direct and Manage Project Work
• Monitor and Control Project Work
• Perform Integrated Change Control
• Close Project or Phase

• Mapping Inherent Strategic Risk
• Formalising the Risk Management Plan
• Identifying the Categories of Risk
• Planning Risk Responses
• Developing Contingency Plans
• Risk Problem Solving

• How do we know what it is our business strategy? How do we make one?
• Bridge the gap between high-level Vision/Strategy and in-the-trenches project implementation
• Why there is no alignment between Strategy/Business and Project Management
• Alignment Takeaways

Group Presentation. A small caselet will be given to learners to create a detailed Project Charter/Project Plan/Stakeholder Analysis
• Project Work Presentations and Review