You don't want "box-checking".
You want people to focus their energies
and successfully complete the project.
Strong beginnings & solid foundations ensure that success.
This class meets Live via ZOOM three consecutive mornings January 27, 28 & 29, 2021
8 a.m. to 12 Noon
Poor requirements management is a major cause of project failure, second only to changing organization priorities.[1]
PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® research published in 2014 discovered that of the organizations surveyed:
- Only 49% have the resources in place to do requirements management properly
- Only one-third say that their leadership values requirements management as a critical competency for projects and strategic initiatives
- 53% fail to use a formal process to validate requirements in an unbiased way
[1] Source: PMI 2014 Pulse of the Profession® study
Managing scope on a project is one of the most difficult and demanding jobs of a project manager. Pinning down the project scope starts with a clear understanding of the needs and expectations of the key stakeholders. It involves more than just knowing what needs done. It also requires knowing what not to do and how to manage the changes that inevitably come up during a project.
Students will work in teams to develop a project charter, gather requirements, write a scope statement and create a WBS as well as learn to manage scope once the work begins.
- Understand the importance of scope management for project success
- Learn techniques to elicit requirements
- Learn to identify critical project stakeholders
- Recognize the variety of resource constraints that can affect a project
- Gain the knowledge pillars of defining and organizing project goals and objectives
Quick review of the basics
- The competing demands of a project
- Defining success
- Project charter
Clarifying needs and expectations
- Stakeholder analysis
- Collecting requirements
- Constraints and assumptions
- Tools for success
Creating a scope baseline
- What’s in and what’s out
- WBS – breaking it down
- WBS dictionary
- Influence of the competing demands
Collecting requirements
- Plan for elicitation
- Prepare for elicitation
- Conduct elicitation
- Document outputs from elicitation activities
- Selecting and practicing elicitation techniques
Managing scope & requirements
- Validating and accepting deliverables
- Managing changes – preventing scope creep
- Evaluating the impact of scope and requirements changes
This class will be beneficial for project team members, project team leaders, and the supervisor or manager that directs the activities of project team members, and project team leaders.
Anyone in management positions that have responsibilities for project teams, and their results, can gain expertise in coaching the project teams.
Talent Triangle values:
- PMP/PgMP: 9 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
- CAPM: 9 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
- PMI-ACP: 1 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
- PMI-SP: 0 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
- PMI-RMP: 0 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
- PfMP: 0 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
- PMI-PBA: 9 Technical 2 Leadership 1 Strategic
Materials in this class are based on the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017.
The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
The PMI TALENT TRIANGLE and the PMI Talent Triangle logo are marks of Project Management Institute, Inc.
This class can be done for up to 30 people if your project teams get together and attend one on-site training session. What an excellent way to get everyone moving in the right direction! Contact me for the details. Paula.Seiwert@wichita.edu
Materials in this class are based on the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017.
The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
The PMI TALENT TRIANGLE and the PMI Talent Triangle logo are marks of Project Management Institute, Inc.