Project Management for Engineering and Technology

Lessons

18+ Lessons | 151+ Quizzes | 88+ Flashcards | 88+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

54+ Pre Assessment Questions | 60+ Post Assessment Questions

Lessons 1: Overview of Project Management

• Project Defined
• Need for Project Managers
• Essential Elements of a Project
• Internal Versus External Projects
• Speaking the Language of Project Management
• Project Success Criteria
• People Skills in Project Management
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 2: Roles and Responsibilities of Project Managers

• The Project Manager’s Functions
• Process Functions of Project Managers
• People Functions of Project Managers
• Characteristics of an Effective Project Manager
• Functional, Matrix, and Project-Based Organizations
• Project Management Certifications
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 3: Project Initiation

• Outcomes of the Project Initiation Phase
• Project Description
• Project Feasibility Analysis
• Project Concept Document
• Project Charter
• Stakeholder Register
• Project Kickoff Meeting
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activity

Lessons 4: Project Planning — The Schedule

• Benefits of Planning and Scheduling
• The Planning and Scheduling Process
• Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
• Key Facts About Developing a WBS
• The WBS Dictionary
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Estimating Activity Duration and Sequencing Activities
• Displaying the Project Schedule
• The CPM Network Diagram
• Scheduling Software and Combined Schedule Formats
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application activities

Lessons 5: Project Planning — The Cost Estimate and Budget

• The Cost Estimate
• Costs To Be Included in Estimates
• Estimating Methods
• Estimating Products
• The Budget
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 6: Project Planning — HR, Communication, Procurement, and Quality Plans

• The Human Resource Plan
• The Communication Plan
• Procurement Plan
• The Quality Management Plan
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 7: Project Planning — The Risk Management Plan

• Risk Defined
• Risk Management Defined
• Classifications of Risk Factors
• Risk As It Relates to Project Success Criteria
• Risk Identification Process
• Qualitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Risk Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis Tools
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 8: Project Execution — Build the Project Team

• Teambuilding Defined
• Common Mission: The Basis of Effective Teamwork
• Building the Project Team
• Explaining the Roles of Team Members
• Explain How the Team is Supposed to Operate
• Four-Step Model for Building Effective Teams
• Evaluating Teambuilding Activities
• Initiating the Team’s Work
• Teams should be Coached
• Handling Conflict in Teams
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 9: Project Execution — Procurements

• Procurement Methods
• Preparing an RFP or RFQ Package
• Bonds, Addenda, and Alternates
• Contracts for Subcontractors and Materials Suppliers
• Evaluating Bidders and Bids
• Ethics in Procurement
• Summary
• Key terms and concepts
• Review questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 10: Project Monitoring and Control

• Monitoring and Controlling Scope
• Monitoring and Controlling the Schedule
• Monitoring and Controlling Costs
• Earned Value Management
• To-Complete Performance Index
• Performance Reviews
• Cost Monitoring and Control Software
• Quality Monitoring and Control Methods
• Monitoring and Controlling Risk
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 11: Project Closeout

• Steps in the Project Closeout Process
• Verify the Scope
• Close Out the Contract
• Close Out the Administrative Aspects of the Project
• Conduct a Lessons-Learned Review
• Develop the Project Closeout Report
• Recognize Team Members
• Complete the Final Step
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 12: Project Managers as Team Leaders

• Leadership Defined
• Influencing Team Members
• Eight Cs of Leadership for Project Managers
• Caring and Leadership
• Competence and Leadership
• Character and Leadership
• Communication and Leadership
• Clarity and Leadership
• Commitment and Leadership
• Courage and Leadership
• Credibility and Leadership
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activity

Lessons 13: Project Managers as Motivators

• Motivation Defined
• Motivational Context
• Basic Survival Needs and Motivation
• Safety and Security Needs and Motivation
• Social Needs and Motivation
• Esteem Needs and Motivation
• Self-Actualization Needs and Motivation
• Developing Personal Motivation Plans
• Additional Motivation Strategies
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 14: Communicating, Influencing, and Negotiating

• Begin with a Communication Plan
• Communication Skills can be Learned
• Communication Defined
• Communication is a Process
• Not All Communication is Effective
• Factors that can Inhibit Communication
• Listening Well Improves Communication
• Nonverbal Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Communicating Corrective Feedback
• Written Communication
• Influencing and Negotiating in Project Management
• Negotiation Defined
• Characteristics of Effective Negotiators
• Preparation and Successful Negotiations
• Conducting Negotiations
• After Agreeing—Follow Through
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 15: Project Managers and Time Management

• Poor Time Management and Team Performance
• Common Time Management Problems and their Solutions
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 16: Project Managers and Change

• Change Management Model for Project Managers
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 17: Project Managers and Diversity

• Diversity Defined
• Diversity-Related Concepts
• Prejudice is Learned Behavior that can be Unlearned
• Overcoming Prejudice and Embracing Diversity
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities

Lessons 18: Project Managers and Adversity

• Do Not Give Up and Never Quit
• Face Adversity and Overcome It
• Accept Adversity as a Normal Part of Life
• Accept that Life can be Unfair
• Help Team Members who are Facing Adversity
• Dealing with Micromanagers who create Problems
• Summary
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Application Activities