*This course is available in eTraining format. If you choose to take up this course in eTraining format, there is a 42-days window to complete the course.  

Watch basic concepts come to life in this course, a comprehensive synthesis of core project management principles designed to reinforce skills learned throughout the core curriculum. Build on your new competencies and test your skills as you work in teams to complete an extensive, realistic, week-long project case study

You'll propose, plan and execute a full-scale project under typical organizational constraints. Follow your project through the life cycle, resolving issues of performance, scheduling and control as you address questions of leadership and management. Each team member will take a turn as project manager, defining objectives and performing tasks and producing deliverables critical to the project's success.

As a course participant, you'll receive a complimentary copy of ESI's Project Management Tools CD for your use following class.  

Confirm your mastery of the core principles of project management in this experiential course and gain the hands-on confidence to practice new skills in your organization.

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 28.0

1. Team Building 

   a. Project assignment

• Initial project assessment
• Team ownership      

   b. Organizational assessment: working with what you have   

• Staffing
• Resources      

   c. Options assessment

• Preemptive troubleshooting
• Historical review

2. Preproposal Analysis and Planning 

   a. Analyzing the market

   b. Assessing Risk

   c. Building the team and reviewing roles

   d. Developing a plan to complete the proposal

3. Proposal Kickoff and Preparation

   a. Evaluating the requirement

   b. Evaluating bid contracts

   c. Obtaining the team's commitment

   d. Writing the winning proposal

   e. Delegating to team members

   f. Managing time constraints

4. Postaward Planning

   a. Project kickoff meeting

• Goals
• Participants
• Principal points

   b. Detailed project planning

5. Negotiation/Agreement

   a. Four steps of pre-negotiation preparation

   b. Negotiation performance

• Exploratory sessions
• Joint-gain resolution

   c. Post-negotiation activity

• Memoranda and documentation
• Communication

6. Implementation

   a. Measuring performance

   b. Managing risk and uncertainty

   c. Reporting progress and following up

   d. Managing change and achieving project control

   e. Leveling resources

7. Closeout

   a. Team

• Review
• Closeout
• Reassignment

   b. Project

• Documentation
• Lessons learned

   c. Organization

   d. Client

• Sign-off
• "Ownership"
• Revenue enhancement