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Project Management Capstone

Certificates associated with this course:

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Take advantage of the special combined rate of $2,590 for both courses when you take “Applying MS Project to Plan, Schedule and Control Your Projects” the same week as “Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control” or “Project Manangement Captstone.”

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Project Management Capstone

Project initiation

  • Review business case for project
  • Meeting with project sponsor and key stakeholders
  • Developing a project charter
  • Defining the project scope with a scope statement

Project planning

  • Writing a statement of work (SOW)
  • Constructing the work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Planning a project using MS Project
  • Building time and cost estimates
  • Developing the project schedule (network diagram)
  • Assigning resources
  • Cost/schedule optimization
  • Presenting estimates and plan to project sponsors
  • Baselining the project

Project execution and control

  • Updating the plan with actuals
  • Managing change requests
  • Determining impacts to other projects

Project closure

  • Completion and submission of all project deliverables
  • Conducting post-project reviews
  • Capturing lessons learned
  • Instructor evaluation and feedback

Schedule

Evening before course — 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Optional dinner for those arriving early
Days 1 and 2 — 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session
Day 3 — 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Session

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a member of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), authorizes this course for 2.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or 22 hours, as well as 22 PDUs.