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You Will Learn How To
- Plan for the successful delivery of a complex government project
- Create a work breakdown structure and a plan for total life cycle system management—an Integrated Master Plan (IMP)
- Develop a total cost of ownership (TCO) estimate
- Manage the development of a complex IT/software system
- Define the requirements to meet stakeholder needs and manage them through the product life cycle
- Apply a process to identify, analyze and manage project/program risks, threats and opportunities
Course Benefits Successful government program managers are adept at developing a plan for total project life cycle system management—an Integrated Master Plan. Throughout this course, you gain knowledge in managing complex programs, software engineering principles, requirements development, management and traceability methods, testing and system validation processes. You learn techniques for developing a total cost of ownership estimate, quality control standards, and life cycle cost analysis.
Who Should Attend Project/Program managers and functional managers accountable for moderate to complex government projects. Imperative for any acquisition professional seeking a Level II FAC-P/PM certification.
Workshop Course Through an immersive, simulated case study, you gain practical experience in developing and implementing a mid-scale project management plan. Activities include:
- Creating and analyzing a program/project goal statement
- Developing a product-oriented work breakdown structure
- Building an Integrated Master Plan
- Determining contract-aware fees
- Deciding on a software engineering life cycle model
- Building a use case
- Assessing the total cost of ownership
- Determining a test and evaluation strategy
- Assessing a risk management plan including threats and opportunities
Course U160 Content Introducing the FAC-P/PM Program
- Clarifying the FAC-P/PM initiative
- Describing acquisition reforms
- Establishing a culture of accountability
- Identifying government and contractor equities
Project Management Fundamentals
Managing projects
- Defining project and program management
- Outlining the project management process
Evaluating project objectives and planning
- Defining the project goals
- Planning the work that needs to be completed
Project scope and schedule
- Determining the project scope
- Applying estimating techniques
- Assessing scheduling tools and methods
Building an Integrated Master Plan (IMP)
Building a product-oriented work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Commonly found products
- Decomposing the WBS
- Best practices checklist
- Standardizing the WBS within your agency
Developing an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
- Benefiting from an Integrated Master Schedule
- The relationship between the IMP and IMS
Managing the Contractor
Defining the procurement process
- Comparing the make-or-buy analysis
- Source selection
- Evaluating the proposals
- Administering and closing the procurement process
Evaluating contract types
- Calculating a fixed-price contract
- Analyzing different types of contracts and their associated risks
- Navigating through the cost-reimbursable contracts
- Examining the time and material contracts
- Determining the aware fee
Applying Software Engineering to the Software Development Process
Developing and managing a process
- Enterprise analysis
- Appraising decision analysis methods for software architecture
- Evaluating Agile development methodologies
Developing and managing requirements
- Developing a requirements model
- Writing a use case
- Managing changes to requirements
Designing and implementing
- Identifying multitier architecture
- Incorporating the implementing phase into the project
Implementing a Program/Project Quality System
Ensuring project quality
- Charting the quality and grade of the software product
- Differentiating project quality theories
Planning and controlling quality
- Describing the quality plan
- Recognizing the seven quality planning tools
- Improving the process
- Evaluating performance quality data to execute quality assurance
- Analyzing the tools and techniques used to control quality
Managing Risks and Opportunities
Identifying and analyzing risks
- Drafting a program/project risk management plan
- Identifying program/project risks and opportunities
- Assessing impacts and probabilities
- Evaluating risk response strategies
Monitoring and controlling risks
- Implementing a risks/opportunities management plan
- Evaluating strategies
Estimating total cost of ownership (TCO)
- Factors impacting the total cost of ownership
- Applying estimation techniques
- Performing cost-benefit trade-offs
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