23 August - 27 August 2010 (Mon - Fri)
5-day Instructor-led, 0900 - 1700
Kingston, Jamaica

After successfully completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Understand basic project management terminology
• Understand four P`s of Projects
• Understand the causes of successful and failed projects
• Understand project Planning Concepts
• Apply S.M.A.R.T. (and S.M.A.R.T.E.R) scope definition methodology
• Understand PMI-BOK vs PRINCE2
• Understand PMI Nine-Knowledge Areas of Project Management
• Be familiarised with the basics of defining the project, planning the project, implementing the plan, and completing the project, as it applies to a Cellular roll-out project
• Analyse and apply using a modelled Cellular Roll-out project

Telecommunications Project Management is a 5-day course focusing on the basic concepts and terminologies of Project Management with a focus on GSM Roll-out Project. The course delves deeply into what makes projects successful and what causes them to fail, focusing in on the roles and responsibilities of the Project Managers and Project Management Team members.

This course also delves into `Management by Projects`, which is the common methodologies for operating companies to run projects within their corporate operational structure.

Additionally, this course reviews the Project Management Institute`s "Nine Knowledge Areas" identified in the PMI Project Management Book of Knowledge ("PMBOK"), as it applies to telecommunications projects.

This course will include class exercises on Cellular Roll-Out project, focusing on defining the project scope and high-level milestones.

Attendees will benefit from this course because it will enhance their project management skills with a focus on the concepts of project planning in telecommunications cellular roll-out management.

Beneficial if attendees have studied the PMI-BOK and has worked at some level in project management previously.

Attendees who have general project management skills who are now working in the telecommunications industry and wants to improve and refine their project management skills focusing in on telecommunications projects.

Module 1: Basics of Project Management

• Project Management Terminology
• Four P`s of Project Management

Module 2: Keys to Successful Projects

• Define the Project
• Create the Project Plan
• Stakeholders
• Project Teams
• Risk Management
• Stick to the Plan
• Deliver on the Plan
• Communications
• Change Management
• Measuring Success

Module 3: Why Projects Fail

• Context Principle
• Entropy Principle
• Society Principle

Module 4: Project Management Processes (Principles)

• Dependencies
• Initiation
• Planning
• Executing
• Controlling
• Closing
• Flow of Activities

Module 5: Scope Definition Methodologies

• SMART
• SMARTER

Module 6: PMI-BOK vs PRINCE2

• PRINCE2
• PRINCE2 Components
• Model
• Techniques
• PMI-BOK - PRINCE2 Contrasts

Module 7: PMI-BOK Nine Knowledge Areas

• Integration
• Scope
• Time
• Cost
• Quality
• Communications
• Risk
• Human Resources
• Procurement

Course Exercise:
Using a modelled Cellular Roll-Out Project, in an interactive session, develop scoping, forecasting, milestones, and reporting for controlling the project.