IT Project Management Practical Course

Facts you need to know about Project Management &
Hi-Tech in Israel

The average salary in the USA is $75,709 per year for Junior IT Project Manager and $138,671 per year for Senior IT Project Manager according to Glassdoor
There are more than 56,270+ job opportunities for Project Managers in the USA on LinkedIn
Project Manager, Product Manager, Business Analyst, and QA are the easiest jobs to enter hi-tech, as a rule, they do not require technical background

Goal of the Course

The main goal of the course is to give the participants practical experience in IT Project Management.

The course will include workshops, master-classes, homework, and experience with real projects.

Course Group

The number of participants in the group is limited to 12 people. Please contact us to check if there are seats available in the group.

Course Language

Group 1 - English.

Group 2 - Russian

Group 3 - Ukrainian.

The periodicity and term

The 2-hour course workshops are held twice a week in the evening. The participant could choose a suitable day.

The course includes 12 workshops.

Course Program

- 30% of theory and 70% of practice
- workshops, simulations, and real-life cases

Introduction to PM

- PM Knowledge Areas, Project Performance Domains, and Process Groups according to PMBoks; - How could a Project Manager participate in Pre-Sales Activity & Discovery? - What does a standard SDLC include? - What’s an MVP? - Business Value & Outcomes. - High-tech domains, - Front-End, Back-End, and Stack for dummies. - What’s the structure of a High-Tech company? - What are the standard IT-project team roles? - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - practice forming an IT-project team, - practice choosing a stack. - practice creating & managing project in JIRA, - solve the cases, - start a course glossary.

Project Integration Management & Scope Management

- What are the Project Constraints & Project Baseline? - Requirement Gathering Methods & Elicitation Techniques. - What is a Feasibility study and why is it a must? - How to fill in a Project Charter? - Agreement Types & Variations. - Bid Documents & Events. - RFP & RFI & RFQ. - SOW. - What’s a RIСE Prioritization Technique and how to make a SWOT analysis? - WBS & WBS Dictionary. - How to hold a Kick-Off Meeting. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - practice holding a kick-off meeting, - fill in the Project Charter, - make a SWOT analysis in MIRO App, - make RICE prioritization. - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

Cost & Time Management

- Estimate Types. - Estimate Technics (PERT, CPM, Analogous, Parametric, Delphi, etc.). - How benchmarking helps in estimation. - What’s a Focus Factor? - Make-or-Buy Analysis & Decision. - Project Roadmap. - How to create a Gantt Chart. - What’s a PM Plan? - Tracking time with TEMPO App. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - estimate PERT and Analogous techniques, - practice make-or-buy analysis, - create a project Gantt Chart in BigGantt, - make Tempo reports, - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

Risk & Change Management

- What’s RAID Log and how to make a Risk Prioritization; - Risk Response types & strategies; - What’s a Workaround? - Time Compression Techniques; - Leads & Lags; - What’s a Contingency Reserve? - How to process a Change Request. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - create a RAID Log, - make a Risk Prioritization, - practice finding a response strategy, - solve the cases.

Team Management &

Stakeholder Management

- Stakeholder Register, RAG Report, and how to keep stakeholders updated? - NPS. - Leadership Styles and Tuckman Ladder. - 121s & Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation & Bonus Prioritization Technique. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - create RAG Report, - define their leadership style. - practice communication with Stakeholders. - practice 121s. - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

Communications Management

- What’s a Communication Plan? - How to make Meeting Agenda and MOMs? - Why a RACI Matrix is a must for complex projects & teams. - The obligatory elements for any written communication. - Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom Apps. - Optimizing the daily standup: Standup bot. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - create a communication plan, - practice using & managing the main communication Apps, - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

Frameworks: Scrum

- Waterfall vs Agile. - What's Scrum and why is it so popular? - What you need to know about Scrum Guide, Scrum Events & Artifacts & Values. - Types of Retrospective. - Poker Planning. - Scrum Metrics. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - take part in Scrum Game, - practice Sprint Planning & Retrospective, - practice writing user stories & AC, - define metrics, - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

Frameworks: Kanban

- What’s Kanban? - What are the differences between Scrum and Kanban? - Kanban Measures. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - take part in a Kanban Game. - define measures. - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

Earned Value Management

- How to control the budget & schedule effectively. - PV, AC, EV, CPI, and SPI. - How to measure EV manually and using the Tempo App. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - practice measuring EV manually and using the Tempo App. - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.

CV & Job Search

- How to create a relevant CV? CV Standards and Practices. What should be included and what shouldn’t be included in a CV? - What websites to search for a job on? - How does networking work? - What is a staff affiliation program and how do recruiters work? - Job search funnel, response, and converse rate. - Caliper profile test. - Pre-offers and offers. - Practical cases related to the topic. - QA. The participants will: - create a professional CV with Tutor’s help and promote it to find a job. - practice being interviewed for a job. - add new terms to a course glossary, - solve the cases.