COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Develop and Control Integrated Project Plan. It covers the purpose of integrated planning including its components, benefits and common planning pitfalls and how to avoid them; the project lifecycle and planning phases, key inputs to project planning and project planning process groups (PMBOK-aligned); the project management plan and scope planning and work breakdown structure (WBS); the schedule planning and development, cost planning and budgeting; and the resource planning and allocation. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the tools for integrated planning, quality planning and integration; the risk management planning and procurement and contracting strategy; the stakeholder communication needs and communication methods and frequency; the communication matrix and communication management plan; analyzing stakeholder influence and interest; the engagement strategies, planning for resistance and alignment and monitoring; and updating the stakeholder engagement plan.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the project baselines, integrated change control process, performance measurement and earned value management (EVM); monitoring and controlling project work and implementing project plan updates and reporting; linking project outputs to business objectives and tracking benefits realization; adjusting project plans for evolving strategies and integrating benefits realization into planning; the agile and hybrid planning approaches, project plan handover and closure; and the common pitfalls in integrated planning covering misalignment between plans, overcomplication and planning paralysis, siloed communication and data inconsistency and ignoring dependencies between knowledge areas.