# Project Management Level II (Self-Paced)

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/project-management-level-ii-online>

## Overview

In this course, you’ll build on the foundation from Project Management Level 1 and complete your understanding of the five stages of project management by focusing on the Execution, Monitoring, and Closing phases. You’ll learn how to keep a project running smoothly once it’s underway, ensuring tasks stay on schedule, budgets remain on track, and lessons learned are documented to support future efforts. The class also covers practical techniques for managing budgets, allocating limited resources, and estimating or tracking costs throughout the project lifecycle.

You’ll then receive an introduction to Agile Project Management and learn how it differs from the traditional Waterfall approach. Through an overview of Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP), you’ll see how various Agile frameworks support different types of projects and goals. By comparing these methodologies, you’ll gain the insight needed to choose the best management style for a range of project environments.

## What you'll learn

- Continue learning about the five phases of project management, focusing on the last three: Execution, Monitoring, and Closing
- Understand project costs and budgeting
- Learn how to manage resources
- Manage risk, changes, and uncertainty
- Get an overview of Agile Project Management frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP)

## Curriculum

### The Project Team

#### Team Development

- Assembling a Team
- Project Kickoff Meeting
- Characteristics of Effective Teams
- Barriers to Teams

#### Stages of Team Development

- Stage 1: Forming
- Stage 2: Storming
- Stage 3: Norming
- Stage 4: Performing

### Budgets & Costs

#### Types of Costs

- Resource cost rates
- Reserve analysis
- Contingency budget
- Cost of quality

#### Determining Activity Costs

- Estimate Activity Costs

#### Determining Project Budget

- Calculations
- Total Budgeted Cost (TBC)
- Time-Phased Budget
- Cumulative Budgeted Cost (CBC)

### The Execution Phase

#### Determining Actual Costs

- Determine Actual Cost
- Compare Actual Cost to Budgeted Cost
- Actual Accumulated Cost by Period
- Cumulative Budgeted & Actual Cost Curve

#### Determining the Value of Work Performed

- Determine Value of Work Performed
- Earned Value (EV)
- Cumulative Earned Value

#### Cost Performance & Project Status

- Analyze Cost Performance
- Measure Project Status

#### Cost Analysis

- Analyze Cost Performance
- Cost Performance Index (CPI)
- Cost Variance (CV)
- Estimating the Cost at Completion
- Forecasted Cost at Completion (FCAC)

#### Controlling Costs & Corrective Action

- Cost Control Steps
- When to Take Corrective Action

### Limited Resources: Leveling & Smoothing

#### Resource Leveling

#### Resource Limited Scheduling

### Risk Management

#### Risks & Issues

- Identify Risks
- Risk Assessment
- Probability & Impact Matrix
- Risk Appetite

#### Common Types of Risks

- External Risks
- Single Point of Failure

#### Risk Mitigation

- Common Ways of Dealing With Risk

### Project Communication

#### Meetings

- Project Kickoff Meeting
- Different Types of Meetings

#### Reports

- Different Types of Reports

#### Plans

- Project Plans
- Document Control Plan
- Project Communication Plan

### The Closing Phase

#### Final Payments

#### Staff Recognition & Evaluation

#### Post Project Evaluation

#### Lessons Learned

#### Archive Project Documents

#### Customer Feedback

#### Early Project Termination

### Agile Project Management

#### Overview of Agile

#### The Agile Manifesto

#### Agile vs. Waterfall

### Agile Frameworks

#### Scrum

- Scrum Concepts
- Scrum Roles
- Why is Scrum So Popular?
- When Scrum Works Best

#### Kanban

- Kanban boards
- Work-in-Process (WIP) Limit

#### Extreme Programming (XP)

- Extreme Programming (XP) Activities
- Designing
- Coding
- Testing
- Listening

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $325