# Project Management Level II

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/projectmanagement-level-2>

## Overview

Building on the foundation from Project Management Level 1, this course completes your understanding of the five project phases by focusing on Execution, Monitoring, and Closing. You’ll learn how to keep projects on track by managing timelines, budgets, resources, and risks, as well as how to document lessons learned and wrap up deliverables once a project is complete.

The class also includes an introduction to Agile Project Management, with an overview of frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and XP. By comparing Agile to traditional Waterfall methods, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of when each approach works best and how to select the right methodology for different types of projects.

## 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)

## Prerequisites

Knowledge/skills equivalent to our [Project Management Level I](/classes/projectmanagement-level-1) course is required.

## 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

## Schedule
- Jun 5, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Jul 13, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Aug 21, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Sep 24, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Oct 29, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Dec 4, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC

## Instructors

### Dan Rodney — School Director, Instructor, & Senior Course Developer

Dan Rodney has been a designer and web developer for over 20 years, creating coursework and leading innovative training initiatives at Noble Desktop. He teaches courses covering Figma, HTML & CSS, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Power BI. Dan has also been at the forefront of integrating AI into design and business workflows, spearheading Noble Desktop’s latest AI course offerings. In addition to teaching and curriculum development, he writes custom scripts for InDesign (Make Book Jacket, Proper Fraction Pro, and more) and works with automation and AI-driven tools in his free time. You can find Dan on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, and at danrodney.com.

Learn more about [Dan Rodney's](/dan-rodney) background and expertise.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $325