I General

• Terminology: deadlines, duration, workload, etc.

• Organizations;

• Encountered difficulties.

II. Tools

• Tools for continuous improvement;

• Tools to define objectives;

• Tools to identify & decide;

• Tools to research & analyze the blocking points;

• Tools to imagine and choose solutions;

• Tools to plan and implement;

• Project management guideline.

III. Project Manager

• How does one become project manager?

• Strengths & weaknesses;

• New profession;

• Required skills.

IV. Project mission

• Methodology to define the project requirements;

• Formalization & validation of the mission;

• Identification of the objectives;

• Formalization of these objectives & validation by the stakeholders.

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V Stakeholders

• Definition of the project customers & suppliers;

• Roles & commitments;

• RAM;

• Communication.

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VI. Project planning

• Organization of the activities: WBS, PBS, OBS, RBS, CBS, GBS;

• Identification of the tasks & scheduling;

• Estimate;

• Risk Analysis;

• List of actors and their assignment;

• Resolving workload conflicts;

• Project budget;

• Communication of the project objectives;

• Validation of the baseline plan.

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VII. Control process

• Project status control definition;

• Control methods definition: quality;deadlines, workload and costs;

• Project information system definition;

• Implementing the customized reports.

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VIII. Monitoring the project

• Controls & meetings frequency;

• Project data acquisition;

• Progress analysis: quality, delays, workload & costs;

• Project performance indicators;

• Proposals of solutions to the steering committee;

• Decision implementation;

• Closing the project;

• Capitalizing the experiment.

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IX. Managing the project team

• Project leadership;

• Delegation;

• Negotiation;

• Communication.