iso.Project – ISO 21502 “Project Management”

Training on project management “iso.Project”
Based on the international standard ISO 21502:2020 “Project Management Guidelines“

“Aproject is a temporary effort to achieve one or more defined goals.”
©2020 International Organization for Standardization. Guidance on project management

This training will guide you through the concepts and methods of ISO 21502 Project Management that are important for and affect the successful implementation of a project. The training enhances your ability to implement projects and provides tools, ideas, and approaches for successful project implementation.

During the training, during individual and group exercises, participants work on a project of their choice (usually from the customer’s industry); apply tools, techniques and methods of pre-project activities, project direction and initiation, project control and supervision, delivery management, project closure or termination, post-project activities; understanding the essence of these tools and the principles of their independent application in practice.

Instructor: Anatolii Savin, PfMP, M.S.P.M., PMP
Duration of the training: 2-4 days, 14-28 hours(at the request of the customer, the depth of study of DSTU ISO 21502 ischanged and industry specifics are imposed)
Кількість учасників: 9-15 осіб (для тренінгу в класі) або до 6 осіб (для онлайн-тренінгу)
Language*: Ukrainian or English
*It can be russian, but there should be no russian citizens in the group and the cost of the training will be 2 times more expensive. The extra money will be sent to the Armed Forces or to rebuild Ukraine.

Advantages of the standard ISO 21502 “Project Management”

Using the recommendations of ISO 21502 for project management, organizations and project managers will be able to:

• Transform your ideas into tangible or intangible products.
• Successfully manage and engage stakeholders during project development and implementation.
• Initiate, plan, implement, monitor, and complete projects with specific goals, scope, and resources.
• Control changes in projects.
• Manage organizational and societal changes that affect projects.
• Conduct project risk assessments and manage identified risks.
• Learn from your own project management events.

The following trainings

Target audience

The target audience of this training includes, but is not limited to:

• senior management to provide a better understanding of project management and help them provide appropriate support and direction to project managers and individuals working on projects;
• Individuals involved in the management, governance, provision, audit, and governance of projects, such as project sponsors, project boards, and auditors;
• project managers and project team members to have a common framework for understanding, conducting, comparing, evaluating, and communicating the practices used in their project;
• Developers of national or organizational standards, processes, and methods for project management.

In addition, this training may be useful for those involved in project management support:

• governance and management of portfolios and programs;
• program and project offices or similar organizational structures;
• persons engaged in the academic study of project, program, and portfolio management;
• persons performing functions related to project management, such as finance, accounting, human resources, procurement, and legal.

Participants of our trainings are ready to share their personal experience:

Preliminary requirements

Учасники тренінгу мають попередньо прослухати семінар iso.21500 – ДСТУ ISO 21500 “Контекст та концепції” або вивчити самостійно, як влаштовано сузір’я стандартів ISO серії 21500.

Knowledge and skills

The participants will gain in-depth knowledge of modern project management concepts and terminology. After completing the training, students acquire the following knowledge and skills:

• Develop project goals, concept, business case, charter, life cycle, and WBS.
• Identify and document the criteria for project success and failure.
• Identify the external environment of the project.
• Develop a project schedule and analyze it using the critical path method.
• Identify project milestones.
• Authorize and launch the project for execution.
• Create project reports based on S-curves and a list of milestones.
• Identify project risks and plan responses to risk events.
• Manage with limited team resources and resolve resource conflicts.
• Summarize the results, analyze the experience gained, and complete projects.

Additional knowledge and skills can be gained at the following trainings:

1. iso.Program – ISO 21503 “Program Management”if you work “in the long run” and need to implement interrelated projects over a long period of time (years).
2. iso.Portfolio – ISO 21504 “Portfolio management”if you are a “big picture” business and need to implement many projects with the most efficient use of limited resources.
3. iso.EVM – ISO 21508 “Earned Value Management”if you need to improve reporting and control of projects and programs.
4. iso.WBS – ISO 21511 “Work Breakdown Structure”if you need to improve project and program planning and reduce uncertainty in their future implementation.

Topics to be covered

1. Project management concepts
   • Projects and project management
   • Influence of the project context
   • Strategy and projects of the organization
   • Client and contractor perspective
   • Limitations of the project
   • Projects as an independent part of a program or portfolio
   • Project management and governance framework
   • Project life cycle
   • Project organization and roles
   • Competencies of the project staff
2. Prerequisites for formalizing project management
   • Implementation of project management
   • Continuous improvement of the project management environment
   • Alignment with organizational processes and systems
3. Management practices for the project
   • Planning(development and monitoring of the plan)
   • Benefits management(identifying, analyzing, monitoring and maintaining benefits)
   • Volume management(defining, controlling and confirming the volume)
   • Resource management(project organization planning; team building and development; team management; planning, management and control of physical and material resources)
   • Schedule management(estimation of the duration of operations; development and control of the schedule)
   • Cost management(cost estimation; budget development; cost control)
   • Risk management(identification, assessment, processing and control of risks)
   • Managing circumstances(identifying and resolving circumstances)
   • Change control(creating a change management structure; identifying, assessing, planning implementation, implementing and closing change requests)
   • Quality management(quality planning, assurance and control)
   • Stakeholder engagement(identification and involvement of stakeholders)
   • Communications management(planning communications; dissemination of information; monitoring the impact of communications)
   • Managing organizational and social change(identifying the need for change; implementing organizational and social change)
   • Reporting(reporting planning; reporting management; report delivery)
   • Information and documentation management(determining what information should be managed; storing and retrieving information and documentation)
   • Procurement(procurement planning; supplier evaluation and selection; contract administration and closure)
   • Lessons learned(identifying and disseminating lessons)
4. Integrated project management practices
   • Pre-project activities
     • Identification and analysis of benefits
     • Identification of risks
     • Identification of stakeholders
     • Business case
   • Project focus
     • Defining a change control framework
     • Monitoring of benefits
   • Project initiation
     • Initial justification of the project
     • Project governance and management approach and plan development
     • Defining the scope
     • Planning the project organization and creating a team
     • Estimating the duration of work and developing a schedule
     • Cost estimation and budget development
     • Risk assessment
     • Quality planning
     • Communications planning
     • Determining what information should be managed
     • Identification of the need for change
   • Project supervision
     • Reporting planning
     • Procurement planning
     • Supporting benefits
     • Confirmation of volume delivery
     • Quality control
   • Project control
     • Progressive rationale
     • Team management
     • Monitoring the plan
     • Project performance management
     • Planning, management and control of physical and material resources
     • Volume control
     • Schedule control
     • Cost control
     • Risk control
     • Evaluation and selection of suppliers and contract administration
     • Reporting management
     • Tracking the impact of communications
     • Manage the start, progress and closure of each work package
     • Manage the start and completion of each phase of the project
     • Identify, assess and plan the implementation of change requests
   • Supply management
     • Team development
     • Quality assurance
     • Identification of circumstances and Resolution of circumstances
     • Responding to risk
     • Stakeholder engagement
     • Providing reports
     • Dissemination of information
     • Storage and retrieval of information and documentation
     • Implementing and closing change requests
     • Identifying lessons learned
   • Closing or termination of a project and Closing contracts
   • Post-project activities
     • Dissemination of lessons learned
     • Implementation of organizational and social changes

Technical equipment of the training

For classroom training

1. Projector and screen.
2. Computers with Microsoft Office, Project Professional, Power BI and Internet access.
3. Access to the Microsoft Project Online training lab.
4. A common workspace (cloud) with training materials and best practices.

For online training on ISO 21502 “Project Management”

The necessary software, hardware and settings can be found at PMDoc.ua/trainings/on-line

Practical tasks of the training on ISO 21502 “Project Management”

1. A preliminary test to assess the initial orientation in project management(to find out the level of preparation of the group and the appropriate presentation of the material).
2. Group exercise on project selection(as a cross-cutting example for the entire training), project scoping, and business case development.
3. Group exercise to develop a project charter.
4. Group exercise on developing a hierarchical work breakdown structure (WBS) for a project.
5. An individual and group test to assess team problem solving in planning the stages of project implementation.
6. Group exercise on developing a project schedule and analysis using the critical path method.
7. Group exercise to identify project milestones.
8. Group exercise on project reporting based on S-curves and a list of milestones.
9. Individual and group exercise on identifying project risks and planning response measures to risk events.
10. A business game to practice multi-project management skills in the face of limited company resources and resolve resource conflicts.
11. A business game to develop skills in understanding customer requirements and delivering a finished project to the customer.

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Phone: +380 (67) 744-4615
E-mail: anatolii@savin.pm
Skype: anatolysavin