PROJECT

MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE COURSE
OUTLINE AND WORK
MODEL EXPANSION
ALIGNMENT
 Project Management Institute Course Outline and WME Alignment

Table of Contents and WME Resource

Module 1 ………………………………………………………………………… Pgs. 1 - 3

Module 2 ………………………………………………………………………… Pgs. 3 - 5

Module 3 ………………………………………………………………………… Pgs. 5 - 6

Module 4 ………………………………………………………………………… Pgs. 7 - 9

WME Document Reference

Module 1: Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts

Week 1

WME Objective 1.1: Recognize Core Terminology

● What is a project?
● What is project management?
● What is the role of a project manager?
● Discuss the key personal skills of the PM.
● Define a business case.
● List the components of a business case.
● What is project scope?
● List the components of a project.
● What is a project life cycle / milestone?
● Describe project culture.
● What is a process?
● What is a deliverable?
● What is a stakeholder?
● What is a portfolio?
● What is a project charter?
● Discuss product life cycle versus project life cycle.

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Week 2

WME Objective 1.1: Recognize Core Terminology

● Identify analytical tools
● SWOT Analysis
● RAID Analysis

Week 3

WME Objective (s) 1.1: Recognize Core Terminology

WME Objective 1.2: Identify concepts and terminology of project management planning
● Project Baselines (Scope, Cost, Schedule)
● Triple Constraint Diagram
● Discuss values that drive ethical conduct for the project management profession
● Project Management Planning terminology

Week 4

WME Objective 1.2: Identify concepts and terminology of project management planning
● Define Stakeholder Register.
● Identify the elements of a stakeholder register
● What is a contingency plan?
● Define Risk Register.
● Discuss purpose and how to create a risk register

Week 5

WME Objective 1.2: Identify concepts and terminology of project management planning
● Discuss the different features of an organizational structure
o matrix, functional, projectized o decentralized and centralized organization
o co-location and virtual teams
● Illustrate a projectized organizational structure?
● Why is change management important in project management?
● Identify the process of making changes in project management.

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Week 6

WME Objective 1.3: Identify project roles and responsibilities

● Identify the key project stakeholders
● Identify key project stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities.

Week 7

WME Objective: 1.4 Identify tools and systems used for or associated with project
management
● Overview of tools most often used (Gantt chart, work breakdown structure)
● Advantages and disadvantages of each tool?
● Determine why you should use each tool?

Week 8

WME Objective 1.5: Identify common problem-solving tools and techniques

● Problem solving steps
● Describe the importance of Conflict Resolution in Project Management
● Approaches to Conflict Resolution
● Describe five meetings types in Project Management
● Best practices for effective problem-solving meeting
● Tools & Techniques

Week 9

WME Objective 1.1: Recognize Core Terminology

● Review of core terminology.

Module 2: Business Analysis Frameworks

Week 1

WME Objective 4.1: Identify business analysis roles and responsibilities

● Stakeholder roles / responsibilities:
● Pros and Cons of Internal versus External project managers

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●Turn in Culminating Project 1

Week 2 / Week 3

WME Objective 4.2: Identify attributes of stakeholder communication

● What is a communication plan in project management?
● Components of a communication plan
● Whom do we communicate with?
● Identify the different communication dimensions
● Types of communication: Synchronous versus asynchronous communication.
● Important considerations during communication planning

Week 4

WME Objective 4.3: Identify attributes related to gathering requirements

● Describe ways of gathering requirements
● What are the main categories of requirements?
● Best practices for successful requirements gathering

Week 5

WME Objective 4.3: Identify attributes related to gathering requirements

● Tools for collecting requirements: context diagram, use case diagram, sequence diagram,
user stories, mind map, interviews, focus groups, facilitated workshops, observations,
questionnaires and surveys, prototyping and storyboarding.

Week 6

WME Objective 4.4 Identify product roadmap attributes

● What is a roadmap in project management?
● What is the purpose of a project roadmap?
● What are the key elements of a project roadmap?
● Common pitfalls of a project roadmap.

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Week 7

WME Objective 4.4 Identify product roadmap attributes

● Project Roadmap versus Product Roadmap
● List the benefits of a project roadmap. Project roadmaps are appropriate for what types of
projects?
● Define a Release plan.
● Project Roadmap versus Release plan.

Week 8

WME Objective 4.5: Identify components of product delivery

● What is a requirements traceability matrix (RTM)?
● Discuss the different types of RTM, i.e. forward traceability, backward traceability, bidirectional
traceability
● How to create a RTM.

Week 9

WME Objective 4.5: Identify components of product delivery

● Discuss Product backlog/Sprint backlog.
● Benefits of a product backlog / Pitfalls of a product backlog.
● What are acceptance criteria?
● What are characteristics of good acceptance criteria?
●Turn in Culminating Project 2

Module 3: Traditional Plan-Based Methodologies

Week 1

WME Objective 2.1: Recognize when a traditional plan-based approach is appropriate

● Overview of Traditional Plan-Based Methodology
● Pros/Cons of Traditional Plan-Based Methodology
● Discuss phases of the Traditional Plan-Based Methodology
● What are the process groups of project management?
● Discuss the knowledge areas of a project management

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Week 2

WME Objective 2.1: Recognize when a traditional plan-based approach is appropriate

● What is the Traditional Plan-Based Methodologies roles and responsibilities?
● What are typical lists of Traditional Plan-Based Methodologies?
● When is the Traditional, Plan-Based Methodology appropriate?

Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5

WME Objective 2.2: Identify attributes of a project management plan schedule

● Discuss steps to creating a project schedule

Week 6

WME Objective 2.2: Identify attributes of a project management plan schedule

● Define Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). What are the characteristics of the Work
Breakdown Structure?
● Discuss the importance of a Work Breakdown Structure.
● What are the levels of the Work Breakdown Structure?

Week 7

WME Objective 2.2: Identify attributes of a project management plan schedule

● List the types of schedule dependencies
● Discuss how to create a WBS from scratch
● Best Practices for the WBS
● Define Critical Path
● How does the Critical Path Method help?

Week 8

WME Objective 2.2: Identify attributes of a project management plan schedule

● Steps in the Critical Path Method
● Overview of Tools with Critical Path features

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Week 9

WME Objective 2.3: Identify attributes of executing and controlling traditional plan-based
projects
● What are project controls and why are they important
● Identify the economic models for project selection
● Define project management metrics
●Turn in Culminating Project 3

Module 4: Agile Frameworks/ Methodologies

Week 1

WME Objective 3.1: Recognize when agile project management is appropriate

● Overview of Agile Project Management
o Four core values
o Discuss the importance of the Transparency Core Value.
o Twelve Agile Principles
● How does the servant-leadership model relate to the Agile methodology?

Week 2

WME Objective 3.1: Recognize when agile project management is appropriate

● How to decide which Agile Framework is appropriate
● Discuss the Agile Hybrid approach.
● Pros/Cons of Agile Project Management
● Discuss phases of Agile Project Management

Week 3

WME Objective 3.2: Identify attributes of plan iterations of a project

● What are Agile project progress metrics?
● Why are Agile metrics important?
● Examples of Agile metrics: Sprint Burndown Report, Velocity, Epic and Release Burndown,
Control Chart, Cumulative Flow Diagram, Lead Time, Value Delivered, Net Promoter Score,

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Work Item Age, Throughput, Blocked Time, Escaped Defects, Failed Deployments, Code
Coverage, Quality Intelligence

Week 4

WME Objective 3.3: Identify agile roles and responsibilities

● What are the Agile roles and responsibilities?
● Who are the stakeholders of the product in the Agile methodology?
● Best practices for Agile teams

Week 5

WME Objective 3.4: Identify attributes of document project controlling of an agile project
● Describe various forms of Agile monitoring.
● What are some possible interventions a project manager may use to control a project?

Week 6

WME Objective 3.5: Identify components of an agile plan

● What are the main deliverables of Agile project management:
● Overview of Popular Agile Frameworks
● Scrum

Week 7

WME Objective 3.5: Identify components of an agile plan

● Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
o Describe Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
o Four configurations of SAFe
o Key SAFe Roles
● eXtreme Programming (XP)
o Describe eXtreme Programming (XP)
o Values used in XP
o Core practices derived from the principles
● Kanban
o Describe Kanban.
o Foundational principles
o Core practices of Kanban
o Kanban Metrics

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Week 8

WME Objective 3.5: Identify components of an agile plan

● Feature Driven Development (FDD)
o Describe FDD
o Eight best practices
● The Crystal Method
o Describe the Crystal Method
o Composed of a family of agile methodologies:
o Key components
● Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM)
o Describe DSDM
o Based on eight principles

Week 9

WME Objective 3.6: Describe task management steps (e.g., Decomposition, Prioritize,
etc.)
● Describe Task Decomposition
● Strategies for Task Decomposition
● What is the Task Prioritization Process in the Agile Methodology?

●Turn in Culminating Project 4