Quality for Project Managers (PM06)
Who Needs to Attend
Associate project managers, project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, quality assurance team members, product managers, and program managers.
Prerequisites
- Project Management Fundamentals (PM01)
- IT Project Management (PM11)
- Applied Project Management (PM08)
Follow-On Courses
Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks
This course is part of the following programs or tracks:
"Finished" Isn't Enough: Learn the Importance of Quality.
In this course, you will learn how to develop or improve the quality programs at your workplace. You will use systems thinking to plan quality into your project, prioritize requirements to meet customers' quality needs, select quality assurance and quality control activities that are tailor-fit to your project, and use quality management processes, tools, and metrics to increase the likelihood of project success. You will use a Quality Management Plan to document and structure a thoughtful approach to project quality management. You will gain insight into applying quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control to real-world projects.
What You'll Learn
- Apply systems thinking when planning quality into your project
- Develop or improve quality programs at your workplace based on modern quality theories and approaches
- Determine quality assurance activities for your project and how to measure them
- Prioritize requirements to better meet customer needs and ensure quality
- Relationship between risk and quality
- Develop a quality management plan for your project
- Determine the impact of quality assurance activities on the critical path
- Select the appropriate quality assurance and quality control tools for your project
- Plan and perform a quality audit for your project
Course Outline
1. Quality Control and Closure Project Quality
- What Is Quality?
- History of Modern Quality
- Project Quality Management
2. Planning Quality
- The Process of Planning Quality
- Systems Thinking in Planning Quality
- Role of Stakeholders in Quality
- Quality Requirements
- Quality Planning Tools
3. Performing Quality Assurance
- The Process of Performing Quality Assurance
- Process Analysis Tools
- Quality Assurance as Part of the Critical Path
4. Performing Quality Control
- The Process of Performing Quality Control
- Measurement and Tracking Tools
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Using Quality Assurance and Control Tools
- Quality Control and Closure
5. Case Studies
Hands-On Exercises
- Illustrate the Importance of Quality
- Define Quality
- Define the Attributes of Quality
- Distinguish Between Quality and Grade
- Propose a Quality Program for Your Workplace
- Identify Quality in the Triple Constraint
- Perform a Stakeholder Analysis
- Identify Positive and Negative Risks for Your Project
- Prioritize Requirements
- Develop a Quality Management Plan
- Determine the Impact of Quality Assurance Activities on the Critical Path
- Select Quality Assurance Tools
- Create a Pareto Chart
- Draw a Cause and Effect Diagram
- Plan and Perform a Quality Audit
Classroom Dates and Locations
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Course Code: 2808
Registration Information
$1995 CAD
3 Day Course
21 PMI PDUs
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