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Project Management Course Contents

 
Project Management Course for Project Connect Programmes
Topic No Topics Session
= 60 minutes
1 Introduction to Project Management 3 sessions
Why Project Management
Projects – Definitions
The Project Triple Constraint – Scope, Time and Cost
Projects & Operations
The Project Life Cycle and Phases
Project Stakeholders
Project Management Process Groups
Project Management Knowledge Areas

2 Initiating a Project 1 session
The Project Charter
Identifying Project Stakeholders

3 Project Planning 6 sessions
The Project Management Plan
Detailing the Project Scope
Work Breakdown Structures
Project Network Diagrams
Project Duration and Cost Estimation Methods
Developing the Project Schedule
Gantt Charts, CPM and PERT
Project Crashing and Fast Tracking
Resources Leveling
The Human Resource and Communications Plan
Identifying and Prioritizing Project Risks

4 Project Execution Management 4 sessions
Quality Control Tools
Resources Procurement and Allocation
Managing Communications and Documentation
Managing Teams
Project Simulation and Risk Assessment
Use of IT tools

UDAY.K.YEDUR

Uday is a Chemical Engineer with about 20 years experience working with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), a FORTUNE 500 company which operates predominantly in the downstream Petroleum sector in India.

His diverse professional experience includes Oil & Gas Instillation Projects, Production, Supply and Distribution planning, Account Management, Sales and Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and New Business Development in the Marketing division of IOCL. The key areas that he has handled are in the areas of Projects, Account Management ( Public and Private sector) , Sales & Marketing and CRM. He believes in continuous learning and is passionate about Value Driven Project Management. He is keen on contributing to PMI India’s growth by encouraging adoption of Project Management practices across various sectors with a specific focus on Academia. He has a family of three members which includes his wife and 8 year old son.

Profile of Prof.Krishna Moorthy

Prof. Krishna Moorthy, is currently heading, as the dean of, the Institute of Project Management established by Larsen &Toubro as an in house academy for enhancing project management competencies among L&T Project Personnel. He has been instrumental in establishing this institution as a unique in house academy for Larsen &Toubro. He holds an MS in electronics and MBA degrees in addition to a postgraduate diploma in computing. A Ph.D scholar at the University of Twente, Enchede, The Netherlands, his research area includes digital age models for product development. After spending substantial number of years in the electronic industry
projects, he consciously moved to academics and has been involved in the field of higher education that is relevant and applicable in real life industrial project environment. In addition to his industrial experience in USA and Europe, He has been involved in educational initiatives in France, Hungary and India. Prior to the current assignment he was heading the Center for Technology and
Engineering Applications (C-TEA) of Larsen &Toubro. Immediately preceding this assignment he was heading IIIT,Pune for 5 years.
He is a project management evangelist with various published articles in the field of project management. He is also a visiting faculty member at European universities like the ESSCA and ESDES. In the project education arena his areas of focus are: Project Management frameworks, Risk, bidding and project control through tools.

Profile of – Raju Rao

Raju Rao, is Principal Consultant of Xtraplus Solutions, a consulting and training organization based in India. He teaches and conducts training for basic as well as advanced topics in project management. He also consults with organizations on instituting project management methodology and improving maturity in organizations.He has a good understanding of project
management as it is practiced world wide through its standards and developments taking place in the profession .He keenly promotes project management in India by speaking at various forums and conferences and by active participation in professional organizations . Raju has been involved in process development, engineering, commissioning and project management over a period of about 25 years in India and the Middle East. His exposure is in process, chemical, mechanical, plastics industry and IT industry . He was worked with manufacturing, and engineering / consulting organizations and has been an entrepreneur and independent consultant as part of his professional career. He has spoken at various seminars and conferences around at the world on topics which include Organizational maturity , India Vision 2020 and also writes on topics related to project management .Raju conducts courses and workshops leading to PMP certification, fundamentals of project management and for Program management, Project Portfolio management and Organizational project management .His exposure in training and education is for organizations, individuals as well as the academic community. He has been a Visiting Faculty at the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai and Sastra University ,Thanjavur ,South India Raju holds a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras and
certificates in Advanced Project Management from Stanford University . He is a certified PMP and SCPM (Stanford Certified Project Manager) He is a member of PMI , AACE International and has been involved in development of many standards of PMI . Currently he is on Advisory board for OPM3 Professionals and is a certified PMI OPM3 Consultant . He is also the President of South India Section of AACE International . He has been a Global Correspondent from India for PM Forum and is the Founder of the Indian Project Management Forum , an initiative to focus on India based issues and topics in Project Management.

Message from Dr.C.Muthamizselvan-Director-Chief Architect of the programme

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings from Chennai. We all know the definition of project as “A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service” and project management is “The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project objectives to meet stakeholder needs and expectations”. While organization are designed based on relative permanence of relationships, project is a temporary endeavor. Though there are some commonalities with management of organizations, approach to project management is different requiring different thinking and training. The principles of project management are universal in their application and they are not specific to any domain as it is generally believed. Keeping growth of Indian infrastructure which is likely to be the highest after China and requirement of project management professional, SRM University and Project Management Institute, one of the largest body of project management professionals association in the world, designed a five day short term training programme (STTP) in association with ISTE for faculty working across engineering disciplines and management. Complete details of the programme is given in the attached flyer. I request you to nominate your colleagues in your institution. If you have any further informational needs, please do contact the coordinators. Expecting to see you at SRM University on 30 July 2012.

Yours truly,
Dr.Muthamizhchelvan
Director (Engineering and Technology)

Basics of Project Management

Dear Participants,

Please see the attached presentation on project management. It provides  fundamental idea on project management. Provide your comments.

http://www.giorgiogiussani.it/project-managemet_EN.pdf

Please post your thoughts on the programme

Please post your thoughts on the programme. All your ideas, thoughts, comments will be shared with different stakeholders. The coordinators will be glad to acknowledge your contribution.

Profile of Shri. Karthik Ramamurthy

 

Karthik K Ramamurthy is one of the senior professionals of Project Management and President of Chennai chapter of PMI. He is  passionate about sharing knowledge on project management and has project management experience in different sectors and organizations such as  such as Pfizer, Boeing, Fidelity, Sodexho-Marriott, Vivendi-Universal and others.  He accepted our  invitation and provided needed guidance for designing the course content. We thank  him for his initiative, passion and above all keenness to help academicians.

Karthik K Ramamurthy
#1 “Ranjit” 14 (Old 82) First Avenue, Indiranagar, Adyar, Chennai 600020, TN, India.
Phone: +91 984 060 1505. email: forkarthik@gmail.com

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Education
Jan.’97 MBA — Masters in Business Administration (3.6/4.0 GPA) at IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University, India.) – with specialization in Operations & Marketing.
Jun.’91 MCA – Masters in Computer Applications – Madurai-Kamaraj University, India.
Jun. ’87 B.Com – Bachelor of Commerce – Madras University, India.
Jun.’02 Specialized Certificate in Java Programming including a course on J2EE (4.0/4.0 GPA) University of California – San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California, USA.
1999 Certificate courses in Java, JavaScript & E-Commerce (4.0/4.0 GPA) PennState University, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA.
Certifications
PMP Project Management Professional (Certificate# 225121) from the Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
6Sigma GB Green Belt (Certificate# 0851) from Benchmark Six Sigma Certification, New Delhi, India.
Professional Summary:
 Result-oriented leader with 24+ years’ experience covering the entire IT Lifecycle, including 20+ years in Consulting & Project Management.
 7+ years US experience with the major portion being in positions of responsibility including Senior Program Manager, Project Manager, Project Lead, Team Lead, etc. Experience includes delivering solutions for US Corporate giants such as Pfizer, Boeing, Fidelity, Sodexho-Marriott, Vivendi-Universal, etc.
 6+ years experience with US Pharmaceutical majors, (Pfizer, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson).
 Passionate about Project Management best Practices, with expert knowledge on the PMBOK and PMI Methodologies. Honorary President of PMI’s Chennai Chapter – the 2nd largest Chapter in PMI’s Region 11 covering India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan & Bangladesh.
 Excellent communicator and orator – speaker, panel moderator and panelist at several national and international conferences, seminars, meetings and webinars on “The Value of Sound Project Management”, “Best Practices for Project Success”, “The Value of PMI Credentials”, “Creative Techniques in Motivating Project teams”, etc.,
 Trained over a thousand professionals and students in Project Management techniques, Best Practices, Tools & Techniques, etc., in PMP Preparatory courses, Certificate Courses in Project Management and Corporate training programs for REPs and PMI Chennai Chapter programs. Organizations include Accenture, the Chennai Metro Rail, Crescent Business School, L&T Infotech, the L&T Institute of Project Management, the RBI Staff College, Shasun Pharmaceuticals, True Value Homes, Vellore Institute of Technology, etc.
 Excellent knowledge and experience with EPM methodologies & processes (in general, and specifically with Pfizer) including Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control & Closing, including crucial processes such as Project Communications, Risk & Quality Management.
 Proven skills in every stage of the IT Cycle, including Feasibility Studies, System Analysis, Design, Development, QA, Training and Implementation.
 Effectively managed & led complex application development projects with extensive experience interacting with clients & end-users for design specs, prototyping & issue resolution. Excellent Data Modeling and Schema Design skills. Good experience with Application Integration.
 Excellent Leadership, Organization, Communication and Team Skills.
 Strong ability to quickly understand and implement new technologies to suit user needs.
 Extensive experience in Project Management, Design, Development, Certification and Implementation of applications using the Oracle (up to ver. 8i, with PL/SQL), MS-SQL Server and Sybase databases.
 Passionate volunteer and volunteer leader with various causes such as Blood Donation, Training underprivileged students, Beach Cleaning, Protection of Trees, etc.
 Part-time Quiz Master, Cryptic Crossword Compiler and author of articles and analyses on Cricket.

Work History
July. ’09 – present Chennai Chapter (India) of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Chennai, TN, India. President
Feb. ’06 – present KeyResultz Ventures, Chennai, TN, India. Principal Consultant, CEO.
Jul ’04 – Feb ‘06 Innovative Networks Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA. Program Manager.
Sep. ’02 – Jul. ‘04 Pfizer Global R&D, La Jolla, CA. USA Senior Project Manager, Senior Test Lead.
Sep. ’00 – Aug. ‘02 Peregrine Systems, Inc. San Diego, CA, USA Project Manager & Senior Product Developer.
Feb. ’99 – Sep ‘00 Peregrine Systems, Inc., Warminster, PA, USA Team Lead.
Feb. ’97 – Feb. ‘99 Fourth Technologies, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ, USA Consultant & Project Lead.
Apr. ’95 – Jan. ‘97 Vivek Limited, Chennai, TN, India Manager – Information Systems.
Aug. ’91 – Mar. ‘95 AIMS Computer Services, Chennai, TN, India. Project Manager.
Jun. ’88 – Nov. ‘90 AR Computer Services, Madurai, TN, India. Project Leader (Part Time)
May ’84 – May ‘88 Aaron Enterprises, Chennai, TN, India. Programmer, Programmer Analyst, Finally Senior Systems Analyst.
Chennai Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Jul. ’09 – Present
Role: President
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the leading global non-profit organization for the project Management profession.
Chartered in 2002, the Chennai Chapter is a component of PMI and the second largest chapter by membership in PMI’s Region 11 that comprises India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
As President, effectively played the role of CEO, leading a team of nine volunteer Vice Presidents and several volunteers.
Under my leadership, the Chapter has seen several achievements, key among them being:
• Huge increases year-over-year in the Number of Events (5 to 12 a 140% increase), Average attendance at meetings (47 to 95, a 102% increase), PDUs awarded (235 to 1,140, a 385% increase), Member Communications (16 to 49, a 206% increase), Training Programs (3 to 14 a 366% increase), Students Trained (44 to 243, a 452% increase) and Financial Strength (Reserves from 6.85 lakhs to 18.32 lakhs, a 180% increase)
• Significant increases in Member Satisfaction: Overall Satisfaction increased 9% to 80%, Events up 6% to 71%, and Member Communications up 8% to 85%
• Significant partnerships with the Madras Management Association, the Madras Chamber of Commerce and the Chennai Chapter of the Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN).
• Design, Development and delivery of new 10-week Certificate Course in Project Management — Over 6 batches conducted in just one year.
• Redesigned the Chapter’s PMP Program, branded it “PMP & Beyond” and successfully delivered over 10 programs with average Faculty Ratings of 9.32/1.00).
KeyResultz Ventures, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. Feb. ’06 – Present
Role: Principal Consultant & CEO
KeyResultz Ventures is a premier Project Management Best Practices Company.
As CEO, defining organizational vision, and strategy apart from designing and developing services to customers. Effective marketing of services to customers including presentations and negotiations concluding with contracts and MOUs.
As Principal Consultant, handing several engagements involving helping clients set up PMOs, improve Scope Definition, Develop comprehensive Project Plans, Facilitated Risk Management, Setting up Lessons Learned Databases.
These services were rendered to leading Indian and International organizations including, but not limited to Tata Communications, Pfizer Accelerated Solution Centre Inc., Ekagraa Solutions, Red Magic Media, etc.
All engagements are based on implementation of PM Best Practices as espoused in the PMBOK.
In advocating the value of sound Project Management, speaker, panel moderator and panelist at several national and international conferences, seminars and meetings on “The Value of Sound Project Management”, “Best Practices for Project Success”, “The Value of PMI Credentials”, etc.,
The session “Key Best Practices for Project Success” at the PM SAARC Conference at Colombo, Sri Lanka, received excellent feedback, and was one of the best-attended sessions of the event.
Innovative Networks, Princeton, NJ, USA. Jul. ’04 – Feb. ’06
Role: Program Manager – Portal & Website Projects
Played a key role in aligning Project Objectives with Corporate Strategy. Implemented processes and provided leadership in the areas of Resource management, Risk Management, Assessing and Validating Project Plans, Setting up Early Warning Systems for Projects, Analyzing Metrics, getting troubled projects back on track, conducting Project Wrap-ups and organizing data into a Lessons Learned database.
Mentored, Trained and Supervised a group of four Project Managers involved in website development and redesign, the Innovative Networks website, the India Groups Portal, and intranet sites for select clients.
Pfizer, Inc, La Jolla, California, USA. Nov. ’02 – Jun. ‘04
Role: Senior Project Manager Sep.’03 – Jun. ’04
As Senior Project Manager, successfully implemented a $400,000 Innovation Fund project (EHAT – Electronic Handheld Audit Tool) to implement a Laboratory & Office Safety Inspections Systems on Pocket-PC based Symbol hand held devices.
Championed the capabilities of the system to the heads of site EH&S groups for considering system implementation at other Pfizer sites.
Performed Gap analysis with the help of the EH&S (Environmental Health & Safety) team, Designed modifications required to the FacilityCenter Schema, and worked with Syclo, Inc (vendor for the Handheld software) to include this new module on the existing SMART-FC system.
Delivered a successful solution with excellent satisfaction ratings from the customer.
Role: FC SME, Test Lead & Coordinator (FacilitvCenter Global Implementation) Nov. ’02 – Aug. ’03
Senior position on a US$22 million global project involving implementation of a Facilities Management solution for Pfizer Global Research & Development Department (PGRD).
As Subject Matter Expert, Test Lead & Coordinator, worked with and led a global team of QA personnel testing and validating Tririga’s FacilityCenter, Pfizer’s homegrown GetSpace & GetServices, and Syclo’s SmartFC hand-held maintenance solution.
Responsibilities included coordinating a team of 10 QA personnel (consultants + FTEs), Designing & Developing Test Plans, Test Procedures & Scripts at US and UK locations, Actively involved in Training the personnel on the FacilityCenter application and managing the process of writing and executing Test Scripts, including resource allocation, reviewing and editing scripts, managing User Acceptance Tests (UAT), etc.
Various Organizations. May ’84 – Sep. ‘02
Roles: Project Manager, Team Lead, Manager – Information Systems, Project Leader, Senior System Analyst, Programmer, etc.
Details can be provided on request.

Special Thanks to the Organizer from PMI

The programme is conceived with the help of PMI and we specially thank Mr.Uday who made it really possible to make it happen.

Despite his busy schedule he found time to help us. thank you Sir.

UDAY.K.YEDUR Head –Academic Relations & Infrastructure Markets PMI Organization Centre Pvt Ltd, # 918, Regus, Level 9,Raheja Towers,M.G.Road, Bangalore 560001 Cell :             +91 96322 21471       Mail : uday.yedur@pmi.org