One-Day Workshop: IT Project Management with GIS Examples

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One-Day Workshop: "IT Project Management with GIS Examples"

Instructor: Pete Croswell, PMP, GISP 

President, Croswell-Schulte IT Consultants

This workshop will cover critical concepts and approach for effective IT and GIS project planning and management. About 2/3 of the workshop will describe project planning and management practices with references to the Project Management Institute (PMI) as part of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and examples on how these practices are applied to GIS and IT projects. The workshop is appropriate for both novices in project management as well as for refreshing and expanding on the skills of experienced project managers. The workshop will feature hands-on exercises using Microsoft Project (workstations will be provided). Workshop participants will be awarded certificates of completion.

Specific topics will include:

• strategic planning as a basis for project planning and execution
• PMI Project management knowledge areas
• project planning/implementation planning (dealing with creation of a task hierarchy, task relationships, etc.)
• project budgeting and financial management
• risk management (as an element of project planning and monitoring)
• project communications and reporting
• and project team management.