Training Today - Project Management at xijio::blog

I’m in training today at Microsoft. The class is called Project Management and is taught by a guy named Peter Rogers.

Here is the syllabus

Project Management
Description
This is a two-day class for Engineering and IT professions, designed to better prepare Microsoft employees to understand and apply critical project management concepts, processes, best practices and techniques through a combination of instruction, facilitation, discussion, and activity.

At the end of this class students will:

Understand how project management components are used to organize and deliver projects

Understand the Project Management Institute (PMI) standards for project lifecycle and methodology

Use Microsoft (and industry) terminology to organize, communicate status, and deliver projects

Start up a project using established project lifecycle templates

Keep a project on-track through the project lifecycle; initiation, planning, execution, control, and close-out, using methods demonstrated in the class

Understand and be able to appropriately apply the Work Breakdown Structure tools

Close out a project and document lessons learned using an established post-mortem procedure

Apply tools, tips, and techniques to promote cross group collaboration

Know which tools and techniques to apply in the event of common project problems

Eligibility restrictions
Recommended for: IT/operations program manager, program manager, program manager 2 (career model)
Available to: all employees and contingent staff