Project Management: Technical Projects (2021)
1h 15mIntermediate2021-09-20
Authors
Bob McGannon
PMP and PRINCE2 Certified Consultant, Author, and Speaker
Course details
Technical projects have their own unique set of needs and challenges. The project manager and the business need to be aware and ready to respond to these challenges. Learn how to manage technical projects effectively with Bob McGannon. This course illustrates how to leverage project management tools differently and anticipate the technical component and business risks that are common to technology projects. Topics covered in the course include waterfall vs. agile, managing new and existing technologies, working with the expectation that technology solutions will be available 24/7, special considerations for technical product development, and much more. The course concludes with a set of problems and solutions that you can use to apply the principles from this course.
Skills covered
Project Management SkillsProject ManagementFoundations
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - What is a technical project
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. PM Approaches for Technical Projects
- 03 - Waterfall vs. agile
- 04 - Requirements - A whole new challenge
- 05 - Change in a technical project
- 06 - Scenario - Addressing technical project challenges
2. Managing Technical Solutions
- 07 - Separating services from the technical tool
- 08 - Managing technologies
- 09 - Challenges with new technology
- 10 - Scenario - Managing a project s technical component
3. Managing the Technical Environment
- 11 - Managing data
- 12 - Managing vendors and the cloud
- 13 - 24 7 for everything
- 14 - Managing testing
- 15 - Scenario - Managing technical element issues
4. Technical Product Development Considerations
- 16 - Minimum viable service (MVS) minimum viable product (MVP)
- 17 - Automation vs. human effort
- 18 - Implementing and supporting products
5. The Future Is Now - New Technologies
- 19 - Problem - Using artificial intelligence
- 20 - Solution - Using artificial intelligence
- 21 - Problem - Access anywhere and everywhere
- 22 - Solution - Access anywhere and everywhere
- 23 - Problem - Big data
- 24 - Solution - Big data
Conclusion
- 25 - Next steps
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