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  <FAI:CourseTitle FAI:level="Overview"  FAI:code="PMIT_OV">
    Project Management For IT - Overview
  </FAI:CourseTitle>  
  
  <FAI:CourseCategory>Overviews</FAI:CourseCategory>
  <FAI:CourseCategory>Project Management</FAI:CourseCategory>

  <FAI:SummaryInfo>

    <FAI:CourseDesc FAI:version="X.X" >
	Provides an overview of the Project Lifecycle 
	and explores the motivation and benefits of
	the various deliverables produced throughout.
    </FAI:CourseDesc>

    <FAI:CourseDuration>
      1 Day
    </FAI:CourseDuration>

    <FAI:CourseAudience>
	Project Managers and software developers 
	seeking a high level understanding of the 
	methodology and deliverables used to conduct successful IT projects.    
    </FAI:CourseAudience>

    <FAI:CourseObjectives>

      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand common problems encountered in software development and recognize root causes." />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand the purpose, significance, and deliverables involved in each phase of a Project" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Be familiar with tools and techniques to: define, plan, and execute a Project " />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Learn to &quot;plan for change&quot; and avoid Scope Creep" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Be familiar with how to create and manage cost estimates" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand the proper way to create and manage a development schedule" />

    </FAI:CourseObjectives>

    <FAI:CourseSetupList>
    </FAI:CourseSetupList>    

    <FAI:CourseTextList>

      <FAI:Text  FAI:title="Course Workbook" />

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    <FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>
    </FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>    

  </FAI:SummaryInfo>  

  <FAI:TopicList>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Introduction" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Welcome" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Current Challenges" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Management Resources" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="What is a Project ?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Triple Constraints Model" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The Role of the Project Manager" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Lifecycle" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Product Development Lifecycle" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Size and Complexity" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Quiz" />
      
    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Project Initiation" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Initiation" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Business Need / Project Objectives" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Stakeholder Analysis" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Documenting Roles and Responsibilities" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Scope" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Success Factors" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Order of Magnitude Estimate" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Project Charter" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Quiz" />    
    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Project Planning" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Planning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Work Breakdown Structure" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Bottom-Up Estimation" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="PERT Estimation" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Discovering and Documenting Dependencies" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Critical Path" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Resource Planning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Scheduling" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The Role of Microsoft Project" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Risk Planning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Communication Planning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Change Control Planning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Planning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Quiz" />      
    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Project Execution" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Planning Construction" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Implementing Change Control" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Status Reporting" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Determining Status" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Time-Phased Budget" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Earned Value Analysis" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Determining Project Status " />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Forecasting" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Controlling Execution" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: How are We Doing ?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Quiz" />            
    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Project Closure" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Closure" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Knowledge Management" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Deployment and Maintenance" />      
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Project Review" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Post-Deployment Activities" />      
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Getting Closure" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Quiz" />            
    </FAI:SuperTopic> 
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Project Management and Agile Methods" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="What is Agile Software Development ?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lightweight vs. Heavyweight Methods" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Predictive vs. Adaptive Methods" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The Agile Manifesto" />
      <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Survey of Agile Methodologies" >
	<FAI:Topic FAI:title="Scrum" />
	<FAI:Topic FAI:title="Crystal" />
	<FAI:Topic FAI:title="Extreme Programming" />
	<FAI:Topic FAI:title="Adaptive Software Development" />
	<FAI:Topic FAI:title="Feature Driven Development" />
	<FAI:Topic FAI:title="Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)" />
      </FAI:SuperTopic>
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Selecting a Software Development Methodology" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise: Choose a Methodology" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Quiz" />            
    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Appendix A: Quiz Answers" >
    </FAI:SuperTopic>

  </FAI:TopicList>

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