Congratulations! You have just been hired as the new project manager for a critical project! This class will take you through a project simulation, walking you through the project life-cycle while discussing all the major elements of your job as a project manager.<br><br>This 2-day instructor led course equips students with knowledge and techniques to effectively make critical project decisions and steer a team through the life of a software project. Through innovative, pertinent, hands-on exercises, you will be exposed to a variety of project management techniques and learn how to appropriately apply them.<br><br><strong>Audience:</strong><ul><li>Project Managers</li><li>Team Leads</li></ul><strong>Prerequisites:</strong><ul><li>Software leadership experience</li></ul><strong>Participants will learn to:</strong><ul><li>Understand the responsibilities of a PM </li><li>Recommend a suitable development method for the project </li><li>Understand Agile Methods </li><li>Understand how Lean Thinking applies to Project Management </li><li>Effectively lead teams by understanding behavior profiles of team members </li><li>Understand how to establish the project scope </li><li>Produce and maintain a project schedule </li><li>Identify, prioritize, and address risks </li><li>Guide the definition of iteration task lists (backlogs) </li><li>Understand how to establish requirements </li><li>Apply various estimation techniques for project planning </li><li>Define appropriate metrics to be collected </li><li>Work with the project sponsor to define project deliverables </li><li>Create major project artifacts </li><li>Understand motivations of team members</li></ul>