BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management

Handling projects in an organisation

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Project proposing, monitoring and control and change control are the topmost priorities of an organisation. The budding Project Managers learn in the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management how to successfully manage agile projects. The course introduces the delegates to the principles of project planning, monitoring and control, project management, change control and configuration management. Also, it is helpful in having the candidates understand the concepts of effort estimation, quality and risk management and communication between project stakeholders. We, at MSP Training, ensure the delegates get to know everything about Project Management by training them in this course from certified instructors.

  • Using techniques learned during the course, perform assignment of project resources

  • Know The Different Procedures Involved in Project Control

  • Define Quality and Learn The Various Terms Associated With it

  • Understand Risk Management

  • Understand the Relationship between Programmes and Projects

  • Learn from Certified Instructors and Global Training Provider

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Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

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Courseware

Courseware will also be provided to the delegates so that they can revise the course after the training.

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Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

PREREQUISITES

The BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management course does not have prerequisites.

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • Professionals who are involved in Project Management can take this course.
  • Those who are new to Project Management can sit for this course.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • Planning Projects and their purpose
  • Implementation Strategies
  • How Products and Activities are related
  • Resource Allocation
  • Work Schedules, Gantt Charts
  • How to Monitor and Control Projects
  • Change Control Procedures
  • What is the difference between Quality Control and Quality Assurance?
  • Approaches to Estimating
  • Risk – Identification and Prioritisation
  • Relationship between Programmes and Projects

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The course - BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management - is an add-on qualification for those professionals who already hold the PRINCE2® qualification.

While PRINCE2® provides the answer to “what should be done, who should do it and when should it be done”, The Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management states “how those things can be done”.

Exam

The BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management exam is conducted on the afternoon of the last day of the course. The delegates have to answer 40 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes. The pass marks for the exam are 26 correct answers out of 40. Candidates are certified with the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management after passing the exam.


PROGRAM CONTENT

  • Differentiating between Projects and Project Work
    • Projects in relation to other jobs
    • Project Terminology
    • Project planning and control – It’s Purpose
    • SDLC – It’s typical activities
    • System and project life-cycles
    • Variations on the orthodox project life cycle
    • Implementation Startegies
    • Business Case Reports - Purpose and Content
    • the use and importance of discounted cash flows in Business Case reports
    • Types of planning document
    • Review after Implementation
  • Planning Projects
    • Project deliverables and intermediate products
    • Work and product breakdowns
    • Product definitions
    • Relationship between goods and events in a project
    • Checkpoints and markers
    • Expired time and work needed for events
    • Activity networks
    • Calculating start and end dates of activities
    • Critical Paths – Their Identification and significance
    • Resource allocation, smoothing and levelling, Work agendas and Gantt charts for project schedules
  • Checking and Controlling
    • Life Cycle for project control
    • Information Collection - The nature and the purpose
    • Collecting progress information
      • Timesheets
      • Team development meetings
      • Error and change reports etc
    • Presenting progress information
      • Content of progress reports
      • Graphical presentation of achievement information e.g. accumulative resource charts (also known as S-curve charts)
      • Use of earned value analysis, including where it would be applied in project life-cycle
    • The reporting sequence
      • Project Reporting arrangements
      • Reporting Meetings : Their Timing, personnel and purpose
    • Remedial deeds
      • Forbearance and incident
      • Exemption reports and strategies
      • Measures that help in changing management strategies
      • Study of Options that include increasing or staggering deadlines, swelling assets, decreasing Functionality or value necessities, project cancellation.
    • Managing Change Control
      • Why perform change configuration administration?
      • Change control procedures
        • Role of change control boards – An Overview
        • Change Request Generation
        • Evaluating Change request
        • Authorising Change request
      • Managing Configurations
        • Purpose and Methods
        • Configuration items reccognition
        • Baselines of Products
        • What are the Contents of Configuration Management Databses and how they are used?
      • Product Quality
        • An Overview of Quality
        • Differentiating between Quality Control and Assurance of Quality
        • Defining and measuring quality
        • Finding Errors in the lifecycle of a project
        • Requirements of a Quality procedure
        • Removing Defects
        • Testing and its types
        • The review process
        • Main beliefs of IS0 9001:2000 quality administration systems
        • Supplier assessment
      • Estimation – An Introduction
        • Over-estimating and under-estimating - their effects
        • Disscuss Effort versus time
        • Effort and cost relationship
        • Estimates and goals
        • Use of expert judgement
        • The Delphi methodology
        • Top-down Estimating
          • Recognition of size drivers
          • Identification of efficiency rates
          • Why is past project data required to better productivity rates ?
          • Identify the Aspects that affecting productivity rates
          • Identify the effort required for new projects by making use of productivity rates and size drivers
        • Bottom-up approaches to estimating
        • Use of analogy in determining

 

  • Risk - Components and Types
    • Risk and its Elements – In A Gist
    • Ways of categorising risk
    • Identification and prioritisation of risk
    • Assessment of risk exposure
    • Risk actions and reactions
    • Risks related to development of IT systems
    • Evaluation of cost and benefits of actions that reduce risks
    • Maintaining risk logs and registers
  • Project Communications and Project Organisation
    • Define how programmes and projects are related
    • Recognize stakeholders and their issues
    • The project benefactor
    • Establishment of the project authority
    • Project Board Membership
    • Roles and responsibilities
      • Project board
      • Project manager
      • Stage manager
      • Team leader
    • Desirable characteristics of project manager
    • Part of project support office
    • The project team and matrix management
    • Reporting structures and responsibilities
    • Management styles and communication
    • Building Teams
    • Team dynamics

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ABOUT Chester

Chester is famously known as a walled city with population 1 lakh 18 thousand as per 2011 census. The River Dee is the main river flows in the region. It is very near to the border of Wales. During the year of 1541, it got the city status. There were several walls and churches constructed by the Saxons. The West Mercia’s Church became the first Cathedral of the town. Saxons further strengthened the walls of the Cathedral. They want to protect their people against the Danes. It was among the last cities who got defeat from the Normans. There was a castle constructed during the rule of Conqueror William. Still the walls of the Chester are intact. It has medieval structures as well. On commencing of the Industrial Revolution, new roads, railways, and canals were built in the large scale. Some famous Victorian architectures are Grosvenor Museum and Chester Town Hall.

History

Romans founded Chester in AD 79. The Amphitheatre of the city had a capacity of approximately 10,000 people. It is also among largest Amphitheaters in Britain. On the withdrawal of Romans troops from there, the Romans- British Established its Kingdom. The role of Chester during the industrial revolution was commendable. The Union canal built in the heart of the city. The Duke of Westminster owned a huge area of the town.

Geography and Climate

It is located in the southern part of the country. The Chester pebble beds are easily locatable due to trapping of many stones within its strata. The heathland and forest are found in the eastern and Northern part of the Chester. Chester has coastal type climate. It is very near to the Irish Sea. Nevertheless, the temperature is similar to the inland areas. The reason for the contrast is the presence of the Welsh Mountains to the southwest and the Pennine Mountains to the northeast. The official met office of the city is Hawarden Airport. The annual rainfall is below 720mm.

Tourist Attractions and landmarks

The black-and-white architecture, the Rows, and the City walls are famous architectures of the city. The rows are distinctive in Britain. The cathedral and the town hall are recognized as the most important buildings of the town. A thorough investigation is undergoing to the very prominent infrastructures of Romans like Amphitheatre. Grosvenor Museum attracts so many tourists in the region and also helps in the tourism sector of the area. The important festivals of the town area summer music festival, a literature festival, and various mystery plays. For the facilitation of tourists, the government started information Centre in the town.

Demography

As per 2011 population census, the population of the white is maximum and it accounts 90 % of the total population. The rest of the people belongs to the Asian community, mixed race, Sikhs and a few more. The recent 2014 census also shows that around 1 lakh 19 thousand living with the urban area.

Education

The University of Chester is the main place of higher and technical education for the city. It was originally a teacher training college but later on, it was transformed into university level organization in the year of 2005. There is also an institution running for law students in the city.  A vocation college is also giving its services in the town famously known as West Cheshire College. Coming to primary education, the King School as an independent school is giving its services.

Culture

The culture of the region is very rich. Grosvenor Museum, Cheshire Military Museum, Gateway theatre, Odeon cinema, Gateway theatre are the famous locations of the city.