Program Management Basics – What Engineers & MBA Students Need that is Missing
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Engineers and MBA students need an understanding of program management basics and the associated processes thereof. This aspect of their education is typically missing as part of a standard curriculum in these disciplines. Yet in the real world it is essential to have this understanding and know-how to apply these practices on the job. They need to learn program management basics.
Learning Program Management Basics Made Simple
Using an Example of Re-Modeling a Bathroom, basic Program Management Planning, Tracking and Control Processes are made clear. This tutorial will allow self-teaching to learn program management basics made simple. Since these practices are scalable, they are applicable to the larger projects that will be encountered on the job.
Key Management Processes are Taught
The processes described in the referenced tutorial include program planning, tracking, & control practices plus risk management practices. The specifics using the ‘simplistic’ example of re-modeling a bathroom teach:
- Breaking down the scope of the work to be performed on a project into manageable tasks producing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of the program
- Developing and tracking an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that is inclusive of both a ‘Waterfall’ / Gantt view (developed by Henry Gantt in 1910) that time phases and resource loads the tasks to be performed on the project and provides insight into the critical path(s) of the project as well as a Network Flow Diagram / PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique) view that is key to visualize the Work Flow and the Interactions & Interdependencies on the project
- Evaluating Cost and Schedule performance and variances to plan utilizing the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) technique
- Applying Risk Management & Risk Mitigation to quantify and mitigate (burn-down) risks associated with a project
The following link provides a self-teachable tutorial to learn program management made simple. It is free for you to copy/download. Hope it adds value to your career education.