IT Project Management Course: An Introduction

LEVEL : BEGINNER     HRDF : CLAIMABLE

TRAINERS: ASSOC. PROF. TS. DR. AHMAD KAMIL MAHMOOD, ASSOC. PROF. TS. DR. DAYANG ROHAYA AWANG RAMBLI & DR WESAM SALAH ALALOUL

 

WHEN

15 - 16 DECEMBER 2021

 

WHERE

MS TEAMS (ONLINE)

 

TIME

9.00AM - 5.00PM

 

MYR 1,250 FOR PROFESSIONALS

10% Discount for Early Bird (until 15 November 2021) / Group / Students

COURSE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

This training session provides a comprehensive view of the project management knowledge areas reflecting on the PMBOK® Guide, an American National Standard for managing IT projects. To better equip the participants for this environment, the training session will include a case study team project, in which participants will learn how to successfully plan, manage and deliver projects. Participants will also learn how to implement project management processes, develop leadership skills and respond to real-world scenarios on Microsoft Platform. All activities in this training session are targeted towards exploring a variety of problems and issues in managing projects, addressing both the technical and social or human sides of the field embracing the Digital Project Management. 

COURSE CONTENT

  • Overview of Microsoft Project.
  • Define and Create a New Project.
  • Creating and Managing Tasks.
  • Creating and Managing Resources.    
  • Defining and Assigning Costs.
  • Assign Resources to a task.
  • Use of outline codes and WBS codes.
  • Working with Views and Managing Information.
  • Develop the Relations among Tasks.
  • Identify the Critical Paths.
  • Baselines and Tracking.
  • Managing Variances.
  • Project Closing.
  • Printing Views.
  • Using and Creating Reports.


OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the basic principle of IT project management.
  • Expose the importance of IT project management and its implications.
  • Implement project management processes. 

  • Develop leadership skills and respond to real-world scenarios on Microsoft Platform.


WHO SHOULD JOIN US TO :

  • This training session will help the participants to do the right things right for the projects. For experienced project managers, the participants will find a refresher to validate the current practices. For a team member of a project and do not hold any leadership role, the best practices to be shared will be benefiting the whole project team.  





OUR TRAINERS



1. Associate Professor Ts Dr Ahmad Kamil Bin Mahmood 

AP Ts Dr Ahmad Kamil Bin Mahmood has over thirty years of experience in various fields of Information Systems. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate programs and managed numerous R&D and consultancy projects successfully. He had supervised 18 PhD students successfully to completion. He obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) in Actuarial Science from University of Iowa in 1986, MSc in Actuarial Science and Statistics from the same university in 1988, and PhD from Salford University, Manchester, UK in 2005. He was the Head of High-Performance Cloud Computing Centre (HPC3) at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). His last appointment was the Dean of Faculty of Science and Information and Technology (FSIT) (2013 – 2017). Prior to that, he held the position as the Director of Mission Oriented Research (MOR) Intelligent Cities managing and coordinating various research projects granted by the industries and the government funding bodies. He has also held various important positions in the industry such as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KPerak INC (Digital Perak) on a 2-year secondment, a state government agency promoting and implementing the knowledge economy and bridging digital divide at the state level and serving PETRONAS as an IS practitioner implementing a large scale SAP project called Dagangan Marketing & Distribution Systems (DMDS) for PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad. His current research areas are in cloud computing, e-services quality and measurement, artificial intelligence application, and knowledge management. He has published over 100 papers in these areas. 


2. Associate Professor Ts Dr Dayang Rohaya Awang Rambli

AP Ts Dr Dayang Rohaya Awang Rambli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. She received her PhD degree (Computer Science) from Loughborough University in 2005.  Her MSc degree (Computer Science) and BSc (Computer Science) were obtained from Western Michigan University in 1987 and University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA in 1985 respectively. Currently, she is a researcher at the Institute of Health Analytics (UTP), leading the Visualization & Interaction Research group. Her research interest lies in the area of virtual reality, augmented reality and human computer interaction focusing on visualization and human factors issues in the field of healthcare, education & training. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience in courses such as programming, virtual reality, technopreneurship team project and IT project management.




3. Dr Wesam Alaloul   

Dr Wesam Alaloul is a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Petronas and was a certified project manager in Palestine-Gaza. he has conducted several trainings related to project management and construction. His research interests in construction management, construction materials, offshore structures decommissioning, and lifecycle cost assessment. He is a certified trainer for Construction costing and sustainability issues. He has published more than 45 papers in construction management, BIM, and materials in several ISI/Scopes journals and international conferences. He was a member of the evaluation committee for development and relief projects proposals. He participated as a member of the steering committee in the sustainable urban planning of new cities in Palestine.


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      ProfessionalS       

myr1,250

*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)

Early bird/ group/ student

myr1,125

*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)

OUR LOCATION

Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)

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