COURSE DETAILS
Project Management for Engineers

Description
Project Management for Engineers teaches the fundamentals of project management that are relevant to the needs of most technical project leaders. A key objective of the workshop is to provide an approach to technical project planning that enables project teams to put together realistic, comprehensive plans quickly.
Traditional, agile, and hybrid project management methods are presented, with exercises that show how to plan projects for successful outcomes using best-practices that will fit within most existing product development processes. A Technical Project Plan Template is provided, which is useful for companies that don’t use a template; and for those that do use a template it can be used to enhance your project planning.
The examples used in the Project Management for Engineers sessions are drawn from a broad range of product development team environments at small, medium, and large companies serving many industries. You will also benefit from the workshop leader’s direct experience contributing to successful engineering projects for over 25 years.
Project Management for Engineers enables you to:
- Establish common project management language on your teams
- Manage remote team members
- Develop realistic, comprehensive plans quickly
- Improve the accuracy of project estimates
- Produce on-time and on-budget deliverables
- Improve team communication through excellent project planning
- Develop risk mitigation plans that consider internal and external dependencies
Agenda
Project Management Basics
- What is “Project Management” and why is it important?
- Project management terminology
- Project lifecycle
- Triple constraint
- Requirements management
- Project metrics
Project Planning
- Planning benefits
- Engineering project planning challenges
- Planning templates and checklists
- Internal and external dependencies
- Communication plans
- Project planning exercise
Project Lifecycle Models
- Waterfall process and modified waterfalls
- Spiral model
- Agile model
- Staged delivery
- Evolutionary delivery
- Design-to-schedule
- When to use ad-hoc methods
- Hybrid models
- Lifecycle model selection exercise
Project Estimating
- Prerequisites for accurate estimates
- Delphi method
- Analogy method
- Rapid prototyping method
- Top-down method
- Bottom-up method
- Best/worst case methods
- Work breakdown structure
- Estimation exercise
Project Scheduling
- Scheduling basics
- Milestones, targets and forecasts
- Scheduling tools
- Steps for creating a schedule
Risk Management
- Examples of risks
- Risk assessment and mitigation plans
- Risk brainstorming
Stakeholder Management
- Definition of stakeholders
- Levels of stakeholders
- Stakeholder relationships
- Communication and influence
- Stakeholder exercise
What’s Included
Project Management Toolkit – Each participant receives a set of templates and tools that can be implemented immediately:
- Comprehensive planning template
- Project sizing template
- Quick-start planning guide
Follow-up Coaching – One-on-one sessions with the instructor to ensure successful implementation of leadership goals.
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for anyone responsible for managing technical projects:
- Design Engineers
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Test Engineers
- Software/IT Developers
- Technical Marketing Engineers
- Applications/Support Engineers
- Project Leaders/Managers
- Engineering Managers/Supervisors
- Prospective Managers
Pricing
Contact us for facilitation and pricing options.
Registration Options
Program Leaders
Gary Hinkle
Principal Management Consultant
Engineering Leadership & Management
Agile Methods for Hardware Development
Organizational Productivity

Contact Us to Schedule
Garth Weber, Mechanical Engineer
Cardinal Health
Chatree Sitalasai, Engineering Supervisor
NMB Technologies
Mel Greenberg, Manager
Portland General Electric
Dwaine Gilmer, Escalation Engineer
Microsoft Corp.
Mark Johnson, VP of Marketing
Instantiations, Inc.
A '10' in terms of content and presentation. Very interactive and useful right away.
Sushil Nema, Engineer
Triquint Semiconductor
Mike Anderson
Technology Executive
Paul L. Fernandez, Jr., Sr. Engineer
Mitsubishi Digital
The best part was how to sell an idea to executives. Very useful tips and I can see mistakes I made in the past.
T. Fisher
US Navy
This program opened my eyes to new approaches to manage innovation. Well done and a lot of material in a short time.
Chris Fisher
3D Printing
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