PM Toolkit

Project managers can manage (simple or complex) projects with minimum hassle by using the Project Management toolkit.

The PM Toolkit brings together the power of best-known project and program management techniques in an easy-to-apply, accessible format.

The toolkit is packed with process templates and interactive forms which are developed on MS Excel. The PM Toolkit is designed to work across industry contexts and is aligned to core professional competencies as defined by global standards like PMI^® and Prince2.

How do I access the PM Toolkit

The PM Toolkit is available as part of the PM Academy's suite of training programs such as CPM. It is accessible for download after you enroll into any of the above mentioned programs.

Armed with this toolkit, managers can easily handle common project tasks such as:

• Defining project lifecycles
• Performing stakeholder analysis
• Create a WBS structure
• And more…

PM Toolkit Contents

The PM Toolkit(See Overview) is mapped to the PM processes and aligned to the core professional performance outcomes:

• Project Definition:

  
  • Align the project to the strategic objectives of business and determine the success criteria of the project and its alignment to business objectives
  • Define the project lifecycle approach to the project context
  • Perform a project stakeholder analysis, prioritize the stakeholders to be managed closely and prepare a communication and engagement plan based on the stakeholder style, preference and requirements
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  Project Scope and Deliverables Definitions

  • Define the scope, work breakdown structure along with WBS dictionary and responsibility allocation
  • Define a project quality management plan and measurement approach to determine the deliverable quality metrics
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  Project Schedule Plan

Prepare deliverable associated task schedule plan along with a gantt view of the schedule. Incorporate task level responsibility as well as resource requirements

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  Risk Identification and Response Planning

  • Create a risk log and prioritize the risks to be managed and responded.
  • Identify the risks that impact specific project tasks and deliverables
  • Prepare an effective response plan and monitor the change on the risk profile of the project
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  Direct and Manage Project Execution

  • Manage Issues and Changes to the project by creating a log of the issues and changes request along with a dashboard to focus on critical issues
  • Update the project schedule and generate status report along with qualitative comments
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  Monitor and Control project performance

Using an integrated performance dashboard with trend and predictive performance analysis