Project Management Training & Education State IT Project Manager Foundations Course The Enterprise Project Management Office offers a State IT Project Manager Foundations Course on a quarterly basis. This course provides the foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and reference information required to administratively manage and deliver IT projects within the state of North Carolina. If interested, please contact michael.blackwood@nc.gov or kathy.bromead@nc.gov. Topic Description Role of the EPMO Brief overview of EPMO mission, functions and responsibilities Role of the Agency PMO Provide an understanding of the relationship between the EPMO and agency PMO Role of the Project Manager Provide an understanding of the relationship between the EPMO and the PM Overview of a Quality Management System Define the purpose and scope of the EPMO Quality Management System Explanation of Work Instructions Provide an understanding of the purpose and scope of work Instructions Overview of the Touchdown System Define the purpose and scope of Touchdown Basic Requirements of the EPMO Review what the EPMO requires in order to meet our legislative mandate What is an IT Project? Define IT project 5 Phases (Stages) of an IT Project How phases (stages) are represented and handled in the Touchdown How to Move to the Next Phase Provide an understanding of how to move an IT project from one project phase to the next Business Concept Phase Provide an understanding of the purpose and scope of the business concept phase. Includes how to log on to and navigate Touchdown and how to create a new IT project and project charter in Touchdown Initiation Phase Provides an overview of how to develop the business case for and initiate a new IT project. Includes: project charter initial project assessment type (risk), initial project financial assessment and initial project schedule in Touchdown Project Financial Assessment Overview of data required for the project financial information to be entered into Touchdown, including cost center, funding source, cost estimation, benefits estimation and initial, refined and baseline budget and schedule Project Schedule Provide overview of how to plan, create, edit and update an IT project schedule in Touchdown Project Manager Assessment Overview of the requirement, why it exists and what is involved Decision Points Includes what the decision points are, when they are created, who can create them, review and approval process, and service-level commitments Business Case Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it RFP Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Contract Award Recommendation Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Architecture Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Security Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Go-Live Readiness Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Change Request Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Program/Project Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Peer Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Project Weekly Status Reports Review of project status reporting requirements Planning and Design Phase Provides an overview of the activities that are likely to occur during the planning and design phase of an IT project Execution and Build Phase Provides an overview of the activities that are likely to occur during the execution and build phase of an IT project Implementation Phase Provides an overview of the activities that are likely to occur during the implementation phase of an IT project Closeout Phase Provides an overview of how to close an IT project. Includes how to complete: customer feedback, lessons learned and project closeout reporting in Touchdown Additional Touchdown System Information Provides an overview of how to migrate an existing IT project into Touchdown, where to find Touchdown training materials, how to submit a Touchdown change request and Touchdown reporting capabilities Risk Identification and Mitigation Provides an overview of risk identification and mitigation strategies and methods for IT project managers. Includes corrective action, preventive action and root cause analysis Touchdown System Training Touchdown training integrated throughout the IT PM Foundations Course
Project Management Training & Education State IT Project Manager Foundations Course The Enterprise Project Management Office offers a State IT Project Manager Foundations Course on a quarterly basis. This course provides the foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and reference information required to administratively manage and deliver IT projects within the state of North Carolina. If interested, please contact michael.blackwood@nc.gov or kathy.bromead@nc.gov. Topic Description Role of the EPMO Brief overview of EPMO mission, functions and responsibilities Role of the Agency PMO Provide an understanding of the relationship between the EPMO and agency PMO Role of the Project Manager Provide an understanding of the relationship between the EPMO and the PM Overview of a Quality Management System Define the purpose and scope of the EPMO Quality Management System Explanation of Work Instructions Provide an understanding of the purpose and scope of work Instructions Overview of the Touchdown System Define the purpose and scope of Touchdown Basic Requirements of the EPMO Review what the EPMO requires in order to meet our legislative mandate What is an IT Project? Define IT project 5 Phases (Stages) of an IT Project How phases (stages) are represented and handled in the Touchdown How to Move to the Next Phase Provide an understanding of how to move an IT project from one project phase to the next Business Concept Phase Provide an understanding of the purpose and scope of the business concept phase. Includes how to log on to and navigate Touchdown and how to create a new IT project and project charter in Touchdown Initiation Phase Provides an overview of how to develop the business case for and initiate a new IT project. Includes: project charter initial project assessment type (risk), initial project financial assessment and initial project schedule in Touchdown Project Financial Assessment Overview of data required for the project financial information to be entered into Touchdown, including cost center, funding source, cost estimation, benefits estimation and initial, refined and baseline budget and schedule Project Schedule Provide overview of how to plan, create, edit and update an IT project schedule in Touchdown Project Manager Assessment Overview of the requirement, why it exists and what is involved Decision Points Includes what the decision points are, when they are created, who can create them, review and approval process, and service-level commitments Business Case Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it RFP Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Contract Award Recommendation Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Architecture Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Security Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Go-Live Readiness Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Change Request Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Program/Project Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Peer Review Decision Point Provide an understanding of the purpose for the decision point, what is required and how to implement it Project Weekly Status Reports Review of project status reporting requirements Planning and Design Phase Provides an overview of the activities that are likely to occur during the planning and design phase of an IT project Execution and Build Phase Provides an overview of the activities that are likely to occur during the execution and build phase of an IT project Implementation Phase Provides an overview of the activities that are likely to occur during the implementation phase of an IT project Closeout Phase Provides an overview of how to close an IT project. Includes how to complete: customer feedback, lessons learned and project closeout reporting in Touchdown Additional Touchdown System Information Provides an overview of how to migrate an existing IT project into Touchdown, where to find Touchdown training materials, how to submit a Touchdown change request and Touchdown reporting capabilities Risk Identification and Mitigation Provides an overview of risk identification and mitigation strategies and methods for IT project managers. Includes corrective action, preventive action and root cause analysis Touchdown System Training Touchdown training integrated throughout the IT PM Foundations Course
