Mastering Project Requirements

An Intensive 5-Day Online Training Course

Mastering Project Requirements

A Key to Project Success

Scheduled Dates

30 Sep - 04 Oct 2024 Online $3,950
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Why Choose this Training Course?

Project Management is the management of change, but this only works with pre-agreed “goals” and “boundaries” to set the rules of engagement. Requirements Management defines the project and provides a framework to see that those requirements are successfully tracked and completed through all phases of the project. In simple terms, we lay out the project details then analyze the triple constraints of time, cost, and performance.

This Mastering Project Requirements online training course provides proven requirement management techniques and begins by exploring the challenges encountered when gathering requirements. This online training course will progress by exploring the bigger picture, understanding what is needed from a strategic perspective, consider operational or tactical requirements. Best-practice standards available will be considered to help establish a framework for your project requirements. Let’s start to develop the appropriate skills to gather, define, agree, and master project requirements.

This PetroKnowledge online training course will highlight:

  • How to improve chances of achieving all project requirements
  • Appropriate documentation for requirements management
  • Why requirements management is an excellent basis for handling changes to the project
  • How initial requirements, and changes to them, can be better understood by all parties and are validated at proper levels of authorisation
  • The importance of developing a clear understanding of requirements & developing and maintaining requirements plans and standards
  • Build respect among client groups as someone who delivers

What are the Goals?

By the end of this online training course, you will be able to:

  • Define product and project requirements
  • Understand the roles of both the requirements analyst and the project manager.
  • Understand the importance of the strategic nature of requirements management and a solution upon the client’s business.
  • Understand the tactical process of requirements gathering from initialization to requirements baseline.
  • Recognize the implications of contract types upon requirements management.
  • Learn to manage baseline requirements via verification, validation & change control.
  • Uncover best practices in the discipline of requirements management.
  • Utilize project templates necessary for proper requirements management

Who is this Training Course for?

This PetroKnowledge online training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will especially benefit: 

  • Programmer and project managers
  • Project support managers
  • Senior project control professionals with responsibility for managing project schedules and costs
  • Project engineers, lead engineers
  • Procurement
  • PMO personnel
  • Requirements analysis

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This online training course will utilize a variety of proven online learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, retention of the information presented. The training course is conducted Online via an Advanced Virtual Learning Platform in the comfort of any location of your choice. 

Organisational Impact

The approach of this Mastering Project Requirements online training course is to define what project requirements are, how to gather and document them, what to document, and how to track them throughout the project.  This will benefit any project organisation to satisfy and keep clients. 

The organization will attain the following benefits:

  • Increasing their project requirement knowledge base
  • Enhancing their strategies and practices to optimise project planning and execution
  • Expanding their existing Portfolio and Attracting new clients
  • Increasing the efficiency of their project teams
  • Improving key performance indicators and success rates
  • Maintaining corporate values and achieving objectives

Personal Impact

Gain the key skills required in all aspects of requirements management.  This will be beneficial to project managers who wants to stand out as someone who delivers exactly what the client wants.  Understand how to deliver project management excellence and avoid project management mediocrity.

Gain an understanding how to:

  • Deliver projects instinctively
  • Prioritize key requirements to be focused on first
  • Identify and manage deviations from scope effortlessly
  • Know what it is to put the clients’ needs first
  • Become a trusted project manager

Daily Agenda

Day One: The Trouble with Incomplete Requirements

  • When requirements are not clear or complete
  • Product requirements defined
  • Project requirements defined
  • The role of the requirements analyst
  • The project manager’s role in regard to requirements
  • Requirements phase documentation

Day Two: The Strategic Point of View – Requirements and Client Vision

  • Why client vision is necessary towards requirement and project success?
  • Attentive listening
  • Benefits of attentive listening
  • Steps to attentive listening
  • Socialization to the requirements process
  • Wants vs. Needs

Day Three: The Tactical Point of View – The Requirements Process and Activities

  • Requirements initialization
  • The outputs of project initiation
  • Plan initial interviews elicitation - how to ask questions.
  • Analysis and specifications development
  • Requirements review process
  • Requirements baselining, verification and validation
  • Use of automated requirements traceability tools
  • Risks related to a requirements process

Day Four: Requirements Best Practices

  • Best Practices in Requirements Management
  • The Requirements Database Best Practices
  • The Requirements Definition Best Practices
  • The Work Breakdown Structure Best Practices.
  • The Requirements Traceability Matrix Best Practices
  • Traps to Avoid When Implementing a Requirements Process

Day Five: Managing Requirements...and Expectations

  • Expectation setting prior to baseline
  • Project change control
  • Benefits and agreement to the change management process
  • Contractual implications
  • Managing expectations once the baseline has been established
  • Implementing an effective project change control process
  • Managing requirements risk
  • Maneuvering political waters

Certificate

  • On successful completion of this online training course, a PetroKnowledge E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates

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GLOMACS Training

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Oxford Management Centre

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can I register for a training course?

  • To register online through our website, please click “Enroll Now” on the course page, complete and submit the form. A confirmation e-mail and instructions will be sent to the participant’s e-mail.
  • You may also get in touch with our Registration Team on
    +971 50 981 7386 | +971 2 557 7389 or send an email to reg@petroknowledge.com

When and how do I arrange payments?

  • Payments can be made in USD or UAE local currency AED (Arab Emirates Dirhams) either by Bank Transfer or by Credit Card. Our Bank Account details will be provided on the invoice.
  • Course fees are payable upon booking unless a valid, authorized Purchase Order is provided and accepted.
  • Invoices will be sent via email/courier to the ID/name and address provided.
  • The course fee shall be settled prior to course start date. Corporate payments with existing payment policy shall be relayed to us in advance.

When should I expect to receive confirmation of registration?

Upon successful registration online, enrolment on the respective training course will be confirmed by Registration Team by e-mail along with the invoice and joining instruction.

Is there a discount for more than one registrant/course?

For corporate fees and group registration, please send your query to info@petroknowledge.com.

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