Upon completing the course, you will be proficient in using Microsoft Project and Jira and will be able to systematically plan, manage, and successfully complete projects. You will create key project artifacts and use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate efficient analyses.
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Certificates: Certificate in “Project Management: Methods and Tools for Practical Application”
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Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 2 Weeks
Project Launch and Setup (approx. 2 days)
Project Scope, Objectives, Benefits, and Scope
Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Needs
Roles and Responsibilities
RACI matrix
Kick-off structure and initial project documentation
AI-Assisted Creation and Structuring of Project Documentation
Project Planning (approx. 2 days)
Project Structure Plan, Work Packages, and Milestones
Scheduling, dependencies, and Gantt chart
Resource planning and simple effort estimation
Save the baseline and current planning status
Display and interpret the critical path
AI support for structuring, planning, and plausibility checks
Documentation and meeting minutes
Agile Project Management (approx. 2 days)
Integrating Scrum and Kanban into Practical Project Work
Creating and configuring projects
Structuring epics, user stories, tasks, and the backlog
Sprint Planning
Dashboards and analyses
AI Support for User Stories, Documentation, and Meeting Minutes
Project Management, Reporting, and Changes (approx. 2 days)
Task, deadline, and resource tracking
Progress monitoring and target-actual comparisons
Status reports, reporting tailored to specific audiences
Using dashboards in Microsoft Project and Jira
Tracking risks, assumptions, open items, and actions in the RAID log
Processing simple change requests
AI-powered generation of status reports, risk overviews, and management summaries
Project Wrap-Up and Outlook (approx. 1 day)
Project Acceptance and Project Closure
Final Report and Project Documentation
Lessons Learned and Knowledge Transfer
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
Upon completion of the course, you will be proficient in using Microsoft Project and Jira. You will be able to efficiently plan, structure, manage, evaluate, and complete projects. You will create key project artifacts such as the project charter, work breakdown structure, schedule and resource plans, backlog, board, status report, RAID log, and final documentation, and you will use artificial intelligence (AI) to support documentation, analysis, and reporting.
Project managers, project leaders, project team members, and professionals who want to plan, manage, and successfully implement projects in a practical manner.
The knowledge you gain in this course regarding project management methods and tools will qualify you for challenging positions in project management and increase your career flexibility across various industries.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).