Project Management: Methods and Tools for Practical Application

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.

  • Certificates: Certificate in “Project Management: Methods and Tools for Practical Application”
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday 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.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • 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.

A basic understanding of project management is required.

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).

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0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
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