Standards - Career & Technical Education

Describe the challenges of directing and managing project work.

Describe the challenges of monitoring and controlling work.

Explain how to perform integrated change control.

Explain how to perform project or phase closeout metrics.

Follow steps of project scope management.

Apply knowledge to plan scope management.

Collect and capture client requirements.

Delineate the scope of a project, providing the description of the expected outcome.

Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), breaking down the description into small manageable parts.

Validate scope and secure clients’ approval via formal acceptance document.

Control scope, monitoring the project status and managing scope creep.

Create and follow a project schedule or time management plan.

Estimate the total time frame of the project, using the time estimated to complete each task or phase.

Outline project activities and milestones and assign resources to project tasks.

Sequence activities for effective project completion.

Create a project timeline, taking into account the time needed for each task.

Develop a detailed schedule based on the project timeline.

Monitor and manage the project schedule, reviewing the costs and making adjustments as needed.

Develop and utilize a project cost management plan.

Estimate project costs, including expenditures for human resources, materials, equipment, facilities, and project related services.

Outline cost management procedures.

Determine budget, including a detailed work plan, a list of materials and permits, and an estimate of weekly expenditures.

Control costs by determining cost thresholds and requiring permission for deviations from the budget.

Implement project quality management procedures.

Plan quality management, incorporating quality requirements, government regulations, and stakeholder specifications.

Discuss and develop metrics for managing quality.

Discuss and create processes to verify that project deliverables meet quality criteria, allowing for corrective action when needed.

Implement a project resource management plan.

Plan resource management to identify, acquire, and manage necessary personnel and resources, including a work breakdown structure, roles and responsibilities documents, an organizational chart, and a staffing plan.

Explain activities associated with managing resources, including budgets, staffing, and materials.

Determine what additional resources are needed.

Develop the project team, planning for appropriate training and for the stages of creating a team.

Create and utilize structures for managing the team.

Create formal communication protocols to implement project communications management.

Plan a communications approach that effectively and efficiently meets the needs of project stakeholders.