Introduction

• This automotive project management training course has been held in numerous companies over many years.
• All training materials are available in two languages (German, English) and can be held worldwide in both languages.
• The course provides a comprehensive and still compact introduction to project management in three or four days.
• It contains practical exercises and a great many of hints and tips which come from many years of experience in the Automotive industry.
• It is fully compatible with the probably most important project management standard:
  • The „Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge“ (PMBOK® Guide) provided by the PMI (Project Management Institute)
  • The PMI is a non-profit organization (located in the USA) and is the world's largest membership organization of project management. Some facts (2015):
  • more than 700,000 members in 185 countries
    • 280 chapters
    • more than 1600 Registered Education Providers
• In addition to this standard it includes project manager know-how required in the Automotive industry such as:
  • Automotive lifecycle models
  • Requirements management and traceability
  • Configuration management
  • Change and Problem Management
  • Automotive SPICE requirements
  • Functional safety according to ISO 26262
  • Scrum

Target audience

• This training course is well suitable for:
  • Persons who have already gained some experience in the Automotive industry (typically as developers) and who shall now take over more responsibility as a project manager or as a team manager within a project.
  • The course contents is suitable for all engineering disciplines. It includes also some amount of material which is software-specific.

Course overview

• The course can be performed in 2, 3 or 4 days. Most organizations prefer the 3 days  variant which requires some tailoring (cancelling or shortening modules and/or exercises) according to the organization‘s needs.
• The course modules are:
  • M1: Introduction
  • M2: Project Lifecycle Models (incl. Agile)
  • M3: Project Start Phase
  • Exercise „Draft a Project Charter“
  • M4:  Requirements Management
  • Exercise „Agree on Requirements“
  • M5: Configuration Management
  • M6: Planning Scope, Time & Cost
  • Exercise "Effort Estimation"
  • Exercise „Network Diagrams“
  • M7: Monitoring & Controlling Scope, Time & Cost
  • Exercise „Earned Value Analysis“
  • Exercise „ Countermeasures for time and cost problems“
  • M8: Change and Problem Management
  • M9: Managing Human Resources, Stakeholders & Communication
  • Exercise "How to make team meetings more efficient"
  • M10: International Project Management & Supplier Management
  • M11: Quality Management
  • M12: Risk Management
  • Exercise „Risk Checklist“
  • M13: Relevant Models & Standards
  • Exercise "Assessing the project management process"

A more detailed description is available. Drop me an email if you're interested.