Project Management Fundamentals

1. Project Management Fundamentals Virtual Session 3 Web-based Training The Knowledge Management Unit

2. Reflection on the Reading • What are the criteria for creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)? • Why is project risk assessment important to the work of ACCION? • Why is project management important to the work of ACCION? Project Management Manual – Harvard Business School pages 8-32

3. Project Management Tools

4. Questions and Answers

5. Group Activity Create a Project Scope of Work for the Following Scenario Scenario: As part of their Brand Strategy Initiative, The Communications Department would like to design and print a new brochure that explains the work of ACCION to the general public. They have called in your team to create the brochure. The brochure should have three panels, and clearly present the mission and work of ACCION International.

6. Group Activity Create a Work Breakdown Structure for the Following Scenario Using the Project Scope of Work just completed, create an accompanying Work Breakdown Structure.

7. Final Questions