Process Enhancements: Technical Planning & Risk Management

Systems Engineering    |    Intermediate
  • 20 videos | 1h 55m 14s
  • Includes Assessment
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Streamlined processes lead to improved productivity, shorter project timelines, and cost savings. By implementing process enhancements, systems engineers can ensure high-quality deliverables and robust systems. These improvements minimize errors, enhance reliability, and increase customer satisfaction. In this course, you will be introduced to technical planning and risk management. You will begin with technical planning best practices, project planning, estimating project resources, costs, and durations, and technical risk management. Then you'll delve into identifying risks, the risk management process, risk analysis, project dependencies, dependencies management, stakeholder engagement, and stakeholder engagement strategies. Finally, you'll explore change management, change management benefits and disadvantages, project contingency and mitigation planning, how to create a project plan, and how to apply risk identification.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
    Outline the use of technical planning in systems engineering, including process, scope, and integration
    Identify best practices that can be applied to technical planning
    Outline the purpose of project plans and how to create an effective project plan
    Provide an overview of how to estimate project resources and costs
    Outline how to conduct technical risk management, including the basic components of risk and important risk management concepts
    Outline known methods and best practices for identifying risks
    Outline the risk management process
    Identify the purpose of risk analysis, risk analysis techniques, and limitations
    List the steps used to conduct risk analysis
  • Outline the nature of project dependencies, including common types of dependencies
    Identify strategies for managing project dependencies
    Outline elements of stakeholder engagement, including levels of stakeholder engagement and stakeholder mapping
    Identify strategies for addressing stakeholder engagement, including actionable methods for improving your understanding of stakeholders
    Provide an overview of change management, types of change management, and its advantages
    Outline reasons why change management can fail and best practices that can be applied when conducting change management activities
    Recognize the similarities and differences between project contingency planning and mitigation planning and how they can assist in addressing technical risks
    Create a comprehensive project plan, including defining project objectives, work breakdown structure, and schedule using project management software
    Apply risk identification techniques, such as brainstorming or checklists, to identify potential technical risks in a systems engineering project
    Summarize the key concepts covered in this course

IN THIS COURSE

  • 1m 11s
    In this video, we will discover the key concepts covered in this course. FREE ACCESS
  • 5m 32s
    After completing this video, you will be able to outline the use of technical planning in systems engineering, including process, scope, and integration. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Technical Planning Best Practices
    5m 57s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to identify best practices that can be applied to technical planning. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Project Planning
    6m 24s
    After completing this video, you will be able to outline the purpose of project plans and how to create an effective project plan. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Estimating Project Resources, Costs, and Durations
    6m 9s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to provide an overview of how to estimate project resources and costs. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Technical Risk Management
    6m 6s
    After completing this video, you will be able to outline how to conduct technical risk management, including the basic components of risk and important risk management concepts. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Identify Risks
    7m 28s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to outline known methods and best practices for identifying risks. FREE ACCESS
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    8.  Risk Management Process
    7m 12s
    After completing this video, you will be able to outline the risk management process. FREE ACCESS
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    9.  Risk Analysis
    5m 32s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to identify the purpose of risk analysis, risk analysis techniques, and limitations. FREE ACCESS
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    10.  Conduct Risk Analysis
    5m 54s
    After completing this video, you will be able to list the steps used to conduct risk analysis. FREE ACCESS
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    11.  Project Dependencies
    5m 57s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to outline the nature of project dependencies, including common types of dependencies. FREE ACCESS
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    12.  Dependency Management
    5m 36s
    After completing this video, you will be able to identify strategies for managing project dependencies. FREE ACCESS
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    13.  Stakeholder Engagement
    6m 5s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to outline elements of stakeholder engagement, including levels of stakeholder engagement and stakeholder mapping. FREE ACCESS
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    14.  Stakeholder Engagement Strategies
    6m 1s
    After completing this video, you will be able to identify strategies for addressing stakeholder engagement, including actionable methods for improving your understanding of stakeholders. FREE ACCESS
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    15.  Change Management
    6m 6s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to provide an overview of change management, types of change management, and its advantages. FREE ACCESS
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    16.  Change Management Benefits and Disadvantages
    6m 46s
    After completing this video, you will be able to outline reasons why change management can fail and best practices that can be applied when conducting change management activities. FREE ACCESS
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    17.  Project Contingency and Mitigation Planning
    5m 59s
    Upon completion of this video, you will be able to recognize the similarities and differences between project contingency planning and mitigation planning and how they can assist in addressing technical risks. FREE ACCESS
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    18.  Creating a Project Plan
    7m 7s
    In this video, you will learn how to create a comprehensive project plan, including defining project objectives, work breakdown structure, and schedule using project management software. FREE ACCESS
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    19.  Applying Risk Identification
    7m 18s
    Find out how to apply risk identification techniques, such as brainstorming or checklists, to identify potential technical risks in a systems engineering project. FREE ACCESS
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    20.  Course Summary
    54s
    In this video, we will summarize the key concepts covered in this course. FREE ACCESS

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