Empower entertainment professionals !

This comprehensive course is tailored for entertainment professionals working in film making, live show production, events, festivals, video game development, and VFX industries. It is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage projects in these dynamic and creative fields, based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) framework from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Key Highlights

"Empower entertainment professionals with PMI-based project management skills to excel in dynamic creative industries."

  • Understand the difference to work on creative versus definite content

  • Effective Project Leadership

  • Tailored Project Management

  • Risk Mitigation

  • Industry Best Practices

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Module 1 Key definitions and overview

    • 1.1 Success in Project Management

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    • 1.2 Standards, methodologies and tools

    • 1.3 Project management definition and approach

    • 1.4 Program management overview

    • 1.5 Portfolio management overview

    • 1.6 Project management office overview

    • 1.7 change management overview

    • 1.8 The triple constraints

    • 1.9 Life cycle management
  • 3

    Module 2 The Agile approach

    • 2.0 Overview Agile vs traditional
  • 4

    Module 3 Creative Content Management

  • 5

    Launching a creative project

    • 4.1 Project manager ROLE

    • 4.2 Stakeholders identification

    • 4.3 Collecting and documenting requirements

    • 4.4 Developing a PROJECT CHARTER

    • 4.5 Planning and running a kickoff meeting

    • HOW TO write a project charter

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    • TEMPLATE Project Charter

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 6

    Module 5 Scope management

    • 5.1 Planning and scope definition

    • 5.2 Developing a Work Breakdown Structure

    • 5.3 Doing a Work Breakdown structure dictionary

    • 5.4 Scope validation

    • HOW TO Do a Work Breakdown structure

    • TEMPLATE of a master to do a WBS

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 7

    Module 6 Time management

    • 6.1 Performing activity identification

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    • 6.2 Sequencing activities

    • 6.3 Developing a Network (Precedence Diagram method )

    • 6.4 Resources allocation

    • 6.5 Estimation of Duration

    • 6.6 Critical Path Method

    • 6.7 Resource levelling and smoothing

    • 6.8 Compression of duration

    • 6.9 Schedule presentation

    • HOW TO develop a schedule

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 8

    Module 7 Cost management

    • 7.1 Analog budgeting

    • 7.2 Cost estimation

    • 7.3 Cost Budgeting ( Time phase )

    • 7.4 Earned Value Management

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 9

    Module 8 Quality management

    • 8.1 Quality control & assurance

    • 8.2 Cost of Quality

    • 8.3 Integration of quality in project plan

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 10

    Module 9 Resource management

    • 9.1 Organizational structures

    • 9.2 RACI Chart

    • 9.3 Team development

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 11

    Module 10 communication management

    • 10.1 Non verbal communication

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    • 10.2 Communication activities

    • 10.3 Communication links

    • 10.4 Learning styles

    • 10.5 Information retrieval and distribution

    • 10.6 Project meetings

    • 10.7 Steps to develop a communication plan

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 12

    Module 11 Risk management

    • 11.1 Risk management MAP

    • 11.2 Risk identification

    • 11.3 Risk register

    • 11.4 Risk qualification

    • 11.5 Risk quantification

    • 11.6 Risk responses

    • 11.7 Risk management plan development

    • HOW TO work with a risk register

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    • TEMPLATE RISK REGISTER

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 13

    Module 12 Procurement management

    • 12.1 Centralized vs decentralized procurement department

    • 12.2 Make vs Buy analysis

    • 12.3 Procurement documentations

    • 12.4 Contract types

    • 12.5 Procurement process

    • 12.6 Contract management

    • FACT SHEET

    • QUIZ
  • 14

    Soft skills

    • 13.1 Influence

    • 13.2 Negotiations

    • 13.3 Conflict management

    • 13.4 Leadership for project management

    • 13.5 Motivation

    • 13.6 Public speaking

Instructor(s)

Project manager and executive producer

Sylvain Gauthier B.Eng, MBA,PMP

In March 2019, Sylvain worked with the McGill University's School of Continuing Study to launch a professional certificate in executive production for the creative industries (films, television, stage shows, festivals, events, video games, VFX). He also manage the certificate in Project management for the same university. In 2022, He won the prize for the outstanding teaching award at McGill university. He is also an executive producer specializing in business development and new creative products. Over the years, He developed recognized expertise in the world and has worked with several world-class organizations such as Franco Dragone entertainment (China), Cirque du Soleil, the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the Formula One World Championship (China) and Nortel Networks. In addition, over the last 20 years, Sylvain has spent more than 11 years in China, signed more than $200M in development contracts and trained hundreds of people in project management around the world. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master's degree in Business Administration and the PMP certification. Finally, Sylvain is the author of a book that will be published in October 2019 on the '10 Lessons learned to do business in China '.

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