• Watch a preview of this course • Discover how to take this course: Online, In-Person sans.org/mgt525 MGT525: Managing Cybersecurity Initiatives and Effective Communication Meet and exceed your security program’s goals. SANS MGT525: Managing Security Initiatives and Effective Communication provides the training necessary to maintain the Project Management Professional (PMP)® and other professional credentials. SANS Institute is a PMI® authorized training partner. This course is focused on delivering bottom line value from security initiatives while following modern adaptive, agile, iterative, and predictive development approaches and leveraging the benefits of increased effective organizational communication. During this class students learn how to improve project planning methodology and project task scheduling to get the most out of critical IT resources. We utilize cyber security project case studies to increase practical understanding of real-world issues. MGT525 follows the basic methodologies and principles from the updated PMBOK® Guide, also providing specific implementation techniques for success. Throughout the five sections, all aspects of leading security initiatives—from project business justification analysis, selecting the appropriate development approach that fits your stakeholder and organizational structure using predictive, adaptive, and hybrid implementations tailored to drive value—are covered. We focus on planning for and managing cost, time, quality, and risk while your project is active, to completing, closing, and documenting as your project finishes. A copy of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh edition is provided to all participants. Students can reference the PMBOK® Guide and use course material along with the knowledge gained in class to prepare for the GIAC Certified Project Manager Exam (GCPM) and earn PDUs/CPEs to maintain the Project Management Professional (PMP)® and other professional credentials. Project management methodologies and frameworks are highlighted that can be applied across any product life cycle, in any industry. Although our primary focus is the application of security initiatives, our approach is transferable to any projects that create and maintain services as well as general product development. We cover in-depth how cost, time, quality, risk, and compliance aspects affect the services we provide to others. We will also address practical human resource management as well as effective communication and conflict resolution. You will learn specific tools to bridge the communications gap between managers and technical staff. NOTE: PMP® and PMBOK® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. PMP® exams are not hosted by SANS. You will need to make separate arrangements to take the PMP® exam and this course is not an official PMP® prep class. Course Author Statement “Managing projects to completion, with an alert eye on quality, cost, and time, is something most of us need to do on an ongoing basis. In this course, we break down project management into its fundamental components and galvanize your understanding of the key concepts with an emphasis on practical application and execution of service-based IT and InfoSec projects. Since project managers spend the vast majority of their time communicating with others, throughout the week we focus on traits and techniques that enable effective technical communication. As people are the most critical asset in the project management process, effective and thorough communication is essential.” —Jeff Frisk You Will Be Able To • Understand predictive/waterfall, adaptive/agile development approaches and how they interact with product and project life cycles. • Learn how to use and implement lean/ agile tools, complexity models, root cause analysis • Recognize the top failure mechanisms related to security projects, so that your projects can avoid common pitfalls • Create a project charter which increases stakeholder engagement • Document project requirements and create requirements traceability matrix to track changes throughout the project lifecycle • Clearly define the scope of a project in terms of cost, schedule, and technical deliverables • Develop a project schedule, including critical path tasks and milestones • Cultivate user stories to drive adaptive sprint cycles • Create accurate project cost and time estimates • Develop planned and earned value metrics for your project deliverables and automate reporting functions • Effectively manage conflict situations and build communication skills with your project team • Analyze project risks in terms of probability and impact, assign triggers and risk response responsibilities • Create project earned value baselines and project forecasts based on actual performance • Communicate effectively with stakeholders, technical staff, and management teams 5 Day Program 30 CPEs Laptop Not Needed GCPM Project Manager giac.org/gcpm “ MGT525 offers tools and techniques that will directly improve the planning, execution, and closing of your projects.” — Michael Long, ARCYBER