Students will learn and apply valuable tools, techniques, and processes associated with eliminating and/or minimizing the presence and impact of adverse risk events (threats). Additionally, participants will learn about processes for capitalizing on positive risk events—or opportunities—that project teams may encounter.
Project Risk Management is a two-day, instructor-led, training course designed to introduce and apply better risk management practices in the context of projects.
The course structure effectively combines introductory lecture and discussion with hands-on application of best practices in project risk management. Students will learn and apply valuable tools, techniques, and processes associated with eliminating and/or minimizing the presence and impact of adverse risk events (threats). Additionally, participants will learn about processes for capitalizing on positive risk events—or opportunities—that project
The Project Smokejumper: Rescue and Recovery of Troubled Projects is a two and one-half day learning program designed to provide project management practitioners with effective tools and techniques to get errant projects back under control.
A smokejumper is a wild land firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires. These intrepid men and women are dropped in to extremely remote and dangerous areas to help control or eliminate wildfire threats. Though they do not typically encounter life or death situations like smokejumpers, many project managers are dropped into project “hot zones” to help rescue or recover ailing projects.
The Project Smokejumper: Rescue and Recovery of Troubled Projects is a two and one-half day learning program designed to provide project management practitioners with effective tools and techniques to get errant projects back under control.
This two day course is designed to not only introduce better practices for scoping, scheduling, and costing a project; it is also structured to facilitate hands-on learning through individual and team application.
Project Scope, Schedule, and Cost Control is a two day training course designed to help project management practitioners incorporate better practices in defining, developing, and controlling the scope, schedule, and budget elements of a project.
The root cause for many project problems can be attributed to inadequate planning (or, in some cases, no planning at all). More specifically, these organizations do not sufficiently define the scope (the “what?”), the activities (the “how?”), the schedule (the “when?”), and the costs (the “how much?”) required to successfully deliver the project. Struggling project teams often drift into the execution phase without a well-defined plan.
This two day course is designed to not only introduce better practices for scoping, scheduling, and costing a project; it is also structured to facilitate hands-on learning through individual and team application. Participants will leave the seminar with a better understanding of project planning techniques such as: Work Breakdown Structures, Activity Breakdown, Network Diagramming, Critical Path, Schedule Development, Cost Budgeting, Cost Control, and Earned Value Management.
Participants will further expand their knowledge and experience through applied exercises. Using a selected organizational case study approach, participants will manage a sample project from initiation to closing.
The Project Management Executive Seminar is a one-day, instructor-facilitated, seminar session designed to provide an introductory overview of the project management discipline.
The course structure effectively combines lecture and discussion with hands-on application of useful quality planning, assurance, and control techniques in the domain of project management.
Project Quality Management is a two-day, instructor-led, training class designed to introduce participants to the essentials and advanced tools of Quality Management in the project environment.
The course structure effectively combines lecture and discussion with hands-on application of useful quality planning, assurance, and control techniques in the domain of project management.
Project Procurement Management is a two-day, instructor-led, training class designed to introduce participants to the essentials and advanced tools of the Project Procurement Management knowledge area.
Today’s ever evolving global economy requires organizations to “do more with less.” This often means that a person’s career last longer that that of most companies; therefore, companies often have to look outside their organization to source project delivery resources. As a result, project team members need to be well-versed in sourcing and procuring of external providers and partners.
Project Procurement Management is a two-day, instructor-led, training class designed to introduce participants to the essentials and advanced tools of the Project Procurement Management knowledge area.
The course structure effectively combines lecture and discussion with hands-on application of useful planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing processes in the domain of project procurement management.
The primary objective of the PPM learning experience is to help organizational leaders identify, evaluate, select, and prioritize the right projects (at the right time) that best align the organizational assets with its strategic objectives.
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a three-day, instructor-led, training class designed to introduce participants to the fundamental and advanced concepts of managing a project portfolio.
The PPM course structure effectively combines introductory lecture and discussion with hands-on application of portfolio management principles, tools, and techniques through applied case study exercises. The primary objective of the PPM learning experience is to help organizational leaders identify, evaluate, select, and prioritize the right projects (at the right time) that best align the organizational assets with its strategic objectives.
The course covers the basics of all project management life-cycle processes including: project initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and control, and closing in a 3 day format.
The Project Management Fundamentals is a three-day, instructor-led, training class designed to introduce participants to the basics of the project management discipline.
The course structure effectively combines introductory lecture and discussion with hands-on application of useful project management principles, tools, and techniques through applied case study exercises.
More than ever before, project team members are required to not only take on more responsibilities in existing projects, but also engage in more projects in the same amount of time.
Managing Multiple Projects is a two-day, instructor-led, learning session designed to introduce attendees to better practices, processes, and techniques that will help the project management practitioner do a better job of leading, monitoring, and controlling multiple projects and programs.
Global competition, corporate “right-sizing”, and a growing project-based economic model require organizations to “do more with less.” Project management practitioners have learned that these shifts in the economy affect the project management discipline as much – if not more than – as any other functional area. More than ever before, project team members are required to not only take on more responsibilities in existing projects, but also engage in more projects in the same amount of time.
JumpStart into Project Management is a five-day, instructor-led, training class designed to assimilate participants to the fundamental principles of the project management discipline while introducing them to the “art” of project management (soft skills and leadership aspects).
