This 3-day course provides an overview of project management concepts and principles using lecture and discussions. An integrated case study will provide students with a first-hand opportunity to practice the theories and concepts discussed in the classroom throughout the course. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI) current Project Management Body of Knowledge. (PMBOK)
Target Audience
This course is primarily designed for people who have or will be assigned project management responsibilities; for project managers, project leaders or anyone performing in those roles or soon to be performing in those roles.
Key Topics
- The Project Management Framework - as described in PMI's current PMBOK guide
- The (9) Knowledge Areas, the (5) Process Groups, and the Iterative Process Model - processes involved in project management
- Key Stakeholders - their impact on, as well as their roles in a typical project
- Types of Organizational Structures - their impact on managing projects
- Project Quality and Risk - how to account for project quality and risk as a part of the project plan
Objectives
- A clear differentiation between project, program, and subproject, identifying contrasting and related characteristics of each
- The ability to compare and contrast project management to: strategic management, operations management, and crisis management
- The knowledge of how to define the role of the project manager while balancing the expectations of the different project stakeholders
- The course-long case study will provide a forum in which to develop essential management deliverables: project charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures, activity lists, duration estimates, network diagrams, and risk analysis
- A skill assessment will enable students to gauge their level of skill in project management
Note
This course is worth 21 PDU's.
Fee: $1,495.00
Course Schedule:
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Austin
Charlotte
Columbia
Hunt Valley
Lansing
Madison
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Oak Brook
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Raleigh
San Antonio
Schaumburg
Tulsa
Washington DC
