This hands-on course is aligned with the Project Management Institute's (PMI®) Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). It will help you understand and pull together all the knowledge areas and processes of project management necessary to plan and execute, control and close successful projects.

This program includes a Project Management Professional® (PMP®) Prep component to prepare you to take your PMP® certification.

This course will provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to gather requirements, accurately define project scope, create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that details all work components, and learn the elements involved in verifying and controlling scope.

Project success is directly influenced by capturing and managing project and product requirements that meet stakeholder needs and expectations. Defining Scope is one of the most important phases in any project and involves developing the scope statement. The scope statement provides a common understanding among stakeholders and enables the project team to perform detailed project planning including the criteria to determine if the project is successful.

This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

Effective project managers must possess strong skills in organizational planning; team building, and staff management. Participants are provided with the tools to help them face the challenges of managing matrix teams and the added complexity of managing a virtual team. Participants will also examine motivation, influence, power, and effectiveness theories from industrial-organizational psychologists and management theorists to help them understand how and why people work, and the effect of power on project teams. This course is compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® 4th Edition).

Understanding a project's schedule requirements and the time-phasing of project tasks is the backbone of effective project management. This course, compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide, Fourth Edition), focuses on the importance of developing an accurate, enforceable project schedule. Participants will be guided through project-schedule development theory and implementation by means of lectures, discussions, and a case study.

The first step in successfully managing a project's costs is to have a project budget that realistically reflects the costs for executing the project. This course gives project managers the tools they need to develop reliable cost estimates by assessing necessary project resources, applying one or more cost estimating methods, adjusting the estimates based on resource availability and project risk, and evaluating the quality of cost estimates prepared by others. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®).

This course focuses on both the management of product quality and the management of the process quality for creating project deliverables. It provides exposure to the tools, techniques, and metrics used to ensure that sufficient product and process quality is achieved. It includes exercises which allow attendees to learn how to plan quality into a project and determine key metrics to manage project and process quality. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®).

Managing project communications is one of the most important duties of a project manager. Project managers must communicate with project owners, team members, and other stakeholders, whether they are internal or external to the organization. Effective communication can only occur when project mangers identify all the people or organizations impacted by the project. Knowing the potential impact or support each stakeholder could generate allows project managers to create effective strategies that can be critical to project success. This course helps project managers assess their project communication needs, plan for meeting those needs, and effectively communicate project status and forecasts throughout the project life-cycle. This course will familiarize you with the language and methodology commonly used by professional publications, associations, and your peers in the project management profession. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

Managing risks is a key element of effective project management. To remain competitive, projects cannot afford to set up contingencies or control measures for every conceivable risk. Rather, project managers must assess each risk and develop a response proportionate to the risk. This course introduces learners to widely accepted risk assessment, management, and control practices using effective tools and techniques. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

This course is designed for project managers who will have procurement responsibilities and for those who will interact with designated procurement professionals. The objective of Project Procurement Management is to prepare the project manager and project management team to effectively manage the procurement and contracting aspects of a project. The course begins with introductory sections explaining legal concepts of contracts and contract pricing. Then the Project Procurement Management Knowledge Area processes are presented: Plan Procurements, Conduct Procurements, Administer Procurements, and Close Procurements. The processes in Project Procurement Management are initiated early in the project — with a procurement management plan — and are ongoing throughout the life of the project. Although this course focuses on procurement from the buyer’s perspective, the final section explores procurement from the seller’s point of view. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

This course will introduce you to project management concepts and essential techniques that can make you more proficient at delivering your projects on time and within budget. Based on a framework which encompasses the entire body of knowledge in the project management field, this course will familiarize you with the language and methodology commonly used by professional publications, associations, and your peers in the project management profession. This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

This is a dynamic and very interactive project management course. Working with proprietary simulation software and a case study that revolves around an entrepreneurial company, you will be challenged to satisfy the needs to achieve an aggressive time schedule and budget, with limited resources. You will work in a team environment to manage the project. Expect issues to arise as you work through a simulation of a real-life project — lack of resources, budget problems, etc. Learn how to address problems that occur on projects and develop solutions to meet the end goal. On the last day of the class, you and your team will present to the class on your findings and lessons learned.