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Introduction to Project Management | ½ day or 1 day
Course Number: PK210
This session introduces participants to the basic terminology and concepts of project management. Taught as a high-level overview, participants learn the basics of how to balance project scope, cost and time constraints through interactive exercises and class discussion.
Prerequisite: None
Senior Management/Sponsor Briefing | ½ day or 1 day
Course Number: PK215
This briefing covers project management terminology and concepts for senior management and focuses on the senior manager or sponsor's role in the project management process. The benefits of project management are reviewed, with an emphasis on how senior managers or sponsors can set and clarify their expectations for project managers.
Prerequisite: None
Time Management Overview | 1 day
Course Number PKTM1
This course examines how participants currently manage their time and how they can implement simple and practical methods to improve their time management skills. Common personal time management areas that are addressed include: Attitudes, goals, priorities, planning, interruptions, meetings, paperwork, delegation, procrastination and teamwork time. By participating in this course, project members will learn to effectively handle project time commitments.
Prerequisite: None
Microsoft Project (2003 and 2007) | 1 day
Course Number: PKMSProject2003 or PKMSProject2007
These courses are a hands-on introduction to the functions and features of MS Project. Participants will learn how to enter tasks, assign resources, determine task durations, produce a Gantt chart, and review various ways to monitor and control the project. This course also introduces different ways in which participants can view data, and customize various reports for comparing planned to actual progress.
Prerequisite: PK220, PK230 or PK250
CAPM Study Guide Review | 1 day
Course Number: PKCAPM1
This course focuses on the exam how to apply for the CAPM exam, how the exam is taken, and highlighting the important points from the perspective of the exam. The course will be reviewing what the exam is like, project management process groups, and the knowledge areas according to the Third Edition of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. There are review questions and practice exercises with debriefing sessions. The materials will help participants prepare and take the CAPM exam.
Prerequisite: PK230
Project Management Concepts | 2 days
Course Number: PK220
This interactive course uses a case study to help participants gain conceptual knowledge in project management, its terminology and how project teams can best work together. Participants work in teams to learn how to apply a 5-Phase approach to projects -- Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Closeout.
Prerequisite: None
Principles of Time Management | 2 days
Course Number: PKTM2
This course examines in more detail how participants currently manage their time and how they can implement simple and practical methods to improve their time management skills. Common personal time management areas that are addressed include: attitudes, goals, priorities, planning, interruptions, meetings, paperwork, delegation, procrastination and teamwork time. By participating in this course, project members will learn to effectively handle project time commitments.
Prerequisite: None
Fundamentals of Project Management | 3 days
Course Number: PK230
This course provides a detailed examination of the fundamental processes of project management. Using lectures, case studies, discussions and individual and group exercises, participants will learn how to apply a 5-Phase approach to projects, determine how to meet customer/client needs, and focus on planning, tracking and control techniques. Participants will apply project management tools such as Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS), estimating, networking, Gantt charts and risk assessment to an in-class project.
Prerequisite: None
Project Management for Teams | 3 days
Course Number: PK230T
This course focuses much of its attention on what it will to be like working on a project team. Participants will gain insight into what their management style is along with learning project management terminology and best practices. The approach is consistent with PMBOK process model of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Closeout.
Prerequisite: None
Mastering the Principles of Project Management | 5 days
Course Number: PK250
This course covers the nine "Project Management Bodies of Knowledge" found in the PMBOK®. Using a 5-Phase approach (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Closeout), participants work in teams to complete interactive exercises covering Time, Cost, Scope, Quality, Risk, Human Resources, Communication, Procurement, and Integration Management. This course provides a solid preparation for taking the PMP examination.
Prerequisite: PK210 or PK220
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