Instructor-Led Course Catalog

Project Management Theory/Microsoft Project Solutions/Leadership/
Certificate Program/PMP PREP /
Enact and Inovie Solution  / Games and Simulations

Project Management Theory                                              Back to Top

Project Scheduling Fundamentals 6.5 PDUs
is our popular introductory project management class. No pontification here: just key concepts, basic terminology, and essential ideas for planning and scheduling your projects. And, excellent preparation for using software scheduling tools! (1 day)

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Managing Project Risk and Making Decisions 14 PDUs
is a hands-on workshop that will teach you how to develop a comprehensive risk management plan for your group's current project. (2 days)

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Advanced Project Management  21 PDUs
provides the techniques and tools to effectively manage each stage of the project life cycle, work within organizational and cost constraints, set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the most from your project management team, and utilize state-of-the-art project management tools to get the work done on time and within budget. (3 days)

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Developing Leadership Skills For Managers At Every Level!   7 PDUs 
While executives have an obvious need for leadership skills, managers at all levels of the organization also need these skills. This program focuses on the specific "learned" behaviors that successful leaders in an organization display every day at every level. (1 day)

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Business Development for Project Managers  7 PDUs 
This one-day program takes a step-by-step approach to identify at the ten actions that an employee can take to play an effective role in business-development. (1 day) 

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Five Sigma® Project Management  21 PDUs
shows you how to apply the latest business thinking about "three sigma" quality and "six sigma" manufacturing on your projects by using the breakthrough concept of "five sigma" project management. (3 days)

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Constructive Project Negotiation  14 PDUs
This introductory program builds the negotiating skills that let you create constructive agreements between the project team and the rest of the project stakeholders.(2 days)

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Managing the Project's Organizational Context  14 PDUs
provides you with tools for managing these organizational "side effects" of project activities, tools for managing organizational change..(2 days)

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Chartering Projects: Managing the Business Priorities of the Project Portfolio   14 PDUs
A program for executives and senior managers. This powerful program shows you how to charter projects - how to do the preliminary thinking about project priority in order to choose the right projects: avoid the bad ones, hold off on the questionable ones, and quickly launch the profitable ones.(2 days)

 

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Project System Thinking  21 PDUs
This advanced program shows you how to use systems thinking to handle project dynamics - reconciling management objectives with individual forecasts, controling scope creep, and responding to schedule delays and cost overruns. (3 days)


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Creating Environment for Successful Projects  
- An Executive ProgramPDUs
This program takes you beyond the basics of how to develop and execute a successful project and enables your organization to build an environment where any project can be easily implemented and any changes can be made with minimal disruption to the process.(1 day)

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Creating Environment for Successful AE/C Projects 
- A program for principals and partners 
7
PDUs
Research repeatedly shows that principal/partner support is essential to project success and that lack of principal/partner support is a leading cause of project failure . This Program takes you beyond the basics of how to develop and execute a successful project and enables your organization to build an environment where any project can be easily implemented and any changes can be made with minimal disruption to the process.(1 day)
 

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Winning Project Management: A Cornerstone Program   21 PDUs
This program provides you with a set of effective project management tools that explains each step of the project management process and teaches the required skills. (3 days)


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Managing Outsourced Projects 14 PDUs
This program explores the skills and techniques that are essential for one of the biggest challenges facing today's project manager - managing the outsourced project.(2 days)


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Earned Value Project Management 14 PDUs
This program for the advanced project manager reviews the earned-value basics before describing The PMOBK® Guide approach to earned value. Among the ideas explored are the Cost Performance Index (CPI) and the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)(2 days)


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Fundamentals of AE/C Project Management 14 PDUs
This program will develop the skills you need to build a sturdy project plan and to manage the project using that plan. Each participant will learn how to balance the triple constraints of scope, cost, and schedule with the other project imperatives of quality, risk, stakeholder satisfaction, and business profit.(2 days)

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Turning AE/C Technical Professionals into Project Managers    14 PDUs
This program will describe the elements of a robust project plan such as: a scope statement, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), network logic diagram, schedule, and resource assignments. From this solid plan come winning proposals with healthy profit margins.(2 days)
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Microsoft Project Solutions                                                      Back to Top

MS Project Foundation Class  14 PDUs
is a comprehensive two-day instructor-led class that teaches the skill set you need to to plan, execute and track individual or multiple projects within your organization. For MS Project Standard 2002 and 2003. For those taking the Project Enterprise Deployment Training, a one-day version is available for Project Professional 2002 and 2003. (2 days)

 
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Customizing the Project Server Environment   13 PDUs
is an advanced two-day instructor-led class for those who will be actively involved in defining and configuring the Microsoft Project Server environment for their organizations. This class is targeted at Project Management Office Staff, Project Server Administrators, Implementation Consultants, other Stakeholders seeking to understand and/or influence Project Server settings, policies, and conventions. For Project Server 2003 and 2007.(2 days)

 
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Project Enterprise Deployment Training   13 PDUs
is a two-day on-site training designed for Project Managers whose company is deploying Microsoft Project Server. The course assumes basic familiarity with MS Project and focuses on what's new for managers who will be working with Project Professional in the Server environment for the first time. The course is typically delivered to project managers during the pilot or roll-out phase after configuration has been completed. It is often highly customized to incorporate client materials and to introduce the settings, policies, and conventions which the organization has chosen to implement. For MS Project Professional 2003 and 2007.(2 days)

 
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Project Server for Adminstrators 6.5 PDUs
is a one-day instructor-led class aimed at those who will be responsible for administering and maintaining the Project Server. The focus is on populating the Enterprise Resource Pool, implementing a security model, modifying enterprise settings, editing permission profiles, generating the OLAP cube, creating Project, Resource and Portfolio views, and performing system maintenance. This class is targeted at Project Server administrators and PMO staff who will be involved in changing and customizing Project Server settings and/or maintaining the Project Server environment. For Project Server 2003 and 2007.(1 day)

 
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MS Project 2003 Basics 8 PDUs
This class is an intensive, hands-on training course whereby each participant will exercise the functionality on their own laptop to get a hands-on understanding of what it is capable of from expert instructors with real world experience.(1 day)

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Advanced MS Project 2003 8 PDUs
This course will continue from initial MS Project foundation class. It will cover estimating strategies, the value of the WBS, advanced hands-on experience in the use of the WBS, Resource Planning, Integrating Projects and other advanced features of the software. Participants must have taken the MS Project foundation course and/or have experience utilizing the software as this course assumes at least a basic understanding of the functionality.(1 day)

 
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MS Project 2007 Basics 8 PDUs
This class is an intensive, hands-on training course whereby each participant will exercise the functionality on their own laptop to get a hands-on understanding of what it is capable of from expert instructors with real world experience.(1 day)

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Advanced MS Project 2007 8 PDUs
This course will continue from initial MS Project foundation class. It will cover estimating strategies, the value of the WBS, advanced hands-on experience in the use of the WBS, Resource Planning, Integrating Projects and other advanced features of the software. Participants must have taken the MS Project foundation course and/or have experience utilizing the software as this course assumes at least a basic understanding of the functionality.(1 day)
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Leadership                                                                                    Back to Top

Leading Project Teams:The human Side of Performance
14 PDUs

provides the knowledge, tools, and practical experience for participants to move from an individual contributor to a capable and confident project leader.(2 days)

 
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Winning Project Presentations  14 PDUs
This program teaches you how to develop, design and deliver a results-oriented presentation.(2 days)

 
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Certificate Program                                               Back to Top

Five Sigma® Project Management  21 PDUs
shows you how to apply the latest business thinking about "three sigma" quality and "six sigma" manufacturing on your projects by using the breakthrough concept of "five sigma" project management .(3 days)

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Constructive Project Negotiation  14 PDUs
This introductory program builds the negotiating skills that let you create constructive agreements between the project team and the rest of the project stakeholders.(2 days)

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Leading Project Teams: The human Side of Performance
14 PDUs 
 provides the knowledge, tools, and practical experience for participants to move from an individual contributor to a capable and confident project leader.(2 days)

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Winning Project Presentations  14 PDUs
This program teaches you how to develop, design and deliver a results-oriented presentation.(2 days)


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Managing the Project's Organizational Context 
14 PDUs
provides you with tools for managing these organizational "side effects" of project activities, tools for managing organizational change..(2 days)


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Managing Risk  7 PDUs 
Managing Risk shows you how to measure the severity of the risk, how to develop a plan to respond to the risk, and how to keep the risk from recurring or becoming worse.(1 day)

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Computer Tools for Project Management  14 PDUs
This program builds your fundamental knowledge and practical skill with several computer tools.(2 days)


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Chartering Projects: Managing the Business Priorities of the Project Portfolio  14 PDUs
A program for executives and senior managers. This powerful program shows you how to charter projects - how to do the preliminary thinking about project priority in order to choose the right projects: avoid the bad ones, hold off on the questionable ones, and quickly launch the profitable ones.(2 days)

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PMP PREP                                                                                          Back to Top 

 

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam 2-Day Review 
14 PDUs
provides an intensive review to participants who already understand the knowledge areas and five process groups that form the basis of PMI's PMP Certification exam. (2 days)

 
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Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam 5-Day Boot Camp 35 PDUs
was designed to help you pass the PMP® Certification Exam and expand your opportunities within your organization and your industry. This comprehensive, 5-day course will ensure that you are well prepared to take the exam. (5 days)
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Enact and Inovie Solutions                                                              Back to Top

Enact Enterprise System: Manager Training
14
PDUs
will prepare you to effectively use Enactex's simple but powerful, web-based application to collaborate on projects. You'll get up to speed quickly in learning to use the three core modules that make up Enact: ActionPlan for project scheduling, ActionTask for status updating, and ActionView for webpage reporting
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Inovie Solution:TeamCenter Performance Workplace  A two-day class where you learn how to effectively use Inovie's TeamCenter Performance Workplace.(2 days)

 
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Games & Simulations                                                                   Back to Top

The Herding Cats® Project Simulation  7 PDUs 
Earned Value in Action. This 1-day, experiential learning program combines group discussion with a powerful project management simulation. Balancing scope, cost, schedule, and risk, teams of 2-4 players revise a project plan, use earned value calculations to monitor progress towards a goal, and respond to risk events. Participants leave able to apply new skills to real projects back at work the next day (1 day)

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STAYS & DAYS® & Schedules 7 PDUs  
An exciting day of sequential simulations, Stays & Days combines individual initiative and team cooperation with competition, risk analysis, gut instinct, and some hot dice rolls to introduce the players to several advanced-management concepts. (1 day)

 

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STAYS & DAYS® & Dragons  4 PDUs  
An exciting morning (or afternoon) of three simulations, Stays & Days & Dragons combines individual initiative, team competition, risk analysis, and lively dice rolls to explore some subtle ideas behind managing a project's schedule, cost, and risk. (0.5 day)
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