Customized Training for your Company
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Classes Tailored for Your People & Organization
- Work with an instructor to custom design your course
- We'll deliver class discussions on those topics
- We'll create customized case studies so your people practice each technique on the kind of projects they manage
- In class, hands-on case assignments with coaching from our expert PMS
At your site for up to 20 people: 2-days $14,000, 3-days $21,000 plus travel. 1-year on-ongoing support |
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Basic Five-Step Class
Broadbrush Project Plan
- define the project scope as a measured business result
- decompose the scope into a network of measured achievements (metrics)
- use the project charter to avoid scope creep
Work Breakdown Structure
- decompose deliverables into a work breakdown structure
- build a backbone of measured results (metrics)
Dynamic Project Schedule in MS® Project
- create work package for each assignment
- sequence the tasks to finish as early as possible
- optimize with the critical path
Craft Clear Assignments for the Project Team
- craft clear assignments for your project team and contractors
- analyze the critical path to optimize your schedule
- motivate your team for high performance
Track Results
- spot problems early with baseline comparison
- solve problems and report to the sponsor
- close the project to make the next one easier
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Advanced Class
Strategic Echelons with Multiple Stakeholders
- decision-makers
- performance pressures
Stakeholder Identification and Management
- hot buttons
- engagement planning
Work Breakdown Structure
- tailor assignment to match capacity & skills
- apply waterfall, events-driven, RAD and spiral decomposition techniques
Estimating & Work Packages
- analyze the risk of overruns with PERT
- make estimates with 60% confidence techniques
- use order of magnitude techniques
- control contracts and sub-contractors
Risk Management
- identify risks
- use qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
- plan risk responses and contingencies
Trade-Offs and Optimization for Decision Makers
- Fine-tune the project schedule & resources
- Model quantified alternatives for scope, duration and budget
Track Results in MS® Project
- spot problems with earned value analysis
- rolling estimates
- model solution alternatives
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Adapting our Proven Methodology to Your Culture and People
We work with you to adapt our Lean and AgileProject Methodologyto fit your needs and to fit your existing organizational processes.
Customized Project Case Studies
We usually recommend using case studies in the class so your people learn and then practice the new techniques. We will create a customized case study for your people to use in practicing every tool and technique with expert in class coaching.
On-going Support
Your attendees can call our instructors with questions for a year after class. We can also hold live web meetings to review project schedules.
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Or, We Can Customize any of Our Standard Classes Below
Fees include: All workbooks, reference CDs & case studies for each attendee |
Seminar Details |
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Fee for 20 attendees |
Attendee Experience Level & Learning Outcomes |
101 Essentials of Project Management
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2 |
$13,500 |
People without formal PM training learn a step-by-step methodology with all the tools and techniques they need including MS Project skills. Learn thru lectures and hands-on case studies including MS Project® scheduling. |
| 103 Advanced PM Skills |
3 |
$18,500 |
Experienced PMs learn advanced techniques for optimizing schedules and resource allocation, budgeting, estimating, and motivating teams. Learning tools include reading, lectures and in-class case studies of projects involving multiple functional areas. |
| 102 CAPM™ Exam Prep |
2 |
$13,500 |
Learn PM concepts in preparation for the certified Associate Project Manager exam. Lectures with practice exams on each PMBOK® section as well as a comprehensive final exam. |
| 104 PMI® Exam Prep |
3 |
$18,500 |
Prepare for PMI's® PMP® certification exam with lectures practice exams on each PMBOK section as well as a comprehensive final exam. |
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Our clients include: Siemens, Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, Children's Hospital, QWEST and professional consulting firms. We tailor PM processes to fit your unique culture and competitive environment and then build these processes into your training classes.
1. We start with your project issues & challenges such as:
"Too many projects finish late and cost more than they should"
"People get lost in the technical details and lose sight of the business purpose"
"We need to make sure that people are working on the right projects!"
"We spend too much time in project meetings and doing paperwork"
2. You select the skills and techniques you want your people to master:
- Write concise project plans & schedules that make expectations clear
- Who's accountable for what and by when
- Crystal clear definitions of deliverables
- Make accurate estimates of duration and cost
- Avoid risks by identifying them early and mitigating them
- Make clear assignments to the team members
- Spot problems early...not after it's too late to fix them
- Make crisp status reports so everyone knows what's going on
3. We design discussions & learning exercises/case studies for hands-on practice
- Customized case studies that let them practice on the kind of projects you do
- Discussions focused on practical techniques your people need
- Our Instructors are all PMI certified
Talk to an Advisor 877-332-2599
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