Available Courses
3-day courses
2-day courses
- Project Scope Management
- Project Cost & Schedule Control
- Project Risk Management
- Project Leadership and Communications
- Project Quality Management
1-day courses
- Earned Value Management seminar
A Comprehensive Introduction to Project Management
“The exercises after each PM topic was the part that kept my total interest going. Broke up the course into a fun sequence of events”
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This instructor-led course is designed to provide participants an understanding of general project management principles, activities and techniques. Based on the PMBOK® Guide and industry best practices, this course focuses on the skills required of a project manager to ensure the successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closeout of a project. The planning and control functions, throughout the life of a project, are described in detail and reinforced through a case study and related exercises.
Who Should Attend
This course is primarily designed for:
- Intermediate and junior level project managers
- Self-taught project managers
- Project managers preparing for PMP® certification
- Managers with project management responsibilities
- Team leaders within large projects
- Senior project coordination and control staff
Learning Objectives
The specific learning objectives include:
- Understanding the what, why, who, when and how of project management;
- Understanding the PM's role and responsibilities
- Understanding the key issues that contribute to project success;
- Using common terminology and methodology based on PMBOK® Guide ; and
- Learning and using basic project management processes, tools, and techniques.
The course does not address the development of methodologies and techniques, the use of project management tools, or in-depth estimating techniques.
Detailed course content – see outline schedule here.
Course Take-aways
- Detailed course binder with over 175 pages of content as well as the exercises and exercise solutions
- Templates based on the exercises
- Follow-on assistance for participants
- Course certificate with approved Professional Development Units