Project Management Training

Executive Management Courses

• Project Management for Executives (6 PDU’s) – learn how to interface with the project manager on every phase of the project

• Making the Go Decision for a Project (6 PDU’s) – learn to evaluate the project manager’s role in the concept phase of the project

• Project Server 2007 Executive Training (2 PDU’s) – This 2 hour training class provides training on general project management practices, Microsoft Office Project 2007 features, and the functions that an executive might use or need to understand in Project Web Access

Project Management Skills Training

• Project Management Fundamentals (24 PDU’s) – learn the basic project management tools

• Project Management Fundamentals with a Team Approach (35 PDU’s) – learn the basic project management tools with a team emphasis

• Managing the Project’s Scope (6 PDU’s) – learn how project scope works with the four phases of the project life cycle, how to develop a project charter, review the importance of the WBS in defining the scope, baseline the project scope and develop and use scope reports

• Managing the Project’s Time (6 PDU’s) – lean the project manager’s role in managing and controlling the project schedule and use of schedule tools like network diagrams and Gantt charts

• Managing the Project’s Time (6 PDU’s) – lean the project manager’s role in managing and controlling the project schedule and use of schedule tools like network diagrams and Gantt charts

• Managing the Project’s Risk (6 PDU’s) – how to identify and manage risk, develop a risk plan, evaluate the probability of risk happening and attach money and time value to risk

• Managing the Project’s Quality (6 PDU’s) – learn the history of quality, the cost of quality, measurement procedures and how to verify project effectiveness

• Managing the Project’s Budget (6 PDU’s) – Cost estimating and forecasting, cost budgeting, cost control, cost applications and earned value analysis

• Managing the Project’s Contract (6 PDU’s) – the procurement planning process, using the contract cycle, setting up the solicitation process, choosing a contract type and applying the principles of contract reporting

• Team Management for a Project (6 PDU’s) – learn the project manager’s role in managing the team members on a project

• Critical Chain Project Management – (3 PDU’s) introduces participants to the basic methods, tools, techniques, and terminology of Critical Chain Project Management

• Introduction to Agile Project Management (6 PDU’s) – introduction to the basic methods, tools, techniques, and terminology of Agile Project Management

Advanced Project Management Training Courses

• Advanced Acquisition Management Course (18 PDU’s)
• Recognize the fundamental precepts and basics of Federal Acquisition Management.
• Recognize the diverse, interrelated, and changing nature in the different disciplines of Federal Acquisition Management.
• Recognize the basic regulations and governing structures of Federal Acquisition Management
• Understand the difference between project, program and portfolio management
• Understand how PMI and Government standards complement each other

• Advanced Earned Value Management Course(18 PDU’s)
  • Direct & Manage EVM Implementation Across the Program Spectrum
  • Utilize Advanced Program Management Skills with Extensive EVM Capabilities

• Advanced Project Schedule Oversight Course (30 PDU’s)
  • Apply the critical path method
  • Use PERT methodology
  • Estimate accurate activity durations
  • Apply scheduling terminology
  • Apply the project schedule life cycle
  • Use network diagram and Gantt charts
  • Set up project constraints
  • Use the WBS to develop your schedule

• Advanced Risk Management for Complex Projects(12 PDU’s)
  • Apply risk management definitions
  • Identify and manage risk
  • Develop risk plan
  • Evaluate the probability of risk happening
  • Attach money and time value to risk
  • Techniques to handle stakeholders’ road blocks to risk strategy implementation

• Leadership for Project Managers Course(12 PDU’s)
  • Deliver Effective Presentations to Senior Level Audiences
  • Develop and Direct High Powered Teams
  • Generate a Culture of Development and Accountability
  • Communicate a Compelling Vision

• Performance Based Contracts Course (6 PDU’s) – examine Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) from a contractor perspective. Concepts found primarily in the GSA’s on-line tutorial, Seven Steps to Performance Acquisition (PBA), and the DoD’s Guidebook for Performance Based Acquisition are used as a starting point to examine how the contractor should perform within a PBC setting.

• Program Manager Certification Course(24 PDU’s)
  • Coordinate an Integrated Master Plan for Life Cycle Management & Support
  • Assess/Oversee Application of Department/Agency Financial Policies and Directives
  • Direct and Maintain Risk Management Processes
  • Administer a comprehensive Testing and Evaluation Program
  • Examine & Implement Innovative, Alternative, Logistical Support Practices
  • Plan for Adequate Staffing/Resources across the Program Life Cycle

• Requirements Gathering & Development Course(12 PDU’s)
  • Create measurements for requirements
  • Reuse requirements
  • Evaluate specifications
  • Use the requirements process
  • Gather requirements
  • Write Specification

Project Management Tools Training Courses

• Comprehensive Microsoft Project Training (18 PDU’s) – gain an advanced working knowledge of using Microsoft Project, a working knowledge of using Visual Basic Applications with Microsoft Project and the knowledge that will allow you to work across applications

• Advanced Microsoft Project Training (12 PDU’s) – introduction to intermediate skills in Microsoft Project

• Microsoft Project Server (Implementing Enterprise Portfolio Management) (18 PDU’s) – gain a working knowledge of using Microsoft Project Server and how to work and manage multiple projects

• Project Server 2007 Administrator Training (12 PDU’s) – an introduction to Project Server 2007 Administration, including enterprise data, database management and time and task management

• Project Server 2007 Project Manager Training – (24 PDU’s) – ensure that project managers are functionally proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 to plan and manage project plans

• Project Server 2007 Team Member Training (4 PDU’s) – a half-day introduction to Project Server 2007 reporting progress in Project Web Access (PWA) and an introduction to Project Workspaces (WSS)

General Business Courses

• Becoming an Effective Communicator(12 PDU’s)
  • Use conflict resolution skills
  • Use basic presentation skills
  • Use negotiating skills
  • Run an effective meeting
  • Use management-by-walk-around techniques
  • Avoid failure due to lack of communication

• Earned Value Management and Program Performance(6 PDU’s)
  • Understanding what Earned Value means
  • Understanding the history and rationale of Earned Value Reporting
  • Using the DBS and WBS to capture and report Earned Value information
  • Using Earned value methodology to predict project performance
  • Learning how to avoid including information in the WBS which distorts Earned Value calculations
  • Understanding the use of multiple cost account codes for Earned Value reporting
  • Understanding the fornula & use of Schedule Variance(SV) and Cost Variance(CV)
  • Understanding the use and calulation of Schedule Performance Index(SPI) and Cost Performance Index(CPI)
  • Understanding the use of Estimate At Complete(EAC) and Estimate To Complete(ETC)
  • Understanding of the PMI Earned Value Management(EVM) Standard
  • Understanding of the Electronic Industries Alliance(EIA) Standard-748
  • Understanding EVM reporting

• Managing Teams(6 PDU’s)
  • Manage behavioral issues in a team
  • Identify characteristics of an effective team
  • Identify different types of teams
  • Identify and use different roles in a team
  • Motivate your team to be their best

• Problem Solving Management Tools(12 PDU’s)
  • Flow charting to analyze and improve PM process
  • Check sheets
  • Histograms
  • Pareto charts
  • Cause & effect
  • Problem-solving techniques
  • Brainstorming

• Quality Management With Lean Six Sigma(18 PDU’s)
  • Learning about the history of quality
  • Learning about cost of quality
  • Learning about measurement procedures and how to develop corrective actions
  • Learning about procedures to verify project effectiveness
  • Learning how Quality Management is used throughout the project’s lifecycle