Project Management

Overview The human aspect of project management is usually overlooked and the technical side of project management is given the focus. This course is designed to help you look deeper at the people involved in…

Overview Learn to improve performance during the initiation of your project. Development of a project charter and identification of your stakeholders is the first of many best practices you can use to kick-off your projects…

Overview Risk happens on all projects, and how risk is managed can make or break any project. This course focuses on Risk Management strategies across all project types. How to plan for risk and work…

Overview How do you balance time, cost and scope on your projects? The typical answer is pick two! Balancing competing constraints is a full-time job in project management. The focus of this course is to…

• Apply the concepts of the PMBOK® Guide to better manage projects in their work environment
• Understand the complexities of situational questions given on the exam
• Gain an understanding for the level of competency required for the exam

• Six Sigma history
• Process improvement and quality methods
• Lean concepts

• Identify which quality improvement projects are most necessary to undertake.
• Ways to analyze quality issues in a variety of different formulas, charts, and graphs.
• The roles and responsibilities of a Six Sigma team.

• Describe Project methodologies and Life Cycles
• Use the Scrum Framework
• Understand Scrum, eXtreme Programming (XP), Lean, and Kanban

• Develop a Project charter
• Plan communications, cost management, risk management, and schedule management
• Acquire, develop, and manage resources

• Prepare to pass the CAPM exam while completing the required 23 contact hours/PDUs
• Decipher PMBOK® Guide processes and knowledge areas
• Identify significant steps of the project life cycle

• Effective pre-project initiation
• How to hold an effective kick-off meeting
• Contributing to the project charter and understanding the elements

• How to determine your organizations’ risk thresholds and determine scoring for probability and impact
• Risk identification techniques, the pros and cons
• Creation and maintenance of a risk register