SVSU Office of Continuing Ed & Professional Development in partnership with the College of Business & Management introduces the new “Project Management Certificate Program. This will be a five day course scheduled to begin SEPTEMBER 10, 2008.
Today’s rapidly changing business environment has created explosive growth in projects of all sizes and across virtually all domains of an enterprise. Projects requiring strategic management are found in educational institutions, health care, government, manufacturing and even in the smallest private professional practices. This course addresses the globally recognized framework for project management and prepares participants for the nationally recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. The course is not targeted at a specific industry sector and also covers the general principles of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) on which the PMP certification exam is based.
Who Should Attend Course Outline Schedule Program Cost
Note: This program may be held at your site for eight or more students.
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Class Size is limited
Special Pricing: Four paid registrations from the same company and receive the fifth free!
Who Should Attend
As part of the training, participants will work directly with other industry professionals. This blended workshop format will provide actual experiential opportunities for participants as others in the class will be bringing their actual work-projects to the classroom.
The course is delivered in the format of a professional development workshop in five sessions. The sessions take place Thursdays and class times are 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Please be prompt). Class sessions will take place at Saginaw Valley State University in Curtiss Hall Room 143. The June 17 MS Project Lab will take place in the Zanhow Library computer lab (Z111).
Our Microsoft Project 2007 Introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Project. No experience with Microsoft Project is required. This would include individuals from non-technical fields who are new to project management (PM), as well as those looking for formal PM training.
Benefits:
At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Project basics. You will feel confident using Project to define, schedule and monitor tasks using a variety of tools and views.
Participants will learn to:
- Provides a common thinking methodology and language for project management at all levels of the organization
- Provides clearly defined project outcomes
- Gets the right people working together
- Helps make sound project decisions
- Assures plans and schedules are realistic and represent commitments
- Assures the "hand-offs" are effectively managed
- Makes skill usage, progress and results measurable
- Identifies project risks and takes action to avoid or mitigate them
- Assures that key data is clearly communicated and acted on
- Identifies and prevents performance problems
- Microsoft Project 2007 and have a good working knowledge of the software
The Instructors:
Ken Kousky and Danilo Sirias provide training and consulting services to the business community and both are instructors at SVSU in the College of Business and Management. Dan Schluckbier is a Yeo & Yeo Computer Consulting’s Training Specialist, has been providing software training at Yeo & Yeo Computer Consulting since 1996. Dan is a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor.
Course Outline
Background
Projects in today’s enterprises
Certification, PMP and PMBOK
Terminology, frameworks and methodology
What is and what is not appropriate for PM
Strategic management, operations and projects
Project portfolios and a portfolio management approach
Managing Projects and Project Leadership
Common best practices: clearly defined roles and responsibilities
Complex organizational structures
Organizational cultures
Leadership and negotiations
Stages of negotiation
Leading without authority
Starting at the Start
Beginning the Project Planning Process
Scope and defining the project
Scope checklist and prioritization – first things first
Creating the Project Charter
The launch process and the kickoff meeting
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Chunking the Project Activities
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Proper tasks and components
Connecting the dots
Project Planning and Quality Control/Quality Assurance
Baselines
Six Sigma
Best practices- tracking and metrics for the benchmarking
Handling Change - Managing the Dynamics
Sequences of Activities
Linkages
Project Schedule
Chaining and changes
Cost Management and Budgeting
Properly estimating time and costs
Three-Point Estimates
Variances from budget
Tracking and corrections
Technical Project Planning Methodologies
Identify Industry specific models
The costs of complexity
The failures of simplicity
Control Systems
Describe the Concept of Comparing Status Information to Project
Baselines to Identify Variances
Use Earned Value to Analyze Project Performance
The END Game: How to Close a Project
Identify the Elements in the Project Closure Procedure
Describe the Ways Projects Are Terminated
Explain the Importance of a Repository
Session I September 10, 2008 Workshop
Session II September 17, 2008 Workshop
Session III September 24, 2008 MS Project Lab
Session IV October 1, 2008 Workshop
Session V October 8, 2008 Workshop
Special Pricing: Four paid registrations from the same company and receive the fifth free!
On-Site Training: can be tailored to the needs of client organization and delivered on-site at time and location of client choice.
Prerequisites: A working knowledge of Windows is required.
Registration Deadline: August 30, 2008
Class size is limited due to the workshop nature of the course. Program is limited to the first 25 paid registrations.
Project Management
The course has a required text: Project Management by Gray and Larson which can be purchased in the Saginaw Valley State University Bookstore. The text includes a trial license for Microsoft Office Project which will be used extensively in the course. The unique format of the class will require students to familiarize themselves with the basic materials and readings in advance of the April workshops. Assignments will be delivered online. There will be advance reading to prepare for the class.
Cancellations: We reserve the right to cancel any class for which insufficient registration is indicated.
Refund Policy: Cancellations up to two weeks prior to the date of the class are subject to $50 cancellation fee.
Individuals who are unable to attend and do not cancel at least two weeks prior to the start of the program will be charged the full program fee. Individual registrants may be substituted for the same course at the next offering if arrangements are made within one week prior to the first class.
Inclement Weather Policy: Since all classes are held on the campus of SVSU, should the University cancel classes, our classes will also be cancelled. Call the Weather Information Line at (989) 964-4477 for information.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please call the Office of Continuing Ed & Professional Development at (989) 964-4475.