Project Management Courses
Certificate in Applied Project Management
- Start Date:
- Friday, 18 May 2012
- Finish Date:
- Friday, 18 May 2012
- Last Revised:
- Wednesday, 02 May 2012
- Reference:
- MDP600_700 / 4d3b31092884b
- Price:
- 2650 USD Per Seat
- Location:
- UWI Campus
- Group:
- Regular
- Level:
- Certificate
Description
Duration: 12 Classes Contact Hours/ PDUs : 72 Fee : US$2650, Also offered as Corporate in-house training
FREE MS Project Course plus much more!
DISCOUNTS - up to $200 Pay as low as $2450 contact us for details
May 28, Mondays & Wednesdays (New Dates)
Ask about our PMI Members & Corporate Group discount
DPM International is a Boston University Corporate Education Center Education Affiliate
*Boston University Corporate Education Center is operated by TechSkills LLC.
In today's competitive economic environment, companies succeed or fail based on their ability to bring quality products and services to market in a timely manner. It is the project manager's job to make sure that this happens.
Why choose the Certificate in Applied Project Management Program?
The need for projects managers in Jamaica to be the best and amongst the best is now more crucial than ever...and DPM can help.
Trusted globally as one of the #1 Project Management certificate courses, the Certificate in Applied Project Management just got better. DPM International has improved on this offering by bringing you the Certificate in Applied Project Management +. We have taken the course that you have come to know and trust and lowered the cost. Plus you will receive a free Microsoft Project course. Now you can focus on accelerating your personal and business success while getting more value for less!
DPM International is a Boston University Corporate Education Center (BUCEC)* Education Affiliate. The Certificate in Applied Project Management was developed by BUCEC. With a focused curriculum developed and taught by skilled project management practitioners, this program will enable you to acquire new skills and apply them immediately to your careers. Register today & join the many persons who have taken the journey with DPM International.
You will receive all text books required for this course including:
1. PMI®’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide
2. Managing Information Technology Projects, by Kathy Schwalbe
3. The Boston University Corporate Education Center Certificate in Applied Project Management v4.0 Participant Guide Course Manual
4. The Memory Jogger™ II, A Pocket Guide for Continuous Improvements and Effective Planning, GOAL/QPC and Oriel, Inc., 1994
5. The Negotiation Subarctic Guide
6. Other Handouts and Case Studies as Stipulated by Boston University Corporate Education Center
DPM International is a Boston University Corporate Education Center Education Affiliate
*Boston University Corporate Education Center is operated by TechSkills LLC.
PMI®, PMP®, PMBOK®, and the PMI® Registered Education Provider logo are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Course Agenda
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What is Project Management? • Understand the scope of the term “project management” • Define “project manager” and the roles and responsibilities needed to manage projects Project Context, Life Cycles and Process Groups • Describe how various organizational cultures and structures impact project management • Describe the 5 project management process groups • Explain how the project management processes are organized into 9 knowledge areas and 5 process groups • Develop individual and group competencies • Learn how to work effectively in a team environment How to Develop High Performing Teams • Identify, document, and assign project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships • Obtain the needed human resources and assign work to team members on the project to enhance project performance How to Initiate a Project • Establish the importance of project integration management and the processes involved • Understand the project charter • Identify the components of the preliminary scope statement • Develop the essential components of the project management plan How to Plan Project Scope • Recognize the importance of defining and controlling scope on a project • Identify the processes of the project scope management knowledge area • Learn how to plan and define project scope How to Manage Project Communications • Develop a project communications management plan to address the needs of all project stakeholders • Identify different methods of avoiding or correcting communication problems • Identify strategies to provide the project team with feedback and direction How to Create a WBS • Define the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) • Describe how a WBS is used to plan and manage a project • Describe common ways to organize the WBS • Learn how to decompose a project and build a WBS • Determine when the WBS is complete |
How to Define Project Activities • Define project time management in context with the project management knowledge areas How to Sequence Project Activities • Develop an activity list for a project • Learn various diagramming techniques, and how to build a project schedule network diagram How to Estimate Activity Resources and Duration • Distinguish different methods for estimating and develop skills for performing estimates • Determine the role of the project manager in the estimating process • Identify resource requirements for project activities How to Develop a Project Schedule • Understand the components of schedule development • Learn how to calculate forward and backward pass and determine lead and lag time for activities • Understand how to identify the critical path of a project and calculate float How to Manage Conflict • Identify the positive and negative effects of conflict • Identify the primary causes of project conflict • Learn strategies for proactive and reactive management and resolution of project conflicts How to Estimate Project Cost and Level Resources • Learn estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs within an approved budget • Define where cost estimates occur during the project life cycle • Understand resource leveling and learn techniques to level over allocated resources Negotiation I • Learn the building blocks of negotiation • Learn how to differentiate between positions and interests in negotiations • Generate creative options Negotiation II • Learn how to minimize the effect of people problems in negotiations • Identify alternative solution strategies • Learn to close negotiations successfully • How to Identify and Analyze Project Risk • Define risk management and its role in managing a project • Identify typical project risks and their impact • Learn how to assess and rank project risks |
How to Plan Risk Response • Learn how to develop appropriate risk response strategies • Understand the importance of planning responses to project risks How to Plan Quality into a Project • Determine quality metrics • Distinguish between process and quality metrics • Identify costs associated with quality • Develop a quality metrics plan How to Measure and Control Quality • Review tools and techniques for quality control • Construct a control chart How to Finalize the Project Schedule • Identify schedule compression techniques and learn fast tracking and crashing to compress a project schedule • Learn how to identify variances between actual performances and the project baseline • Evaluate the options to determine the best resolution to a variance • Learn how to create a budget Project Procurement and Integrated Change Control • Recognize the relationship between the project management plan and the execution of project work • Learn how to apply performance reporting and corrective actions used to control the project plan How to Report Project Performance and Verify Project Scope • Recognize the importance of gaining stake holder acceptance of project deliverables • Learn how to create status reports • Discuss the purpose of the scope control process Project Closure and Applied Lessons Learned • Learn how to formally close a project • Evaluate the experience of working in a team environment • Generate lessons learned from your experiences |
Class Dates
May - 12, 19, 26 ; June - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; July - 7, 14, 21, 28
Early Bird: March 9, 2012
Registration Deadline: May 7, 2012
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