PM Fundamentals 101
Tools and Techniques of PMI
"No Holds Barred" PM instruction= Real World Project Management Training.
Using only real Tools and Techniques used in real life business scenarios, our experienced instructors use and explain common pit falls and road hazards to avoid so you dont' make the same mistakes. In addition, offering you invaluable instructions on how to successfully build, execute and control your projects. All the technical stages of a project are covered here, from start to finish. As well, some of the 'softer' skills are covered to successfully lead your teams to the finish line. You'll learn how to build your team, what to look for, how to manage them, how to conduct truly effective meetings using proven techniques, such as the 'Rule of 6ths'. You'll learn how to make quality decisions by understanding the various types of decisions there are, the 'Decision Rules', how conflicts come about, what types of conflicts there are, and how to manage them. Then to cap it off, learn the various methods of persuasion to get what YOU want from the people who work for you and those that you work for, WITHOUT having to fight, backstab, cheat and lie.
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Part 1. The Project Management Framework
- What is the need for Project Management
- What do you achieve with PM
- What is the definition of a Project
- What makes one project a success and another a failure
- Number one reason why projects fail and how to avoid it
- Use a real world case study to develop over two days
- What is the discipline called PM
- PM Organizational structure
- What are the knowledge areas and associated processes.
- How to start, execute and close a project
- What is the Project Control Book and it's components
- Build your own Project Charter, Statement of Requirements, Scope of Work, Budget, Schedule, Risk Plan and more.
- What is the WBS and how to build one.
- Evaluate whether or not a project is viable
- Key metrics in the evaluation of a project's status
- How to bring projects back on course
- What is the Critical Path Method and why is it important
Part 2. Project Manager Soft Skills
- Who is the Project Manager
- What is the role of the PM
- Power and Influence: How to use them
- Building and Managing your team
- Gaining Trust: How to do it
- How we work and it's effects on contribution
- Motivational Methods
- Types of Conflict and what to do about it
- How to achieve High Quality Decisions
- What are the "Decision Rules"? and How do they affect your goals
- Effective meetings: The Rule of 6ths, The "Two Meeting" Rule, The 3/4ths Rule
- What is body language and what the tell tale signs tell you
- Types of Persuasion Techniques, what they look like and how they work
Each day, we look at a case study that we build upon exercise by exercise until the final stage, where the student builds a complete project control book (PCB) using professional templates.
The class instructor is a PMI certified instructor with a PMP designation. Each class is provided with numerous real world examples with an emphasis on class participation using real case studies that are cumulatively built upon over the two days.
All knowledge materials are provided for the students, for theirs to keep, in a binder plus electronic templates for later use. Students are also provided a complementary access to over 64 PM tools and technique templates in our exclusive PM Portal.
Classes run 9:00am - 4:30pm, with a 45 min lunch and two 15 min breaks.
PDUs: 15 (Category 4)
Instructor: PMI certified PMP Project Manager
Continental breakfast, break snacks, juice and coffee is provided.
Audience:
You are presently working in some capacity within the field of Project Management or related discipline.
You are a Coordinator, Associate Project Manager, Junior Project Manager or a Project Manager.
You plan to write the PMI exam for PMP certification within the year.
You are considering to take the 4 day PM Prep class, PM Advanced 104, prior to writing the PMI exam
You need a project management refresher.
You need some guidance, tools, techniques and templates to do your job more effectively
You are part of a PMO (Project Management Office) team.
