Project Management Curriculum

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Project Management Overview and Leadership

This is an introductory class to the Project Management discipline. It includes the basics of Project Management as well as Leadership as it pertains to Project Management.

Project Scope and Requirements Management

This course will enable participants to effectively manage the scope and requirements of a project. As part of the Triple Constraints, Scope is often the most challenging part of the constraints to manage. In this class the participants will participate in group exercises that will enable them to learn the skills needed to properly manage the Scope of a project.

Project Time and Cost Management

The goal of this workshop course is to develop skills required to effectively manage the schedule and budget of a project. As part of the Triple Constraints, the schedule and budget of a project (and the management thereof) are Key Performance Indicators regarding the success of any project. This course will enable the participants to hone the skills necessary to effectively manage the schedule and budget of a project.

Project Risk Management

This course will guide the student through the Risk Management process as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Through a series of hands-on exercises the student will learn the proper methodology for managing risks.

Project Quality Management

This intensive class will guide the student through the Project Quality Management process as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Students will be introduced to industry best practices.

Project Communications Management

This intensive course will guide the student through the Project Communications Management process as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Project Human Resource Management

This is an intensive class that will guide the student through the Project Human Resource Management process as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

CAPM/PMP Examination Preparation Workshop

Attending this course will assist the student in developing the ability to discern project management practices which do and do not comply with Project Management Institute (PMI) expectations as outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The course also covers strategies, concepts, definitions, and practices whose understanding is required to pass PMI’s Project Management Professionals (PMP), and Certified Associates in Project Management (CAPM) examinations.

Basic Acquisition I

This course covers the basics of how acquisition professionals balance risk, cost, schedule, performance, lessons learned, and the necessary management metrics to deliver quality systems/products.

Basic Project Management I

This course covers the basics of project management including Requirements, Work Breakdown Structures, Life Cycles Management Concepts, Risk Management, and General Project Management Theory.

Project Management II

This course covers key intermediate project management skills needed to progress beyond a basic level: developing master schedules, estimating total cost of ownership, and product life cycle plans.

Leadership and Interpersonal Skills I

This course covers the basics of project leadership and interpersonal skills including the role of the team leader, the roles of team members, interacting with customers, managing conflict, and demonstrating accountability.

Leadership and Interpersonal Skills II

This course covers key leadership and interpersonal skills required to manage intermediate level projects: stakeholder partnering, entrepreneurship, strategic thinking, innovation, and utilizing diversity.

Government Specifics I

This course describes how the processes the project manager and other personnel responsible for an acquisition are integrated. Emphasis is placed on creating a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the need in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost.

Government Specifics II

This course covers key project management skills required in government projects: Acquisition strategies, pre-award actions, source selection, OMB Circular A-123 compliance, and strategic sourcing.

Microsoft Project 2007

This two-day course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Project 2007 as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments. Students will then build upon these skills and work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

Microsoft Project 2003

This two-day course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Project 2003 as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments. Students will then build upon these skills and work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

Microsoft Project 2002

This two-day course is designed for individuals who will use Microsoft Project 2002 as a tool to assist them in managing projects. The topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources, and resource assignments. Students will then build upon these skills and work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

An Executive Briefing on Earned Value Management

This four hour seminar is an informative look at Earned Value Management. It includes an explanation of the concepts of Earned Value, the process for using Earned Value to draw conclusions, and hands on examples. Creation of an earned value management system (EVMS) ensures the project manager has performance data which relates time-phased budgets to specific tasks, indicates work progress, effectively integrates cost, schedule and technical accomplishment, provides valid, timely, and auditable information, supplies managers and executives with project status at a practical level of summarization, and accurately forecasts cost and schedule at completion

Earned Value Management (EVM) and Cost Estimates I

This course covers the basics of Earned Value Management and Cost Estimation.

Earned Value Management (EVM) and Cost Estimates II

This course covers earned value and cost estimating skills needed by intermediate level project managers: IS based financial reporting systems, EVM analysis, EVM resource requirements, and business process re-engineering.