CEUs: 1.2

Fee: $499 ($399 member)

Date: February 8 and 9, 2011
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
New Location: University of Phoenix Hohokam Campus, 4635 E Elwood St, Phoenix, AZ 85040

• Productivity--Organizational Practices

Effective project management is an important professional competency that relates directly to organization and individual productivity.  Whether you will be involved with the hands-on detail work of projects or you will be overseeing the process, this program will give you the skills and perspective to ensure project management success.

Length:  Two 8-hour sessions

Instructor:  Roussas

Who should attend: Any individual who would like to learn the basics of project management for use with special projects and for daily operations as well.

Benefits:

• Greater effectiveness as a project manager/project team leader.

• Projects that are completed on time, on budget, and with "zero defects."

• Greater efficiency and less stress in carrying out daily operations.

• A reputation for results and reliability.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Explain what is meant by an integrated approach to project management.

• Develop and manage project scope.

• Develop and execute a project plan.

• Develop a project budget and manage project costs.

• Plan, organize, staff, coordinate, control, and lead a project and project team.

• Design, maintain, and improve a system or process.

• Understand and use the principles of effective time management.

• Assess project risk and develop risk-management plans for the project.

• Assess project performance.

• Assess people's performance.

• List and discuss common project management software applications.

• Describe common project management pitfalls and how to avoid them.

• Explain what is meant by the "behavioral factor" in successful project management.

• List project manager job competencies.

• Apply project management principles to any activity.

Program Outline:

I.          The technical (or process) aspect of project management

            A.         The project management process

            B.         Facilitating project management processes

            C.         Project definition

            D.         Project management life cycle and organization model

            E.         Organizational structure and project management

            F.         Project initiation

            G.         Project integration

            H.         Project authority

            I.          The project management processes

II.          The behavioral aspect of project management

            A.         Leadership

            B.         Team formation

            C.         Team development

            D.         Team performance

III.         The project manager

            A.         Skill competencies

            B.         The role of the project manager

            C.         Competency-development action planning