Training:  Project Management

Project Management Fundamentals

This course is a primer on the basics of Project Management. It shows students the big picture of how Project Management tools and techniques are used to:

• establish a firm foundation for a project
• create project plans
• choose the most appropriate scheduling method
• select and organize a team to perform project tasks
• monitor and control ongoing project performance
• close the project upon its completion

Students also learn how to minimize risk throughout the project life cycle by using contingency planning techniques. This course does not make use of any Project Management software application. Rather, this course focuses on the conceptual underpinning that students must know in order to use any Project Management software application effectively.

Project Management Professional

The Project Management Institute (PMI) has created a certification process to help project managers prove that they have mastered the standard techniques and practices of project management. The process is two-pronged: you need to demonstrate validated project management experience, and you need to pass a certification exam. This course provides the skills and knowledge you need to prove project management mastery on the exam, as well as on the job as you manage projects.

In this course:  you learn the theories which support the concepts and tools that project managers use as they progress through the Project Life Cycle. You have an opportunity to apply the theory, using a case study based on a real project from the nuclear power industry.