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Project management is a growing field increasingly used by businesses of all sizes to provide a framework for accomplishing goals. In our global economy, completing a project on time and on budget can determine a business's success or failure. Every project is different, but all projects share the same potential to achieve superior results if ideas are appropriately and purposefully guided into reality. Understanding effective project management principles can help your organization implement both large- and small-scale projects on time, on budget, with minimal disruption to the rest of the business, and with maximum success! In this three-day course you will be introduced to the concepts and best practices of project management. You will learn project management skills through case studies, hands-on exercises and practical experiences that can be applied immediately to your job. Project Management Foundations gives you the fundamentals, techniques and tools to manage your project to success. PMI Approved Course - 18 PDUs Project Managment Certificate

Planning is perhaps the most important aspect of tackling a project. It is during this segment of the project that we develop the scope, schedule, and budget that will determine project success. From this work, many of the subsidiary plans in the planning process will be developed. So, it is important the project manager takes the appropriate time and effort to complete this work well. In this two-day course you will get hands-on experience practicing your skills in building project requirements and developing the work breakdown structure. You will learn the basis for scope, time, and cost planning along with how to construct the work breakdown structure, develop the project schedule, estimate activity costs and contingency, and develop the project budget. The use of performance management tools, such as Earned Value, will be discussed in order to understand real-time performance of the project. Prerequisite: Project Management Foundations PMI Approved Course -12 PDUs *For students looking to obtain the PM Certificate, PM Foundations is a prerequisite for this course. Project Management Certificate

Risk management, as an integrated component of successful project management, allows you to understand the uncertainty that is part of all project work and how to effectively manage that uncertainty. In this two-day course you will learn the concepts and building blocks to successful risk management. The course focuses on how to identify, qualify, prioritize and manage project risks to help ensure success. It teaches project risk management skills through hands-on exercises and practical experiences. You will learn project risk management skills through case studies, hands-on exercises and practical experiences that can be applied immediately to your job. Prerequisite: Project Management Foundations. PMI Approved Course -12 PDUs Project Managment Certificate