Dates
June 10-12, 2013
September 16-18, 2013
November 11-13, 2013
Time:
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location:
TU Campus
Fee: *
$1,395 per person
Early
Online Registration (14 days before seminar)
$1,295 per person
*subject
to change for future programs
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Advanced Project Management
21 PMI PDUs / 2.1 CEUs
We have revamped our Advanced Project Management Course—and now include Project Risk Management. Same great course; just more depth. Project Risk Management filters its way throughout the course, but has one intensive module dedicated to the topic as well.
If you manage projects every day and need advanced skills, this course is the second step for continued development for any project manager. For maximum course benefit, we strongly recommend that you attend the Developing Project Management Skills or an equivalent course and have at least one-year practical project management experience. Participants should review project management principles prior to attending this course.
This course is a key foundation course for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. Participants receive the Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) 5th Edition, as well as other classroom materials.
Topics include:
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Back to the Basics:
the big picture, project scope and parameters,
the reality triangle, project & product life cycle, flow of
work, project management processes, and common phases of a
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The
Perfect Structure:
organizational work flow, traditional, line or pure product
organization, advantages and disadvantages in the standard
matrix, developing work integration positions, center for
project management expertise, steering the organizational form,
strategic business unit project management, and PMO—causes of
their downfall. |
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Managing
in the Real World:
management schools of thought, project authority, project
leadership, interpersonal influences, barriers to project team
development, directing, monitoring & controlling, management
pitfalls and conflict management. |
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Controlling the Big Picture:
performance measurement baseline, operating cycle, Schmidt
charting, schedule control, rolling wave development process |
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Risk
Management:
risk
management, tolerance for risk, risk processes, decision trees |
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Global
Projects:
unique
aspects in global projects, virtual teams, cultural impact on
the Pombo knowledge areas, global projects checklist, internal &
external factors affecting project management |
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Getting to the Next Level: project management maturity model, developing effective procedural documentation, project management methodologies, critical chain method, topics for PMG inclusion, continuous improvement, Six Sigma, managing multiple projects and inherited projects. |
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Who Should Attend:
Project managers who know the
basics of project management, but need to further develop their skills;
anyone planning to pursue national PMP® certification.
Courses Available in Series:
Project Management Certificate
PMP® Exam Preparation
Course
Instructor:
Mike Levesque
brings over twenty years of practical experience in the discipline of
project management to Capstone Development International, LLC.
Additionally, he has over ten years of classroom experience in adult
education and serves as adjunct faculty for The University of Texas at
Arlington, The American Management Association, and The International
Institute for Learning and is a former USAF Master Instructor. He is
also an active member of both the Dallas and Fort Worth Chapters of the
Project Management Institute.
As a project director, Mike has successfully planned and executed
projects of varying complexity with budgets in the multi-million dollar
range. His expertise extends to developing project management
methodologies, critical chain project management, risk management,
resource management, establishing long-term customer relations,
organizational dynamics, change management, and instructional system
design.
Applying his worldwide experiences in management and training, Mike
creates practical, results-oriented approaches for defining and
delivering results. Innovative needs analysis techniques and established
methodology have allowed him to guide leading organizations in business,
industry and government through the difficult stages of goals
definition, planning, and schedule analysis to achieve timely and cost
effective programs. Mike has worked with a variety of industries
including PEMEX, J.P. Morgan Chase, General Electric, USAF RED HORSE,
Nokia, Alcon Labs, National Instruments, and Brinker International.
In addition to certification as a Project Management Professional by the
Project Management Institute, Mike has a Bachelor of Science degree from
Regis University in Technical Management. He has an additional degree in
Electronics Technology and has continued to advance his education with
courses in time management, production control, inventory management,
master planning, capacity planning, computer programming, ISO 9000
auditor procedures, interactive management, academic counseling,
instructional systems development, test and measurement.