Project Management Foundations Online

Project Management Foundations Online for Project Managers

This 3-day workshop is intended for people who want to learn the fundamentals of project management while not necessarily seeking to be certified. The classroom content will focus first on developing the project description (scope) and the associated budget and schedule. Other critical management tasks shall be included, such as dealing with changes, addressing risks, determining the quality objectives and how to reach them, and dealing with risks and stakeholder management.

Prerequisites

None.

 Target Attendees

The course is ideal for those operating in the project domain where integrating different technical inputs is vital, and project administrators want to update their knowledge of current project management principles.

• New or potential project managers
• Project Managers who want to refine their skills
• Assistant Project Managers
• Project Coordinators
• Project Staff

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this workshop, the participant shall be able to:

• Apply project management theory and project management decision making
• Follow a specific process for executing an identified, one-off, substantial deliverable.
• Understand how to start and set up a project
• Draft a project charter and project management manual
• Develop project objectives for success
• Design a critical path diagram and a Gantt chart
• Utilize the Gantt chart to develop a project baseline
• Develop the budget for a project
• Adhere to, and maintain control of, the triple constraint: scope, schedule, budget
• Maintain quality control during the lifecycle of a project
• Identify and control risks within a project.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and expectations

Professional Development Units/Hours (PDUs) Awarded

24 PDUs (1 hour = 1 PDU)

Presenter – Jorge Romero-Lozano

Mr. Romero-Lozano studied civil engineering and construction management in California. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in California, holds the title of Diplom Ingenieur in Germany, is certified sustainability professional LEED AP) from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), and holds several certifications, such as project management professional (PMP) from the project management institute (PMI.) He is highly experienced in the project, construction, and facilities management in the automotive, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, and civil engineering industries.

Project Management Foundations Online

“Results+” is a tool we created at PM Workshops to help our workshop participants and consulting clients observe and gauge the benefits of attending our training sessions and consultation services.

The purpose is two-fold:

• To establish clear expectations and objectives with our clients from the start to provide the appropriate training.
• To ensure our clients gain the benefits they were looking for when they hired us.

We start this process by meeting with our clients and determining the objectives using the SMART principle. In other words, each goal needs to be (example included):

Specific – “the client wants to decrease the number of unapproved changes throughout their company to minimize loss of profits.”

Measurable – “unapproved changes to all company projects must decrease by a minimum of 25%.”

Assignable – “The client has the right staff required to achieve this goal. In addition, they have people they can assign this goal to.”

Realistic – “client currently has the tools and capabilities needed to achieve this goal, or can achieve them through training and consulting from PM Workshops.”

Timely – “decreasing the number of unauthorized changes (scope creep) by 25%, as stated above, will be achieved within six months.”

Once the goal(s) is established with the client, we prepare a plan, course exercises, and case studies to use during our workshop with the participants. Also, we provide our existing templates and develop new ones, which our clients and their participants can use in their day-to-day assignments.

Finally, we follow up with the client on a pre-defined schedule to gauge progress, make adjustments as needed, and answer any questions or doubts. This phase continues until the deadline date for the goal(s) defined.

Our goal in creating R+ is to allow us to guarantee to our clients that we are providing them measurable benefits and ensuring that they can meet their goals and objectives.

Project Management Training and Certification Workshops and Online Learning

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