| Project
Management Certificate
Presented by G. Kent Nelson, Jeffrey Dean and Lawrence Peters
The
Project Management Certificate provides a comprehensive examination
of project management processing, integrating technical tools with
leadership and effective communication skills. The nine workshops,
taken sequentially, cover the skills you need to successfully lead
projects. Option A includes all nine workshops. Cost for Option
A is $1720.
Those
interested in learning how to utilize MS-Project may take Option
B. Option B includes three workshops that focus on MS-Project: Introduction
to Project Management Using Microsoft Project, Managing Projects
and Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Project Applications and Case
Studies. Cost for Option B is $740.
Option C are for those who are interested in taking the program but do not need the Mircosoft Project software workshops. The cost for this is $1180.
Option D is Project Management Overview as a stand-alone class for $280.
Required Equipment: Students must provide a flash drive (memory stick) for use in the computer lab.
There
are nine workshops in this series:
Project
Management Overview
Projects—and
a generalized dread of them—have been around since ancient
times. Noah built the ark, Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa,
Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine—and even if schedules
and budgets were overrun, the projects were successful. Why then
are project management skills critical today? The answer is simple.
The audience has changed and the stakes are high. Currently, projects
of all sizes and types are the way that organizations accomplish
their work. Today, project management is a necessary skill rather
than a career choice. We will learn to detect potential pitfalls
early and we’ll investigate the project-management mindset.
We’ll take a look at the project manager’s role, help
you take your first steps, stave off potential excuses and reduce
(perhaps eliminate) false expectations.
Effective Managerial Communications
Few skills are as important to business and career success as the ability to communicate effectively. Offers managers a broad-based course in managerial communication designed to help them develop more effective communication skills by understanding the elements of strategic communication and by practicing different aspects of communication that are important for managers in organizations. Two key objectives of this course are: (1) to provide managers with a strong understanding of the fundamental elements, dynamics and types of managerial communication particularly as they apply to project management; and (2) to help managers improve communication skills related to project management.
Project Planning
We’ll teach you to begin with a Statement of Work, clarify where your project starts—and where it ends. Learn to detail your approach to the work on the project, and identify exactly what you are trying to achieve. A key part of planning is defining boundaries. Identify limitations, determine needs and cope with unknowns. From there we’ll move to thinking in detail and generating a hierarchy. Learn to create and display your work and to use templates. Analyze schedule possibilities, develop your project’s schedule and estimate activity duration.
Introduction to Project Management Using Microsoft® Project
Introduces the basic functions available in Microsoft Project and demonstrates their use through examples and exercises. Topics include the introduction and refinement of the work breakdown structure (WBS), task assignments, personnel descriptions and basic costing. The basics of reporting are included.
Problem Solving
Focuses on minimizing and eliminating breakdowns with internal and external customers. We will anticipate the most common mistakes and talk about how to avoid them. Examine the most current strategies on conflict management, negotiations and resolution. Talk about difficult people and how to manage them in a project situation. Explore decision-making processes that relate specifically to project management. Finally, we will investigate several time management techniques you will find helpful.
Cost
and Scheduling Fundamentals
Learn
to estimate resource requirements —who you need, how much
and when. Review budgeting and cost control. You’ll learn
to describe people’s skills and knowledge as you estimate
the needs and juggle multiple commitments. We’ll discuss the
network model and scheduling tools such as bar charts, precedence
and arrow networks. You’ll learn to derive expected cost profiles;
resource breakdown structure; schedules; PERT/CPM network diagrams;
and cost variances (accumulation, timeline, earned value). As a
result of this you will discover the different types of project
costs and learn to develop your project budget.
Managing Projects with Microsoft® Project
Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management Using Microsoft Project or instructor permission
Builds upon the introductory seminar. Explores the use of Microsoft Project throughout the product development and maintenance life cycles with an emphasis on ongoing monitoring of project status and how to detect and address problems using this software. More advanced features of the Project software product discussed include load balancing, cash flow monitoring and other reporting features.
Microsoft® Project Applications and Case Studies
Prerequisite: Managing Projects with Microsoft Project or instructor permission
Builds upon what was learned in the first two courses. The use of the full complement of Microsoft Project's features is demonstrated via several examples based upon real projects. Each example is representative of a particular class of project (e.g. construction, software development). The use of more advanced automated monitoring and reporting features such as Earned Value Management will be demonstrated.
Series Review and Term Project Presentations
Required: In order to receive the Project Management certificate,
you are required to attend and participate in this final session
Provides a brief review of the principles presented in the previous nine weeks of study and their application to the practice of project management. As a key element of the program, the projects developed by individual teams will be presented by each team, and critiqued by the other teams based on the principles and their application as discussed throughout the program.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Participants who complete the entire series of Project Management workshops are eligible to earn a Certificate of Completion and continuing education units (CEUs). Participants who attend individual workshops may receive CEUs which will be recorded at the KeyBank Professional Development Center.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Jeffrey Dean, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Finance, Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma
Dean has an MBA in finance and his Juris Doctorate. He teaches finance courses at UW Tacoma. Outside of the university, Dean runs a flourishing law practice.
G. Kent Nelson, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Management and Communication, Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma
Nelson specializes in communication and management at UW Tacoma. He also teaches in the Leadership Certificate series for the Center. Nelson has a broad and varied background as a management and communication consultant to several prominent service organizations in the South Sound, as well as several companies in the private sector.
Lawrence Peters, Ph.D.
Software Project Management Consultant, Software Consultants International Ltd.
Peters is a project management consultant who has authored several papers and books on the subject. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Management.
Instructors and courses are subject to change.
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