“[The project simulations] allowed ‘real-world’ situations to be introduced ‘real-time’ requiring the student to quickly apply what was learned. Very effective.”
.....Chris de Wolff, Coopers
“The feedback was like an ongoing conversation with a friendly senior PM who had seen it all.”
.....Vincent Friske, Limak Technology LLC
How It Works:
Build on your basic project management skills, working 1-to-1 with an expert project managers who guides you through 3 increasingly challenging project case studies with personal feedback on all your work. Your instructor, role plays with you, answers all your questions directly and privately by phone/email.
Personal conversations whenever you wish
Written coaching and feedback on all assignments
Live project presentations and meetings
What You Will Learn
1. Project Initiation: Learn to assess the stakeholders and their hot button issues.
3. Charter: Develop and present change control processes, and project authority structures. Face a hostile management group in your presentation role-play.
4. Assignments & Estimating: Learn advanced techniques for estimating including analogous and parametric estimates.
5. Risks: Assess risks that threaten the project, analyze probability and impact to determine expected value and develop appropriate risk responses.
6. Microsoft Project: Calculate resource capacity, work and cost in the software to develop a dynamic project schedule.
7 Schedule Optimization: Learn techniques to finish early
8. Modeling Tradeoffs: Develop tradeoffs between scope, duration, cost and risk for stakeholders to consider. Present in a live meeting and get approval.
9. Teams: Techniques for handling conflict between team members and develop a conflict resolution strategy.
10. Status Reports, Variances & Tracking: Variance and earned value analysis on over-runs, model impact of change requests for the sponsor.
1.Textbook Reading "Advanced Project Management Techniques "
by Dick Billows, PMP
Read about each phase in our advanced methodology for managing multi-department projects with team members from several functional areas as well as subcontractors. Master advanced tools and techniques for planning with multiple stakeholders, estimating work and duration, managing risks and creating a high performance team from different functional specialties.
2. Video lectures on DVD: Study When it Fits Your Schedule with No Time Limits
Watch lectures on practical techniques with examples from real projects and discussions of the "best practices." Master advanced techniques for estimating, risk management, creating dynamic schedules in MS® Project, modeling alternatives, managing conflict, performing variance analysis, and controlling scope. Watch the lectures whenever and as often as you wish with no time limits. It's a great ongoing reference.
3. Project Managers in Action Videos: Assess How They Did
At the end of each module, you watch a video of a project manager in action and evaluate their performance as they present reports, plan with executives, cope with conflict among team members and more. Submit your analysis to your instructor and get written feedback.
4. Practice Every Step and Your People Skills in 3 Role Plays with 1-to-1 Coaching
Practice all the techniques in 14 case study assignments and in private 1-to-1 role playing simulations with your instructor. Work on three case studies from Vailcrest Corporation, a growing organization that’s expanding to multiple states. The three projects are:
1: Strategic Initiative Project - lead a high-stakes, mission-critical project with multiple stakeholders
2: Fast-track Crisis Project - save the company within tight budget & duration constraints & avoid big risks
3: Rescue a Failing Project - tame an out-of-control project with big problems and conflicts
You will gather requirements, negotiate with managers and make live presentations of your plans and MS Project® schedules. This allows you to practice thinking on your feet. Throughout these assignments you’ll deal with the executives from Vailcrest Corporation, solving problems, controlling changes and reporting status. You'll receive 1-to-1 feedback and coaching from your instructor on every assignment.
Sharpen Your People & Presentation Skills for Challenging Role Playing
Handling difficult interpersonal situations is a key project manager skill. Our expert PMs give you practice and coaching to enhance your skill. You'll make presentations to tough audiences, meet with difficult executives, coach team members with performance problems and motivate people in meetings. You'll also learn how to answer tough questions from executives. Practice all these skills with your instructor in private, 1-to-1 live meetings over the Web. You get on-the spot coaching and feedback to help you improve.
Satisfaction Guarantee If you are not satisfied with your course materials, you can return them for a full refund. The refund period expires 30 days after you enroll or when you return your signed license agreement. Requirements & Refund
