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Gain instant credibility & master the "Best Practices" of Project Management as a career foundation
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Private One-on-One Training Online

Hands-on Practice not Theory
• Manage a project step by step
• Practice running status meetings
• Build schedules & estimate time

Personal Coaching not Chat Rooms
• Work 1-to-1 with a certified PM
• Personal feedback on all work
• Private phone calls and emails

At your Schedule & Pace not Ours

• Fit the class into your job and life
• Study when you have time 24/7
• Work from anywhere, no time limits

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Get into project management, the fastest growing profession with average salaries over $105,000 and strong demand everywhere.

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Great Project Management Articles
Not Just Due Dates. We doom projects to failure by managing only due dates article
Status Reports: Too many progress reports leave execs without info. article
Right Size WBS?The WBS is not just a big "To Do" list article
So Many Failures?Many organizations suffer 50% project failure rates. article
Charter = Decisions: A good project charter forces decisions.
5 Dumbest Things. Examples of all the bad moves
Fast Food Projects. Do you initiate a project like the drive-in window? article
Project Management Career Advice
Business & Creative Project Managers
IT Project Managers
Project for Department Managers
Certification Options
Healthcare Project Managers
Construction Project Managers
Re certification for PMP

Fast-track Your PM Career

Project Tracking - Project tracking: Watching for Icebergs while blindfolded

Project Teams & Resources -Project Resource Pools: Borrowing across Departmental lines

Three moments of Truth with your Project Team

Project team member's performance: guidelines for criticism

Project team member's performance: constructive criticism

Sowing the Seeds of project team conflict

Building High-Performance Team Cultures

Borrowing Resources across Functional lines

Project manager's authority template Behavior analysis template

Conflict Analysis Template Critical Path-Optimizing Project Plans

Project Risk & Estimates - A risk analysis template for Project Managers

Prying Open the Strategic Oyster: Business Value

Project Manager's Control Tower: Overview of 4PM

Think business achievements not technical details

Project Trade-offs: Talking the decision-makers language

The 5 dumbest things a Project Manager can say

Procedure for being a user/client from hell

Scope Approval Process Avoid the activity trap

Using clear assignment to cope with the project team from hell

Negotiating to gain commitment from the project team
Project Management Learning

Project Team Performance

Measuring and Rewarding Team member performance Creating Consequences for good and bad performance

Project Management Office

Program management and "Project Office" Alternatives

Project Micro management

Micro-manager? Not me! Micro-manage? Never!

Project Sponsors, Contractors & Vendors

How not to sponsor projects: 10 Things NOT to do Hitching Contractors and Vendors Project Stage Coach

Project-Based Management

A Different World: The Project-based Organization Components of the Project-based Organizations Project Portfolios in the Project-based Organization

Organizational Project Processes

Project Management Tiers: Evolution of PM processes When Organizational Processes cause Project Failure Dancing around the problem stages as PM Processes Evolve

Work Breakdown Structure-Designing the WBS

Project Close-out Project Postmortems: The lessons-learned review

PM Software-Buyer' Guide to Selecting Project Management Software

Simple Variance Reporting with Tracking Gantt  

At-home Workers Project Team Members Who Work At-home

Scope & Requirements Executive Project Control: Don't make Your Sponsor Fly Blind

Features and Functionality Myopia: Reaching for Business Value

A Project Manager's Dream Skill-set

Strategic Decision-Making: The Right Project Reach

The Saga of the Project from Hell

Sinking with all hands on board:  Project scope control

Scope Approval Process

Project Charter

Slaying Scope Creep with Change Control Processes

Enterprise Project Management Strategy Project Planning Vs. Fast Food Order Taking Multiple Projects: Enterprise PM

Grade your Organization on its Project Management Processes

Survival Techniques for Managing Multiple Projects

Project estimating: As we move through the life cycle