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Project Management Certifications

Two course certifications. Study 1-to-1 with an expert PM who coaches you through the course at your pace & when it fits your schedule
General Certifications
Specialty Certifications
PMP Certification (PMI®)
Project Management Certification
Associate PM Certification-CAPM

Personal 1-to-1 Training Online

Attend lectures and do assignments when it fits your schedule. Get 1-to-1 coaching from an expert PM as you practice managing a project
Basic Courses
Advanced Courses
101 Essentials of Projects
103 Cross-functional Projects
111 IT Project Essentials 113 Managing IT Projects
121 Construction Essentials 123 Construction Projects
131 Healthcare Essentials 133 Healthcare Projects
 

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You get a personal guide through your course who:

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  • Talks to you on the phone
  • Coaches on each assignment

No one else...

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Learning quality unequalled by any classroom or web course because we tailor the pace, schedule and content to your learning style, work and life. Your mentor is a PMI certified project manager.

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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 AdPM

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 to clear team member assignments
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