Overview
Successful project management
requires technical, process, and psychological
skills. With this course, you learn how to bring
these skill areas together to form the arsenal
of tools needed to successfully achieve project
objectives. Included are methods for making better
decisions about projects, handling scheduling
uncertainty, improving project management processes,
and dealing with power and politics.
Special attention is
given in this course to teaching participants
to think like project
managers – to be active instead of passive,
to take responsibility for the project, and
to take positive steps to keep on track. The
reason for this emphasis is that we have found
that many people learn the tools of project
management, yet have no idea what is truly
the role of a professional project manager.
Mastering Project Management is based on the
work of Dr.
James P. Lewis. Dr. Lewis is an
adjunct professor at UMT who has conducted
project management training for more than 20,000
supervisors and managers around the world.
He is founder and president of The Lewis Institute.
Objectives
To solidify the participant's
position as a professional project manager
going beyond introductory principles and addressing
the real-world issues encountered on most projects.
PMBOK Knowledge Areas
- Project Human Resource
Management
- Project Scope Management
- Project Communications
Management
Instruction
- Course modules containing cutting-edge
knowledge developed by renowned experts in
project management
- Course Textbook: Mastering
Project Management, a book by Dr. James P.
Lewis
- "Think and Review" section
that helps you review key points of the modules
- Answers to the "Think
and Review" section
- A final exam which contains
multiple choice and true/false questions
- Certificate of Completion,
which makes students eligible for 15 PDU
credits (given upon exam completion).
What You Will Learn
- What the management function
really means on projects
- How to identify and
resolve problems that arise in project
environments
- How to improve decision-making
and processes on projects
Topics Covered
- Understanding How People Think
- The Herrmann
thinking styles profile
- How thinking
differences affect project teams – and
how to take advantage of them
- The Job of Managing
- What managers do: the
myth and reality
- Mintzberg’s
managerial roles
- Improving your performance in the roles
- Power
and Politics in Projects
- Understanding power
and politics
- The five faces of power
- Influence using
WIIFM
- Building relationships
- Defining Success
and Failure in Projects
- Types of error
- Deliverables, results, and
expectations
- Research findings and how to
apply them
- Problem Solving in Projects
- Fundamental
concepts of problem solving
- Decisions versus
problems
- Using the scientific method to
define problems
- Ishikawa diagrams
- Creative analysis
- Goal orientation technique
- Mind mapping
- Managing Innovation in Projects
- The role
of innovation on projects
- The innovation
environment
- Improve Decisions in Projects
- The steps
to effective decisions
- Tools for decision
making
- Improving Project Management Processes
- Identifying
processes
- Principles of process improvement
- Apply
the Boeing Working Together Principles
in Your Projects
- The principles
and their origin
- How
to apply
them in
your projects
Take
a Course
This course costs $495. You
can begin the course today, with no application
necessary.
There are four easy ways to sign up:
- Secure Online
Payment (VISA, Master & American Express)
- Registration Form [Word].
Mail the form with your check to: UMT, 1901
North
Fort Myer
Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22209-1609.
- Fax
the form to us at (703) 516-0985.
- Register
by phone at (703) 516-0035.
Once the
payment has cleared, you will be issued an
ID name and a Password that will allow
you to access the full course.
To access the course, log into the UMT online
coursesite with your USER ID and PASSWORD at:
coursesite.umtweb.edu.
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