Overview

This course is designed to help project workers develop "soft" skills that will enable them to deal effectively with customers, coworkers, managers, vendors, and anyone else who they encounter during the course of their project efforts.

Traditionally, project management has focused on the straight forward scheduling of project work efforts. But experience shows that mastery of traditional techniques will not lead to success unless project professionals are also able to deal effectively with a wide range of players. In the final analysis, project success and failure hinges on people issues, so developing people skills should be a top priority.

Objectives

To help project workers develop "soft" skills that will enable them to deal effectively with customers, coworkers, managers, vendors, and anyone else who they encounter during the course of their project efforts.

PMBOK PROCESSES

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing

PMBOK Knowledge Areas

• Project Human Resource Management
• Project Communications Management

Instruction

• Course modules containing cutting-edge knowledge developed by renowned experts in project management
• Course Textbook: People Skills, by Robert Bolton
• "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 30 PDU credits (given upon exam completion).

Take a Sneak Peak! Examine some sample Course Module Pages.

What You Will Learn

• Understanding human relations
• Understanding organizations and organizational behavior
• Encouraging and building competence of individuals, teams, and the organization
• Motivating staff in a virtual team environment
• Getting cooperation from regional offices
• Managing conflict (with customers, colleagues, and team members)
• Developing negotiation skills
• Nurturing interpersonal relations skills
• Conducting effective meetings
• Demonstrating leadership abilities
• Managing expectations (of customers, team members, and management)
• Developing a sense of accountability and ownership
• Operating in a political environment
• Building commitment among team members
• Developing good communication skills
• Principles of conducting effective briefings
• Dealing with difficult employees
• Using rewards and punishments effectively
• Myers-Briggs psychological types

Take a Course

This course costs $990. 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.