Essential Skills for Managing Projects

About the Workshop
This intensive course covers the broad range of skills needed to plan and manage projects of all types and sizes. Essential Skills for Managing Projects is ideal for introducing new project managers to the discipline. It is also ideal for experienced project managers looking to further expand their skills sets.  Attendees benefit by learning in an interactive environment. They utilize project management techniques as a team during a case-study-based exercise focused on one of three specific areas: 

Community Leadership Development - CLD
A generic case study designed to introduce the concepts and processes covered in the Griffin Tate Group CORE Project Management® Method methodology. This case study is centered on a volunteer organization starting and completing a project.

Information Technology - IT
This case study is oriented to the development of an e-commerce website being designed by an independent consulting company for a client's use in improving customer relationship management.

New Product Development – NPD
Centered on the research and development community, this case study uses topical issues involved in developing a new product with multi-disciplined teams using the Griffin Tate CORE Project Management® methodology.

As an option, teams and/or individuals may work on their own, real-world projects while learning a team-based, participative approach to project management.
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Course Goal
This course uses tools and techniques from Total Quality Management and Six Sigma. It is PMBOK® (Project Management Body of Knowledge) aligned, which helps to increase team effectiveness and participation in all phases of the project management process.
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What You Will Learn
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
...  * Foster team participation
...  * Create a team contract
...  * Create a charter
...  * Define the scope of the project
...  * Create a work break down structure
...  * Identify team members
...  * Develop a deliverables schedule
...  * Create a budget
...  * Assess risk and develop countermeasures to reduce risk
...  * Manage change
...  * Monitor project progress
...  * Close out the project
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Course Overview
...  * Introduction
...  * Module 1 – Project Management Overview
...  * Module 2 – Initiation
...  * Module 3 – Planning: Project Scope
...  * Module 4 – Planning: Project Risk
...  * Module 5 – Planning: Team Composition
...  * Module 6 – Planning: Scheduling
...  * Module 7 – Planning: Staffing & Spending
...  * Module 8 – Execution
...  * Module 9 – Close Out
...  * Module 10 – Project Forms
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Who should attend:
This workshop is designed for:
...  * Project managers
...  * Project leaders
...  * Project team members
...  * Project stakeholders
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Instructor:   Karen Tate, PMI Fellow, MBA, PMP
Instructor Bio.  President and Founder of The Griffin Tate Group, Inc., Karen Tate, PMI Fellow, MBA, PMP, is an internationally recognized expert in the project management discipline with over 25 years experience working with projects and project teams. She is the co-author of numerous books, including the Project Management Memory Jogger ™, The Advanced Project Management Memory Jogger ™, The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course on Project Management, and Getting Started in Project Management (Wiley & Sons).

In October 2009, Karen was designated as a Fellow of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) for her sustained service and significant contributions to PMI and the project management community for more than a decade. This is PMI’s highest and most prestigious award that is presented to an individual, and over the past 40 years, they’ve honored fewer than 100 project management professionals (out of a community of over 500,000) with this distinction. Karen also served for two consecutive, elected terms on the Project Management Institute’s International Board of Directors – concluding six years of service at the close of 2008.

Earn:  16 PDUs!

Dates:  May 20 & 21, 2010  (Thursday & Friday)
Times:  8:00am - 5:00pm

Location:
.............Classroom Resource Group
.............7000 Central Parkway
.............Suite 1250
.............Atlanta, GA 30328
.............Ph. 770-310-2441

Registration Fees:
............$ 495 --PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (discount rate)
............$ 675 --Non-member (standard rate)

To Register Click Here!

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* For information on the event, please contact VP Certification & Education at email certed@PMIatlanta.org