Project Management Training Course

Chicago, Los Angeles

Once considered a specialist skill, Project Management is
today an important and necessary skill for all team leaders
and managers. You will learn the skills needed to deliver
high quality projects on time and within scope and budget constraints.

Onsite training available countrywide.

Course summary

Project Management Fundamentals

This course teaches participants the fundamentals of project management. You will learn how to manage time and costs, implement quality measures, handle project risks, acquire and motivate team members and communicate effectively.

2 Days | $895.00

What's Included

Certificate of Course Completion
Training Manual
FREE Class Repeat

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this course trainees will be able to:

Identify the critical functions, skills, responsibilities, and challenges of a project manager
Define the project scope
Write a project charter
Develop a task list
Assign resources and estimate resource costs
Compute a project's estimate at completion (EAC)
Design a risk management plan
Establish baselines and monitor progress
Compute the variance at completion (VAC)
Write closeout reports and terminate a project

Detailed course outline

Key Concepts
- What is a Project?
- What is Project Management?
- What is a Project Manager?
- About the Project Management Institute (PMI)
- About the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- The Five Process Groups
- The Nine Knowledge Areas
- The Triple Constraint
Project Initiation
- Identifying Your Stakeholders
- Assessing Needs and Wants
- Setting a SMART Project Goal
- Creating Requirements and Deliverables
- Creating a Statement of Work
- Completing the Project Planning Worksheet
- Completing the Project Charter
Planning
- Managing Expectations
- Creating a Task List
- Estimating Time
- Estimating Resources
- Estimating Costs
- Building the Work Breakdown Structure
- Creating the Schedule
- Creating a Risk Management Plan
- Creating a Communication Plan

Planning Tools
- The Gantt Chart
- The Network Diagram
- Using a RACI Chart
- Introduction to Microsoft Project
Executing the Project
- Establishing Baselines
- Monitoring Project Progress
- Triple Constraint Reduction Methods
Maintaining and Controlling the Project
- Making the Most of Status Updates
- Managing Change
- Monitoring Risks
Closing Out
- Preparing for Closeout
- Celebrating Successes
- Learning from Project Challenges
- Scope Verification
- A Final To-Do List

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.

Timetable

Chicago

230 W Monroe St
#610
Chicago
IL 60606View Map

Oct 3 - 4Book
Dec 7 - 8Book
Jan 23 - 24Book
Mar 8 - 9Book
Apr 17 - 18Book

Guaranteed to Run Limited Seats Left

Class times: 9.00am to 4.30pm

Servicing Arlington Heights, Aurora, Bollingbrook, Chicago Loop,
Deerfield, Des Plaines, Evanston, Highland Park, Joliet, Naperville,
Schaumburg, Skokie, South Chicago and surrounding areas.

Other Cities

Los Angeles

915 Wilshire Blvd
#1800
Los Angeles
CA 90017View Map

Nov 3 - 4Book
Feb 8 - 9Book
Mar 30 - 31Book

Guaranteed to Run Limited Seats Left

Class times: 9.00am to 4.30pm

Servicing Anaheim, Burbank, Covina, Downtown, Fullerton,
Irvine, Long Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, San Bernardino,
Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Ventura and surrounding areas.

Choosing the right class

Recent student feedback

5.0 stars “Christian Greer's talent is unlimited. He is a fantastic PM instructor and what he brings to the table is considerable. I not only enjoyed his manner and the way he delivered the content, but I think the way he challenges the class to come up with solutions made this class a worth every cent. He gives his students real life examples. He provides a lot of sources. He makes a point to share ideas that are geared to each student. He is a great teacher. Christian would make anything he would teach interesting.” Lisa LaChapelle
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4.9 stars “This course was absolutely wonderful! Mr. Greer presented the subject matter using a method that was not only informative, but engaging as well. I am very happy with what I have learned and I feel confident that I am walking away a new skill set and understanding that I didn't have upon arriving 3 days ago. Thanks so much Mr. Greer!!! A++” Sheila Schook
Chicago Public Schools

5.0 stars “Mr. Chris was right on point with his instructions for Project Management. he also knew what he was talking about. and I enjoyed the class feed back/class interaction. it was a pleasure.” Onnie Brown
Department of Coroner

5.0 stars “Rich did an excellent job of relating the training content to everyday examples, being mindful that everyone in the class works in a different office environment. Thanks for a great class.” Tina Ortman
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

How to register

Project Management resources

This class consists of 14 hours of tuition which equates to 14 PDUs. Click here for more information on PDUs.

The metholdologies covered on this class are primarily PMI principles. Review the key benefits of Project Management training.