Project Management Partners: Masters Certificate

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Masters Certificate in Project Management

The best companies say "we have the best project managers." To help you develop the best project managers, Project Management Partners offers an intensive, fifteen-day management development program that culminates in the award of a Masters Certificate in Project Management. This program is designed for project managers in areas such as new product development, financial services, commercial software, electronics, information systems, engineering, and pharmaceuticals.

The Certificate program helps build the core competencies in our Project Manager Competency Model which is based on what the best project managers actually do. Every unit is fully compliant with generally accepted practices as described in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the most widely recognized project management standard. The program will also help participants prepare for the Project Management Professional Exam offered by the Project Management Institute.

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Mastering Modern Project Management
This three-day program will help you develop the skills needed to build and implement a realistic and robust project plan. You will learn how to balance the triple constraint issues of scope, cost, and time with other project imperatives such as quality, risk, and stakeholder satisfaction. You will also learn techniques for measuring project performance and for dealing with cost and schedule overruns. During hands-on exercises, you will work as part of a team to develop a project scope statement, a work breakdown structure, risk-based estimates, and a network logic diagram for a real project.
     Full course description

Project Risk Management
This two-day program focuses on qualitative risk management — how to find the real risks when you are doing something that has never been done before. You will learn about the importance of distinguishing cause and effect and about the difference between a risk and a problem. You will also learn how to write risk descriptions that get an appropriate response from management, how to use range estimates to overcome unreasonable cost and schedule targets, and how to recognize conceptual biases that can interfere with good risk management. The program also shows how to integrate the tools and techniques of risk management with your existing project management processes.
     Full course description

No-Nonsense Project Negotiations
Project stakeholders have expectations that must be clearly set and effectively managed. Lasting agreements can be forged through constructive negotiation. This two-day program builds the skills you need to create constructive agreements between the project team and the rest of the project stakeholders. You will learn when to negotiate, how to prepare for the negotiation, how to explore alternatives, and how to manage aggressive negotiators. During the program, you will work with the other participants to apply the techniques of constructive negotiation to a series of increasingly challenging project negotiations.
     Full course description

Project Leadership and Team Building
This three-day program will help you develop the personal and professional skills needed to lead your project team. You will learn how to create a shared vision and how to keep your team aligned with that vision. The program also covers key general management skills such as listening with empathy, delivering feedback, and delegating work. Other topics include how to develop agreement on roles and responsibilities, choosing between consensus-building and decision-making, when to emphasize task behaviors over relationship behaviors, and how to build a team that sees itself as a team. As part of the program, you will also develop an action plan for on-the-job use back at work.
     Full course description

Stakeholder Management
The major focus of this three-day program is how best to manage the project's key external stakeholders — sponsors, customers, and users. It builds on the ideas and concepts covered in the earlier programs and shows how to integrate the project with the ongoing operations of the performing organization. Topics covered include change management, the proper use of computer tools, written and oral presentation skills, advanced scheduling concepts, contracts and procurement, and systems dynamics. In addition to the instructor-led sessions, each Masters Certificate candidate will present the results of their research project during this unit.
     Full course description

Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Preparation
This two-day program provides an intensive review of the nine knowledge areas that form the basis of the Certification Exam (project scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk, procurement, and integration management). You will improve your test-taking skills by completing a Sample Exam of 160 questions and by discussing the rationale behind both correct and incorrect answers. You will learn techniques to help you identify personal strengths and weaknesses in each of the knowledge areas to aid in developing a personal strategy for passing the exam. This program is specifically designed to maximize the probability that each participant will succeed on the first try.
     Full course description

All programs allow participants to learn by doing — approximately 70% of class time is devoted to casework and experiential learning. In addition, every participant will present a report on an advanced project management topic of their choosing.

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Masters Certificate in Project Management
The best companies say "we have the best project managers." To help you develop the best project managers, Project Management Partners offers an intensive, fifteen-day management development program that culminates in the award of a Masters Certificate in Project Management. This program is designed for project managers in areas such as new product development, financial services, commercial software, electronics, information systems, engineering, and pharmaceuticals. The Certificate program helps build the core competencies in our Project Manager Competency Model which is based on what the best project managers actually do. Every unit is fully compliant with generally accepted practices as described in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the most widely recognized project management standard. The program will also help participants prepare for the Project Management Professional Exam offered by the Project Management Institute.

Mastering Modern Project Management
This three-day program will help you develop the skills needed to build and implement a realistic and robust project plan. You will learn how to balance the triple constraint issues of scope, cost, and time with other project imperatives such as quality, risk, and stakeholder satisfaction. You will also learn techniques for measuring project performance and for dealing with cost and schedule overruns. During hands-on exercises, you will work as part of a team to develop a project scope statement, a work breakdown structure, risk-based estimates, and a network logic diagram for a real project. Full course description
Project Risk Management
This two-day program focuses on qualitative risk management — how to find the real risks when you are doing something that has never been done before. You will learn about the importance of distinguishing cause and effect and about the difference between a risk and a problem. You will also learn how to write risk descriptions that get an appropriate response from management, how to use range estimates to overcome unreasonable cost and schedule targets, and how to recognize conceptual biases that can interfere with good risk management. The program also shows how to integrate the tools and techniques of risk management with your existing project management processes. Full course description
No-Nonsense Project Negotiations
Project stakeholders have expectations that must be clearly set and effectively managed. Lasting agreements can be forged through constructive negotiation. This two-day program builds the skills you need to create constructive agreements between the project team and the rest of the project stakeholders. You will learn when to negotiate, how to prepare for the negotiation, how to explore alternatives, and how to manage aggressive negotiators. During the program, you will work with the other participants to apply the techniques of constructive negotiation to a series of increasingly challenging project negotiations. Full course description
Project Leadership and Team Building
This three-day program will help you develop the personal and professional skills needed to lead your project team. You will learn how to create a shared vision and how to keep your team aligned with that vision. The program also covers key general management skills such as listening with empathy, delivering feedback, and delegating work. Other topics include how to develop agreement on roles and responsibilities, choosing between consensus-building and decision-making, when to emphasize task behaviors over relationship behaviors, and how to build a team that sees itself as a team. As part of the program, you will also develop an action plan for on-the-job use back at work. Full course description
Stakeholder Management
The major focus of this three-day program is how best to manage the project's key external stakeholders — sponsors, customers, and users. It builds on the ideas and concepts covered in the earlier programs and shows how to integrate the project with the ongoing operations of the performing organization. Topics covered include change management, the proper use of computer tools, written and oral presentation skills, advanced scheduling concepts, contracts and procurement, and systems dynamics. In addition to the instructor-led sessions, each Masters Certificate candidate will present the results of their research project during this unit. Full course description
Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Preparation
This two-day program provides an intensive review of the nine knowledge areas that form the basis of the Certification Exam (project scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk, procurement, and integration management). You will improve your test-taking skills by completing a Sample Exam of 160 questions and by discussing the rationale behind both correct and incorrect answers. You will learn techniques to help you identify personal strengths and weaknesses in each of the knowledge areas to aid in developing a personal strategy for passing the exam. This program is specifically designed to maximize the probability that each participant will succeed on the first try. Full course description
All programs allow participants to learn by doing — approximately 70% of class time is devoted to casework and experiential learning. In addition, every participant will present a report on an advanced project management topic of their choosing.