Project Management
Professional development isn’t a one-time thing; it should be a continuous part of your project management career. Make it a priority to assess and improve your skill set, and you’ll increase your value to your organization and enhance your future career prospects.
While technical skills are core to project and program management, PMI research tells us they’re not enough in today’s increasingly complex and competitive global marketplace. Companies are seeking added skills in leadership and business intelligence — competencies that can support longer-range strategic objectives that contribute to the bottom line.
Project Management Institute, Inc. “Training & Development” Project Management Institute, Inc., 2020, https://www.pmi.org/learning/training-development.
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Project Management Institute (PMI)® Disciplined Agile Program: What You Need to Know
Platform: Learning Tree
True business agility comes from freedom, not frameworks. Discover PMI's Disciplined Agile program and tap into the industry-leading process decision tool kit that describes how agile software development, DevOps, IT, and business teams work in your enterprise. Join the ranks of organizations that go to market sooner, deliver value faster, and make their customers happier – all with Disciplined Agile.
Platform: Learning Tree
True business agility comes from freedom, not frameworks. Discover PMI's Disciplined Agile program and tap into the industry-leading process decision tool kit that describes how agile software development, DevOps, IT, and business teams work in your enterprise. Join the ranks of organizations that go to market sooner, deliver value faster, and make their customers happier – all with Disciplined Agile.
Becoming a Strategy Implementation Professional
Platform: Learning Tree
We are witnessing the rise of projects as the primary unit of work and essential model to deliver change and create value for individuals, organizations, and society at large. The move from a world driven by efficiency to a world driven by change will have enormous consequences in terms of strategies, culture, organizational structure, competencies, compensations, etc. Yet, today, about 70% of projects and strategies fail to deliver their objectives. We urgently need to step up and significantly increase the project and strategy implementation success rate. Considering that every year approximately 48 trillion US dollars are invested in projects, we fail to deliver trillions of benefits, value, and impact in organizations and society at large. To achieve this incredible goal, project management and project managers will need to reinvent themselves into strategy implementation professionals.
Platform: Learning Tree
We are witnessing the rise of projects as the primary unit of work and essential model to deliver change and create value for individuals, organizations, and society at large. The move from a world driven by efficiency to a world driven by change will have enormous consequences in terms of strategies, culture, organizational structure, competencies, compensations, etc. Yet, today, about 70% of projects and strategies fail to deliver their objectives. We urgently need to step up and significantly increase the project and strategy implementation success rate. Considering that every year approximately 48 trillion US dollars are invested in projects, we fail to deliver trillions of benefits, value, and impact in organizations and society at large. To achieve this incredible goal, project management and project managers will need to reinvent themselves into strategy implementation professionals.
The New 2021 Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification – What does this mean for you?
Platform: Learning Tree
PMI has just introduced the biggest changes to the PMP process in years! If you are already a PMP or considering a PMP certification in the near future, or if you are interacting with projects and want to understand the PMP process, you'll want to join us for this webinar as we discuss the changes and what this means for you. We will also address how to keep abreast of the new changes in the PMP model as well as the competencies needed to function in today’s challenging environments.
Platform: Learning Tree
PMI has just introduced the biggest changes to the PMP process in years! If you are already a PMP or considering a PMP certification in the near future, or if you are interacting with projects and want to understand the PMP process, you'll want to join us for this webinar as we discuss the changes and what this means for you. We will also address how to keep abreast of the new changes in the PMP model as well as the competencies needed to function in today’s challenging environments.
Adding Organizational Value Through Program and Project Management
Platform: Learning Tree
Organizations today are finding it increasingly difficult to manage multiple projects. According to PMI research: Organizations are wasting an average of $97 million for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance — a 20% decline from one year ago (PMI, Pulse of the Profession, 2017) Organizations waste close to 12% of their investment in project spend due to poor performance (PMI Pulse Survey, 2019)This is certainly a decline, but the question is why are we still wasting that much? And what can we do about it? In this on-demand webinar, Program Management Expert Hamid Aougab discusses why projects fail and what project owners can do about it.
Platform: Learning Tree
Organizations today are finding it increasingly difficult to manage multiple projects. According to PMI research: Organizations are wasting an average of $97 million for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance — a 20% decline from one year ago (PMI, Pulse of the Profession, 2017) Organizations waste close to 12% of their investment in project spend due to poor performance (PMI Pulse Survey, 2019)This is certainly a decline, but the question is why are we still wasting that much? And what can we do about it? In this on-demand webinar, Program Management Expert Hamid Aougab discusses why projects fail and what project owners can do about it.
Project Management Tips and Tricks, for your Personal and Professional Life
Platform: New Horizons
Know all the details up front? Got the priorities in line? Set clear and measurable goals? Will you need to be more Agile? Does the budget and schedule coincide with the plan? Is the work performed the same as the work we intended? Wait… are we talking about our personal or professional lives?
Platform: New Horizons
Know all the details up front? Got the priorities in line? Set clear and measurable goals? Will you need to be more Agile? Does the budget and schedule coincide with the plan? Is the work performed the same as the work we intended? Wait… are we talking about our personal or professional lives?
The Case for the Agile Project Manager
Change isn’t coming – it’s already here. The project environment is becoming more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Project management and project managers must transform and evolve in order to keep up with these changes. The Agile movement is a disruptor in the field of project management, now having over 20 years of successes and benefits to organizations that have adopted their practices. But while Agile has proven itself to be more adept in dealing with uncertainty, just following frameworks isn’t enough. What are some of the key competencies and ways of thinking we must have? Join this webinar to find out.
Change isn’t coming – it’s already here. The project environment is becoming more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Project management and project managers must transform and evolve in order to keep up with these changes. The Agile movement is a disruptor in the field of project management, now having over 20 years of successes and benefits to organizations that have adopted their practices. But while Agile has proven itself to be more adept in dealing with uncertainty, just following frameworks isn’t enough. What are some of the key competencies and ways of thinking we must have? Join this webinar to find out.
Common Project Manager Mistakes
No one ever said that being a project manager was easy, but it certainly can be more rewarding and enjoyable if you aware of the top reasons for project failure – and have solutions and implement steps to prevent it. Part of learning to be a successful project manager involves learning from your mistakes. But wouldn’t it be great to learn from a master regarding the top reasons for project failure and how to avoid some of the classic mistakes? This webinar is designed to offer you that exact opportunity.
No one ever said that being a project manager was easy, but it certainly can be more rewarding and enjoyable if you aware of the top reasons for project failure – and have solutions and implement steps to prevent it. Part of learning to be a successful project manager involves learning from your mistakes. But wouldn’t it be great to learn from a master regarding the top reasons for project failure and how to avoid some of the classic mistakes? This webinar is designed to offer you that exact opportunity.
Communication and Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
To be an effective project manager, excellent communication skills are mandatory. Project managers are regularly involved in various forms of negotiation; therefore, they must have an understanding of the principles of successful negotiations. The goal of this webinar is to help project managers identify information needs of stakeholders and to implement methods to ensure you receive the information needed. The webinar also provides participants with knowledge of successful negotiation tips and tactics with emphasis on when, how, and why these techniques apply to project management.
To be an effective project manager, excellent communication skills are mandatory. Project managers are regularly involved in various forms of negotiation; therefore, they must have an understanding of the principles of successful negotiations. The goal of this webinar is to help project managers identify information needs of stakeholders and to implement methods to ensure you receive the information needed. The webinar also provides participants with knowledge of successful negotiation tips and tactics with emphasis on when, how, and why these techniques apply to project management.
Running a Sprint
A Sprint is a short, time-boxed period when a Scrum team works to complete a set amount of work. The Sprint is where it all comes together – to deliver the value to the customer in the form of a finished product. This webinar builds on the knowledge of the 3 Scrum roles, 3 artifacts and 5 events and adds the necessary Agile techniques to get to “Done”. In addition, you will relate the three Scrum tenets – transparency, inspection and adaptation – to the overall Sprint process.
A Sprint is a short, time-boxed period when a Scrum team works to complete a set amount of work. The Sprint is where it all comes together – to deliver the value to the customer in the form of a finished product. This webinar builds on the knowledge of the 3 Scrum roles, 3 artifacts and 5 events and adds the necessary Agile techniques to get to “Done”. In addition, you will relate the three Scrum tenets – transparency, inspection and adaptation – to the overall Sprint process.
Managing Troubled Projects
Are all of your projects being delivered on time, in budget, with a fully completed scope meeting quality expectation – and most importantly adding value? This webinar will help by distinguishing “troubled” vs. “successful” projects, pointing out early warning signs and providing a roadmap for recovery and beyond.
Are all of your projects being delivered on time, in budget, with a fully completed scope meeting quality expectation – and most importantly adding value? This webinar will help by distinguishing “troubled” vs. “successful” projects, pointing out early warning signs and providing a roadmap for recovery and beyond.
Use of Resources in Managing Multiple Projects
Multiple project environments have become the norm; however, managing resources in such an environment remains a challenge to most organizations and project managers. Better resource management in a multi-project environment provides the following benefits: Increased resource productivity, Reduced stress levels, Collaborative resource negotiations, Better understanding of cross-functional challenges, More efficient governance designs, Increased project throughput. In this webinar, we examine the challenge of managing resources in a multi-project environment and propose a few solutions – seen from the perspective of senior management, functional managers, project managers, and PMOs.
Multiple project environments have become the norm; however, managing resources in such an environment remains a challenge to most organizations and project managers. Better resource management in a multi-project environment provides the following benefits: Increased resource productivity, Reduced stress levels, Collaborative resource negotiations, Better understanding of cross-functional challenges, More efficient governance designs, Increased project throughput. In this webinar, we examine the challenge of managing resources in a multi-project environment and propose a few solutions – seen from the perspective of senior management, functional managers, project managers, and PMOs.
Virtual Agile Teams
Global virtual teaming has become a necessity as organizations grow increasingly distributed. Agile teams have also become prevalent, as more and more organizations adopt agile practices. Distance and differences may amplify the effect of issues and factors that are relatively straightforward for co-located Agile teams.
Global virtual teaming has become a necessity as organizations grow increasingly distributed. Agile teams have also become prevalent, as more and more organizations adopt agile practices. Distance and differences may amplify the effect of issues and factors that are relatively straightforward for co-located Agile teams.
Demystifying Agile, DevOps, Traditional Project Management and Six Sigma for Leaders
Platform: New HorizonsHow we currently manage projects and employees can be challenging since new and more dynamic approaches now exist. We will explore several leading-edge project lifecycles and help you navigate the differences. Ultimately, this will help you select the best approach for your company and helps to maximize the value to your customers.
Platform: New HorizonsHow we currently manage projects and employees can be challenging since new and more dynamic approaches now exist. We will explore several leading-edge project lifecycles and help you navigate the differences. Ultimately, this will help you select the best approach for your company and helps to maximize the value to your customers.
Project Management Pain Points and a Path Forward
Platform: International Institute for Learning, Inc
Historically, pain points have been used most frequently by business analysts or marketers to identify recurring problems, annoyances or other obstructions that may be inconveniencing their customers. In project management, many pain points have persisted over the years making it difficult to gain the true strategic value of projects. Reversing the course of the project management pain points has begun. The undivided attention of company executives to the value promise of project management is now a must-have ingredient for extracting the future gains of project management.
Platform: International Institute for Learning, Inc
Historically, pain points have been used most frequently by business analysts or marketers to identify recurring problems, annoyances or other obstructions that may be inconveniencing their customers. In project management, many pain points have persisted over the years making it difficult to gain the true strategic value of projects. Reversing the course of the project management pain points has begun. The undivided attention of company executives to the value promise of project management is now a must-have ingredient for extracting the future gains of project management.
Implementing Effective Risk Response Strategies on Your Projects
Platform: NetCom Learning
If you think just identifying potential risks associated with a project is enough for its successful execution, you may end up with a huge setback. The right approach would be to have a proper risk response strategy and a plan to implement risk responses. View the webinar on Project Risk Response Strategies and get a thorough understanding of the different types of risks, how to eliminate uncertainty, how to transfer ownership and/or liability to a third party, how to reduce the severity of risk, how to identify risks along with opportunities, and much more. This live virtual instructor-led learning session will cover all the major tools and techniques of project risk management supported with real-time case studies.Contact Us
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