Project Management Fundamentals
Course Description
The SUNY Center for Professional Development's Project Management Fundamentals course is designed around the fundamentals of project management. The two day workshop takes learners through the project management lifecycle and helps attendees distinguish the differences between projects and operational processes. This workshop seeks to provide a common framework and language to use when managing projects and when working on project teams at your institution. The focus of the training is to help SUNY employees understand the concepts and improve their project management skills by applying these concepts in real-world exercises. The course uses the NYS Project Management Guidebook from GOER (Government Office of Employee Relations) as a foundation.Your class will be taught by one of CPD's three certified PMP's (Project Management Professional). Jon Brennan, former CIO at Hudson Valley Community College, Christa Glassman, Director of the Project Management Office at ITEC, or Paula Cancro, Dean of Online Education and Instructional Design at The College of Westchester.
Who should attend?
The workshop is designed for those new to project management who have little or no formal training. The course is a fundamentals course, and does not deep-dive into course topics.
Questions or Issues?
Course Offerings
Thursday, January 16, 2025 and Thursday, January 30, 2025 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, February 7, 2025 and Friday, February 14, 2025 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 and Wednesday, March 19, 2025 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All registrants must attend both days to receive credit for the course.
COURSE PRICING
$150
CPD Member Price
SUNY Campuses that are SUNY CPD General and/or SUNY CPD Technical Program Members.
$180
SUNY Campus Price
SUNY Campuses that are not SUNY CPD General and/or SUNY CPD Technical Program Members.
$250
Other Attendees
Non-SUNY Campuses and other businesses. All are welcome to attend our class.
course instructors
Jonathan Brennan
Jonathan Brennan, an IT professional 25+ years of experience, currently serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth, a large family-services nonprofit with services across NYS. Jon has an extensive background in Higher Education, having served 6 years as the CIO at Hudson Valley Community College, 6 more years as CIO at SUNY Delhi, and 4 more as Director of IT for The Sage Colleges. He has been very active in several SUNY organizations, having served on the executive boards of the SUNY Council of Chief Information Officers and Computing Officers Association and serving as the Chair of the ITEC Executive Board. He has authored many published works including the EDUCAUSE Top 10 IT issues article for 2016 and 2017 and was an author & panelist EDUCAUSE/NMC Horizon Report for 2020 and 2021. Brennan earned a Master of Education from Post University, and a Bachelor of Science in networks and system administration at The Sage Colleges. He holds technical certificates in Project Management (PMP), Information Security (CISSP), and ITIL Foundations. He also holds certificates in Executive Leadership from Cornell University and the SUNY Leadership Academy.
Christa Glassman
Christa Glassman joined ITEC in 2010 to establish a PMO (Project Management Office) with a staff of three. Her current position is IT Project Manager. ITEC provides technology infrastructure, help desk, networking, security, operating system, database, application support, enterprise architecture and project management for member campuses who opt-in to ITEC's Tier 2 and Tier 3 services. ITEC hosts Banner SIS (Student Information Systems) for 40 SUNY campuses and DegreeWorks (Degree Planning and Tracking) for all 64 SUNY campuses. Christa earned an MBA in Management Information Systems from SUNY Binghamton and holds technical certificates in project management (PMP) and is fluent in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Foundations and IT Service Design.
Paula Cancro
After working in corporate and nonprofit IT in help desk, software training, and business analyst roles, as well as managing the help desk and training functions for different organizations. Paula joined The College of Westchester (CW) full-time in 2008. Her current position is Dean of Online Education and Instructional Design. In 2010, she earned her PMP. Projects have included new client systems rollout, new degree programs, learning technologies, and curricula development. She is a Quality Matters Master Reviewer and Online/Face-to-Face Facilitator. Paula earned an MBA in Marketing from IONA College, Hagan School of Business, and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from Keller School of Management. Paula is a doctoral candidate with a research focus on innovating the way asynchronous online education engages (or doesn't) undergraduate students.
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