Project Management Training
The Project Management Training Vendor Evaluation tool has been developed to support organizations in evaluating and selecting training solutions that are appropriate for their organization. The tool provides a comprehensive a set of dimensions that represent the criteria that organizations should take into consideration when selecting a project management training provider, or a specific training program offering.
The tool is particularly useful when using a competitive process to select a candidate organization or training program. The tool has been structured to support identifying your requirements in preparing an RFP or other form of bid package, and defining the evaluation criteria you will use to assess the received proposals. It can be used by a single person or by an evaluation team, depending upon your specific needs.
Greg Balestrero will promote awareness of “corporate consciousness” and advise the project management training provider on the development of new programs that focus on leadership and accountability .
A new global survey indicates disparities in the measurement and effectiveness of PMOs, leaving their value a great unknown.
New benchmark study on project management offices shows consistent, two-year trend in delivering quantifiable value, with upwards of $400,000 in savings per project.
A new guide addresses unique aspects of project management within the pharmaceutical industry, including regulatory context, integrated validation and risk management.
PMXPO 2012
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Registration is FREE, so take a minute now and make sure you don't miss out on what promises to be one of the highest-value conference experiences in project management this year.
For global organizations with diverse workforces and clients, maintaining a consistent level of project management excellence requires a permanent commitment to training. IT infrastructure provider EMC teamed with PMI to launch a talent development program for its project managers.
The traditional ways of adding new tools to the toolkit lack innovation and excitement. Fortunately, you don’t always have to travel or take a computer-based test to add a few new tools to the toolkit. Here we present 21 ways to add new tools to your toolkit as an IT project manager or professional.
The Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession report offers data on organizational project management trends.
As we enter 2011, it's time for a refresher--it's the perfect time to explore the cross section of views and perspectives about PMOs. It's the perfect time to see what others are thinking regarding the state of PMOs, and this article will focus on starting a PMO, avoiding PMO failure, trends and the future of the PMO.
A recent global study on the state of business analysis shows organizations are missing key internal competencies that could enhance productivity and profitability. As a result, organizational objectives are often disconnected from those responsible for execution.
For anyone thinking about or faced with implementing a PPM tool, here are some tips to keep in mind to help you wade through the sometimes problematic process.
After more than 20 years in the financial services industry, this writer thought he knew exactly what to anticipate moving into his new role as a software vendor project manager. He was wrong...
This two-part article will provide you with some insight into some of the most frustrating aspects that vendors experience when they attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics found in the proposal documents. The first part will focus on the content of the RFP.
Project and program managers will undergo more than 100 hours of project management training in courses from PM College's Project Management Master's Certificate curriculum.
Is your work more industrial-worker based or knowledge-worker based? The way people work together on projects has changed. Have your project management methods kept up?
What constitutes a successful project? Should it be defined by budget and schedule, or by the extent to which the outcome adds real business value? Until the project management profession and its standards evolve to a more balanced “art and science” approach, success criteria will be misaligned with real business needs.
The foundation provides scholarships, confers awards, sponsors research, prepares and disseminates project management-related educational material and awards financial grants to support project management life skills and humanitarian programs.
Developing and valuing its project management culture has paid dividends for ADP, forming the foundation for an improved customer relationship by establishing expectations, recognizing when things aren’t going right and taking action to remedy problems.
PMOs: A panacea for some, a disaster for others. If like many others you anticipate a bad ending, you've come to the right place. Want some sure-fire approaches for disaster? Here are some tips on killing your PMO. (Optimists can go ahead and do the opposite...)
Getting your workforce up to speed is the only way to ensure top performance. This presentation will save you time putting together all the necessary information to get your whole team ready to go.
As agile methods continue to gain in popularity and Project Management Institute events offer more and more agile content, the demand for agile-related offerings has increased substantially. Is this new certification offering a good idea, and what does it mean for you?
Do you want to really improve your agile projects? Then go to the movies. Agile efforts require adaptability and perseverance to move forward, even when the environment is complex, ambiguous and changing--the exact same things required of heroic movie characters. Pass the popcorn!
Stakeholders don’t like suprises, especially when it comes to project costs. It’s worth taking the time to carefully estimate the business analysis phase of the project. Here are five tips.
It is not in the best interest of an organization for either project managers or business analysts involved in defining business needs. They need to be focused on delivery of the solution and ensuring that it meets the business need. And they do that best when they are neutral facilitators, now owners of the project.
Rather than being half empty, maybe the glass is actually half full. One writer argues that the opportunities for project management to make inroads in an organization are actually better now than they have been for many years. Let’s look at some different scenarios.
Project management training helps Sabre Airline Solutions better define and deliver on its customer expectations.
Project workforce webinars and user group conference attendance qualifies for PMI credits.
This training package contains three useful sections: a list of creative ideas that add fun to your training breaks, sample training facilitation tips and etiquette, and a sample training needs checklist for your hotel venue.
If you contract an external training service to train users in your new application, you should evaluate their performance. Use this form to review the training team's performance and leverage it against future training service needs.
A study conducted by the Center for Business Practices reports that organizations find significant value in implementing project management training initiatives.
Projects are often run by inexperienced project managers who are unfamiliar with techniques to manage projects more effectively. In this series, Jim Stewart, PMP, brings some of these common blind spots into sharper focus.
Big companies are desperate for experienced global project managers. Here we take a look at the tough, demanding and exciting international marketplace.
Improved deliverable! Use this training plan to prepare your project team to hit the ground running and get the just-in-time skills, business policy and application training they need to do the job.
One approach to improve project management maturity is through a project management community of practice, an informal group of PM practitioners who share advice, tips, techniques, lessons learned and promote relevant topics in the project and program management domain.
To be a successful PM you need to build skills in three distinct categories.
We've all done it: failed to identify all of the stakeholders up front. And you only realize it when you need them to approve something, provide resources or assist with the project. What’s the best way to deal with a “forgotten” stakeholder?
Training project team members, support staff, clients and end users requires an effective training plan. This template will help you in putting together your own training plans.
What’s the best training for a project manager who already has the basics? Here's what you need to keep in mind when trying to advance your knowledge--and your career.
Was everyone on your team properly trained and receive the appropriate orientation at the right time during the course of your project? Use this 24 point template to conduct a consistent training and orientation post-mortem across all projects. Over time, it will reveal trends and issues that could point to needed training changes across your organization.
Are you putting together a training plan? Use our handy guide to help you create a robust and versatile plan that really means something.
Reduce costs of project training by using Rapid Training Development (RTD). Reduce the risk inherent in RTD by using this guide.
This form helps you match trainees against training needed and a plan to get everyone up to speed.
This template is designed to assist the project manager with planning for Sarbanes-Oxley communications and training. After a group of stakeholders meet to complete the template, results feed into training plans and communication plans.
This planner is designed to assist leaders of project portfolio management to ensure that the proper training of middle managers and project managers is identified and completed by all required.
Training focuses on educating executives and project managers about the importance of a standardized project management system, how to apply it to the expansion project and educate their teams.
Welcome to the PMO! Does your Program Management Office have a plan for helping new project managers? More than any other function, the PMO varies hugely from one organization to the next--and even from one division to the next. That means that there will always be a ramp-up period for anyone entering as a project manager--and yet many PMOs make no allowance for this.
Projects are often run by inexperienced project managers who are unfamiliar with techniques to manage projects more effectively. In part two of this series, Jim Stewart, PMP, brings some more of these common blind spots into sharper focus, including resource assessment and estimating.
Projects are often run by inexperienced project managers who are unfamiliar with techniques to manage projects more effectively. In the final part of this series, Jim Stewart, PMP, brings some more of these common blind spots into sharper focus, including resource assessment and estimating.
There’s no excuse not to continuously improve your skills--are you always learning? Here, we explore the need for continuously improving your skills and the various options available that will allow that to happen within the confines of our busy careers and lives.
Get your project off to the right foot with this sample training project plan.
