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Advanced Project Management & PMI Re certification

Personal 1-to-1 Training from a Certified PM

Earn 2 Certifications
in 1 Program
Combine an advanced course and our prep course for PMI's PMP® certification and you'll also earn a university certification in PM
Four program options:
  1. Cross-functional PMP® Plus - Master techniques for multiple department projects and earn a PMP®
  2. IT PMP® Plus - Master techniques for complex system development projects and earn a PMP
  3. Construction PMP® Plus - Master techniques for larger construction projects and earn a PMP
  4. Healthcare PMP® Plus - Master techniques for complex healthcare projects and earn a PMP
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Advanced Courses

Approved by PMI for 60 PDUs
for Re-certification

113-Managing Information Technology Projects (60 PDUs from PMI)
Master advanced skills in negotiating with users, estimating, planning and optimizing schedules. Then practice them in project case studies with your PM mentor.
103-Managing Cross-functional Projects (60 PDUs from PMI)
Master advanced skills in negotiating scope across functional boundaries, estimating, planning and optimizing schedules. Then practice them in system development project case studies with your PM mentor.
123-Managing Construction Projects (60 PDUs from PMI)
Master advanced skills in negotiating with customers and subs, estimating, planning and optimizing schedules. Then practice them in commercial construction project case studies with your PM mentor.
133-Managing Healthcare Projects (60 PDUs from PMI)
Master advanced skills in negotiating with physicians & administrators, estimating, planning and optimizing schedules. Then practice them in hospital and larger clinic project case studies with your PM mentor.

Program Management

201-Complex Projects & Portfolio Management (60 PDUs from PMI)
Learn to sell your projects strategically and deliver them to the clients at a profit with advanced techniques in scope definition, project optimization and control.

Below we explore advanced techniques in the areas of:

  • risk mitigation,
  • dealing with project sponsors,
  • project estimating
  • sophisticated processes for high-performance project teams.

The courses and textbooks described are also aimed at more experienced project managers, including those who's next career step will be in program management.

Articles

A risk analysis template for Project Managers How not to sponsor projects: 10 Things NOT to do Hitching Contractors, Vendors and Consultant to the Project Stage Coach
Project estimating: As we move through the life cycle
Project Resource Pools: Borrowing and lending across Departmental  lines
Three moments of Truth with your Project Team
Project team member's performance: guidelines for criticism
Project team member's performance: constructive criticism
Sowing the Seeds of project team conflict
Building High-Performance Team Culture

Managing with achievements rather than activities

Graphically reporting variances in Microsoft Project®

Different ways of looking at the Work Breakdown Structure

Five Guidelines for Criticizing Project Team Members Constructively

Guidelines for Delivering Instructive Criticism to Team Members

The Project Manager's Control Tower approach to successful projects

User tips on Microsoft Project®

Project Planning: The really tough, political chore

Project Management with At-Home Workers

Selecting Project Management Software

Project Planning Principal Steps

PM Authorities Work Sheet : From sponsor... to subordinates

Behavior Analysis Template

Conflict Analysis Template

Risk Analysis Template

Activities Don't Count , So Don't Count Them

Saga of the Project From Hell

Overview of the Control Tower Approach