Certified IT Project Manager

$1,990

Private One-on-One Personal Instruction: How it Works

You work 1-to-1 with an expert project manager who personally guides you through this hands-on, 2-course program where you learn foundation through advanced project skills. You’ll actually practice all the tools and techniques in IT project case studies and simulations with personal coaching. Your instructor gives you written feedback on all your work, role plays meetings and presentations with you, answers all your questions directly and privately by phone/email. All at a pace you set with no time limits.

#111 IT Project Essentials

Learn a basic IT project methodology with hands on practice with users planning, scheduling & tracking. You work with your instructor everything on a realistic case study and live simulated meetings.

	Practical Textbook
	Read how a project manager meets with the user to plan the project. Then read about asking the right requirements questions, how to estimate with your team and give them clear assignments. Then read how to prepare and deliver a status presentation. The book teaches you a straightforward 5-step methodology for delivering projects on time. It includes proven techniques for planning, requirements, scheduling in MS Project®, creating a WBS, executing, conducting meetings and reporting status.
	Lectures from an Expert PM
	There are no vague academic theories in our lectures. Dick Billows, PMP, GCA draws on his 20 years of experience to tell you what works in the real world and what doesn't. Then watch "PMs in action" videos to learn how to conduct planning meetings with the users, customers and a project team and make status reports to the user management. Learn practical techniques for planning a project, creating a schedule, leading a team, tracking progress in MS Project® and reporting status. Watch the lectures whenever you wish and as often as you want with no time limits. Keep the lectures forever.
	Practice Each Technique
	You actually practice by managing a systems development project. You build a schedule in MS project, write a plan with our templates. Each module gives you a realistic case study with real project executives and a team to deal with. You'll get personal feedback and coaching from your instructor on each assignment. You'll practice assigning tasks to your team and estimating durations. You then practice solving problems and reporting progress. You receive e-mail or telephone feedback from your instructor on every assignment.
	Strengthen Your People Skills
	Build your skills in presenting plans and status reports as well as persuading and motivating people in meetings. You'll learn how to answer executives' questions about your project plan and it's status. Practice all these skills with your instructor in private, 1-to-1 live meetings over the Web. You get on-the spot coaching and feedback to help you improve. Course Syllabus --- Compare our Course

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#113 Advanced IT PM

Learn advanced IT projects techniques for larger projects involving multiple user departments and bigger teams. Practice on 3 hands-on case studies with live, real-time simulated project meetings

Managing IT Projects Textbook Read about how a project manager plans with multiple user managers about requirements, estimates cost and duration with the team using 5 different techniques. Then see the risk management process and how the PM develops risk mitigation plans. Next you learn how to motivate a team, make clear assignment tailored to each person and resolve stakeholder conflicts. Last you see how to track progress and solve problems.

Lectures on Your Schedule Dick Billows, PMP, GCA expands on the ideas in your reading with real world examples drawn from his 20 years of experience as a project and program manager. Dick explains techniques for dealing with large user groups, difficult team members and contractors. Dick also takes you through the process of "selling" the project and your plan to executives and dealing with their objections and changes. Then you go through the best practice steps in estimating, risk management, creating dynamic schedules in MS® Project, modeling alternatives, managing conflict, using earned value analysis, and controlling scope. Watch the lectures whenever and as often as you wish with no time limits. They're a great ongoing reference.

3. PM Videos: Assess Their Work At the end of each module, you'll watch a video of a project manager estimating with their team, working with poor performers and planning with a user executive. Then evaluate the PM's work . Submit your analysis to your instructor and get written feedback and discussion about the right way to handle the situations.

4. Practice with 1-to-1 Coaching Practice all the techniques in 14 case study-based assignments and in private 1-to-1 role playing simulations with your instructor.You will gather requirements from users, negotiate with managers and present your plans and MS Project® schedules. Then you move on to assignments to track actual performance, use earned value to assess variances and plan corrective actions to solve problems. You'll present your estimates of work and duration and your risk management plan and risk responses. You'll have to persuade the tough audience of executives that your plan is the way to go. You'll receive 1-to-1 feedback and coaching from your instructor on every assignment. Sharpen Your People Handling difficult interpersonal situations is a key project manager skill. Our expert PMs give you practice and coaching to enhance your skill. You'll make presentations to tough audiences, meet with difficult executives, coach team members with performance problems and motivate people in meetings. You'll also learn how to answer tough questions from executives. Practice all these skills with your instructor in private, 1-to-1 live session over the Web. You get on-the spot coaching and feedback to help you improve.