Project Management Essentials: One Day to Better Projects

Feeling like you need to learn how to manage projects and not sure where to start?

Project management abilities are among the most sought after skill sets by professionals and employers.  Take PDC’s affordable one day project management training to learn the fundamental tools and techniques that provide the key to successful project management -- some of the most sought after skill sets by professionals and employers.

Skilled project managers are in high demand.

This one day course will provide participants with the tools they need to develop and manage a project from inception to conclusion including:   how to plan and estimate your work, sequence activities, evaluate progress and obstacles, and collaborate with staff and stakeholders to get the job done. This interactive training quickly brings you up to speed on ways to get the most out of your own workplace projects.

You’ll acquire a powerful set of project tools and then collaborate with team members to use these tools to plan, estimate, manage and report on your projects.  Actual workplace or personal projects will be utilized to ensure a realistic learning environment. You’ll leave with a thorough understanding of a project manager’s role in creating a project plan and following it through to successful completion.

WHO WILL BENEFIT: This course provides valuable skills, tools and techniques for anyone who manages a project in manufacturing, financial services, high tech, health care, or the bio-tech industries.

KEY BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS:
• Understanding of the roles of project manager and the project team
• Ability to generate sound estimates of the effort and duration of current projects
• Ability to create a reliable project plan including Work Breakdown Structure
• Ability to identify project risks and communicate progress towards your goals

The Professional Development Collaborative, Inc. (PDC) is a non-profit education and training center for professionals in transition who are seeking to advance their skill sets and utilize their expertise in a professional setting. 

PRESENTER:  Jack Nevison is founder and President of New Leaf Project Management. He is the author of six books and is a contributor to the original 1996 edition of The PMBOK® Guide. He has designed several interactive games (Herding Cats©, Stays & Days©, and QPM©) to enhance the mastery of PM skills, speaks and writes regularly on topics of interest to project managers and is a past president of the Mass Bay Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®).  He may be reached at jmn@newleafpm.com