Essentials of Strategic Planning for Managers |
No one plans to fail, but many people fail to plan. In these difficult economic times, the Strategic Planning Process is more critical than ever. This hands-on course is designed for professionals at all levels to learn how to apply the Strategic Planning Process. It offers a step-by-step guide to assist you in translating basic concepts and visions into a concrete plan for action to help you reach your objectives.
After this class, you will be able to:
- Formulate realistic goals using the SWOT Analysis
- Determine resources needed to achieve the goals
- Develop an organizational structure to support achievement of the goals
- Create the strategy
- Develop an evaluation and monitoring process
- Gain commitment to the planning process before, during, and after the process
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STRATPLAN (22JUL13)
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Jul 22, 2013 |
Jul 22, 2013 |
Briarcliff Campus |
$375.00 |
Nancy Green
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Introduction to Project Management |
No one - personally or in business - should have to stumble through a new project. Learn to do it like a pro. Understand the basic concepts that guide project management. Gain insights into scheduling and tracking that assure quality performance. Learn to communicate productively with contractors, to conduct reviews and to obtain insights into problems of planning and implementing projects. Participants will learn to approach their next project with the confidence and skill necessary to carry it through effectively.
After this class, you will be able to:
- Understand industry standard concepts of project management
- Apply a general framework to managing projects
- Develop a Work Breakdown Structure and schedule for projects
- Estimate time and cost of projects
- Develop a Project Plan
- Identify, quantify, monitor, and control risk within projects
- Manage change in a project
- Close out a project successfully
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PROJECTMGMT (19JUL13)
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Jul 19, 2013 |
Jul 20, 2013 |
Alpharetta Campus |
$795.00 |
James F Truesdale
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Project Management: Communications Tools & Techniques |
Project Managers often report that they understand Project Management fundamentals, but need help to implement them. Learn a variety of strategies to work and communicate effectively in a project environment. Participants in this course will hone their communication skills through a combination of role play, lecture, demos and an opportunity to build customized templates.
After this class, you will be able to:
- Create an effective Communication Plan
- Obtain a Project Charter and manage a project with it
- Apply leadership and management techniques using DISC assessment strategies
- Manage change throughout the life of a project
- Effectively kick-off and closeout a project
- Manage issues and action items throughout the life of your project
- Motivate and lead your team
- Identify and manage project stakeholders
- Clearly communicate project information to stakeholders
- Manager project issues and action items
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PROJECTCOMM (26JUL13)
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Jul 26, 2013 |
Jul 27, 2013 |
Alpharetta Campus; Online |
$485.00 |
James F Truesdale
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Project Management: Scheduling Tools & Techniques |
Harnessing scheduling tools and techniques to optimize your project schedule can be challenging. In this course, participants will learn how to build reliable schedules and how to respond to the inevitable changes and required modifications which occur throughout the life of the project.
After this class, you will be able to:
- Build and manage a schedule
- Identify and manage the critical path manually and with a tool.
- Respond to changes in personnel
- Come up with solutions to schedule slips and requests for schedule changes
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PROJECTSCHED (23AUG13)
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Aug 23, 2013 |
Aug 24, 2013 |
Alpharetta Campus |
$485.00 |
James F Truesdale
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Project Management: Tools & Techniques to Effectively Manage Cost, Risk & Scope |
Delivering a project that meets stakeholder requirements can be an elusive goal in many industries. In this class, you will learn how to document your project’s scope, develop reliable estimates and then manage your project. Further, you will master the art of maximizing your project’s opportunities and minimizing the effect of threats to your success.
After this class, you will be able to:
- Gather requirements
- Create a project scope statement
- Decompose a scope statement to create a WBS
- Develop reliable estimates
- Use variance analysis to determine project progress
- Identify and manage project risk
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PROJECTCRS (10AUG13)
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Aug 10, 2013 |
Aug 11, 2013 |
Alpharetta Campus |
$895.00 |
James F Truesdale
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MS Project 2007 Level 1 and Level 2: Creating and Managing Projects |
| Learn to manage projects or participate on project teams. Then take that knowledge and apply it to hands-on exercises using Microsoft Project. This course discusses Gantt charts, tasks, critical paths, and resource management. You will also have the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase. Learn to import and export Project data with Excel and other applications. Learn to update a Project Plan as changes occur during the project and create custom reports for project stakeholders. Finally, create templates to re-use project information in future projects. |
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