Assessing Organizational Project Management Quality and Maturity
Does your organization link its continuous improvement to projects? This course will focus on the measurement of an organization’s project management maturity and the linking of an organization’s continuous improvement efforts to the successful accomplishment of it strategic goals though projects. In this course students will:
- Examine the origins of maturity models and the components of project quality management
- Analyze the relationship between continuous improvement and organizational project management maturity
- Compare and contrast the project management maturity models of Harold Kerzner and the Project Management Institute.
- Conduct an organizational project management maturity assessment
Our next course starts February 11, 2009.
Instructor: Jeanne E. Dorle, Ph. D., PMP
The Business of Thinking and Problem Solving on Project Teams
People have markedly different ways that they perceive and assimilate information, make decisions and solve problems. These differences reflect our personal preferences for one way of approaching a problem over another. As our projects become more complex with team members often working virtually, understanding and attending to these different thinking styles and problems solving styles can change the way your lead your team throughout the project life cycle to a successful conclusion. This course s designed for individuals interested in learning how to capitalize on their preferred style of problem solving, decision making and creativity AND the styles of others.
In this course we will focus on the project manager as a problem-solving leader and examine the impact of thinking and problem solving style on the project management process. Students will study the highly validated Whole Brain Model of the Herrmann Institute developed under the leadership of Ned Herrmann.
The Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBD) has earned both scientific and experiential credibility. Students will have an opportunity to complete the inventory in the course and use the results to strength their understanding of their own thinking style preferences as well as examining the implications of these theories on the effective functioning of project teams and the role that project managers can play in optimizing that effectiveness.
Our next course starts Feb. 11, 2009.
Instructor: Jeanne Dorle, Ph. D., PMP
The Basics of Project Management - High Tech and High Touch (40 contact hours)
Western Carolina University offers the best of both worlds: online convenience and instructor interaction. Western Carolina University, one of the most experienced providers of project management education, offers a unique eight-week course format to learn the basics of project management. You will interact in a Voice over IP format with the instructor each week during the eight weeks. If you cannot participate in the online class meeting during a particular week, you can listen to the archived interaction between your instructor and your classmates. The instruction will concentrate on content from the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge-Third Edition (PMBOK® Guide) and will include overview of the exam, test-taking strategies, sample questions, and much more. This forty-hour course meets the educational requirements of PMI to sit for the Project Management Professional Exam.
Our next class begins February 3, 2009.
Instructor: Valecia Dyett, MBA, PMP®
Project and Corporate Accounting: How and Where the Two Merge (30 PDU)
Have you been wondering how and where your project profits tie into the corporate financial statements? If so, then this course is designed for you. During this six-week online course, you will become familiar with and obtain general knowledge of a balance sheet, an income statement, and a cash flow statement. Once the basics of these corporate statements have been addressed, we will look at the general project accounting practices (CPI and SPI) and how your financial project decisions can positively or negatively affect corporate financial statements. Behind every number there is a story, and most of these stories are fun to discover. The aim of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and insight needed to engage in an educated conversation with the financial department of your company.
Our next course starts February 11, 2009.
Instructor: Stan Veraart, MPM, PMP®
Using Microsoft Office Project 2007® to Plan and Control Your Projects (30 PDU)
One key competency for today’s project managers is the ability to use software tools to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness in managing and controlling projects throughout the entire project life cycle. The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the fundamentals of using Microsoft Office Project 2007® to plan and control your projects.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Use the Microsoft Project client interface
• Estimate a schedule
• Assign resources to a schedule
• Set a baseline
• Track a schedule
• Update a schedule
• Generate standard and customized reports
Our next course starts February 3, 2009.
Instructor: Alban de Bergevin, MPM, PMP®
