Classes Offered
| Basic Project Management Tools and Techniques | ||||||
| This professional training is designed to relieve the stress to those administrative, business, or technical individuals who support, or are responsible for managing, projects that range from small to large in size and complexity. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry, including how to successfully plan, scope, schedule, resource, budget, communicate, execute and close projects. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of twelve (12) easily utilized and vital templates developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help deliver some of the industries biggest information technology projects within scope, on time, and within budget. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000002 PDUs: 4 CEUs: 0 Hours: 4 Cost: $250.00 - Per Person |
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| Communications within Project Management | ||||||
| This professional training is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry, including how to successfully plan, scope, schedule, resource, budget, communicate, execute and close projects. Participants are guided through interactive discussions that mirror the templates the class will be covering throughout the course. Objectives include: discussions on the effective project manager, the understanding of the types of communications and the different barriers, understanding the communications processes according to PMI, knowing what a Communication Plan is, it's elements and it's importance to project management, knowing how to run an effective meeting, knowing the importance of identifying project scope, building a WBS and developing a network diagram and how these are important communication tools, understanding change management and how managing change controls project scope creep, and finally, knowing the importance of progress reports and keeping the project team notified of project status. Participants are given a workbook and a CD of eighteen (18) easily utilized and vital templates developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help deliver some of the industries biggest information technology projects within scope, on time, and within budget. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000006 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Contracts and Procurement within Project Management | ||||||
| This course examines processes through which goods and services are acquired in the project management environment. Topics include contract and procurement strategies; legal issues; contract pricing alternatives; technical, management and commercial requirements; RFP development; select sellers; invitations to bid; bid evaluation; risk assessment; and contract negotiation and administration. Participants will be given a workbook and an auto-load CD of seventeen (17) easily utilized and vital templates. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000004 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Earned Value and Project Management | ||||||
| MCM’s project management training classes utilize a simple, easily understood approach to project management. With classes registered and certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as Professional Development Units (7 PDUs) and the National Management Association (NMA) as Continuing Education Units (.7 CEUs), students are instructed on tools and techniques that will allow them to easily initiate, plan, monitoring and control and close their projects to a greater level of detail and a higher success rate. This course (7 Hrs.) is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It examines processes through which cost and schedule are monitored and reported in the project management environment, and includes topics on the elements of Earned Value, factors that determine final project results, and monitoring and information systems. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of fifteen (15) easily utilized and vital templates. Suitable for project or program leads or managers, business analysts or technology managers, and at about one-half of the price of other equivalent courses. This course becomes an instant reference tool for each attendee. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000007 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Fixing Troubled Projects (new class!) | ||||||
| This professional training is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry, and focuses on the rescuing of troubled projects, determining the project tolerances, defining and planning your recovery project, developing, activating, monitoring and measuring your recovery plan and finally, closing out your recovery project. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of ten (10) easily utilized and vital templates developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help rescue some of the industries biggest projects. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000013 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Leadership and Ethics (new class!) | ||||||
| This professional training is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry to determine what leadership is, techniques for motivating yourself to lead and motivating others to excellence, resolving conflict and project management ethics. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of three (3) easily utilized and vital templates developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help deliver some of the industries biggest information technology projects within scope, on time, and within budget. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000012 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Live Audio Webcasts | ||||||
| MCM audio webcasts in cooperation with Bettermanagement.com | ||||||
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Course Id: PDUs: CEUs: Hours: 1 Cost: $0.00 - Per Person |
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| Organizational Change and Project Management | ||||||
| This professional training is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry, and identifies organizational change management processes, models, strategies and barriers to project and organizational change management. Participants are given a workbook developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help deliver some of the industries biggest information technology projects within scope, on time, and within budget. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000011 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Practical Application of Project Management Tools and Techniques | ||||||
This professional training is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry, including how to successfully plan, scope, schedule, resource, budget, communicate, execute and close projects. Participants are guided through an actual MCM Project Interactive Case Study (PICS) that mirrors the templates the class will be covering through the course. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of sixteen (16) easily utilized and vital templates developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help deliver some of the industries biggest information technology projects within scope, on time, and within budget. |
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Course Id: 000001 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Quality within Project Management | ||||||
| This professional training is designed for both the novice and experienced individual. It follows the MCM Project Management Institute based tools and techniques that are successfully utilized throughout the industry, including how to successfully initiate, plan, control, and monitoring the quality on your project. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of ten (10) easily utilized and vital templates developed and successfully utilized by MCM Project Management to help deliver some of the industries biggest information technology projects within scope, on time, and within budget. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000008 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Risk Management within Project Management | ||||||
| The skills of problem-solving and decision-making are critical to effective project management. In this course, participants will practice effective decision making in the area of risk management after identifying and quantifying problems and analyzing potential solutions. Participants will also examine impact analysis and risk response control. Participants are given and workbook and a CD of six (6) easily utilized and vital templates. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000003 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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| Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) within Project Management | ||||||
| Developing a comprehensive WBS serves as the framework for the entire project. A successful project is one where the project met the stated requirements. The WBS helps to achieve this objective. Many project managers do not understand the concepts of the WBS, the discipline required to make one, how to develop and use one, and many are not even aware of the principles involved. This course will give the participant a real understanding of the purpose of the WBS as well as how to develop one and understand its purpose in keeping project costs down and make the schedule realistic. Participants are given a workbook and an auto-load CD of twelve (12) easily utilized and vital templates. | ||||||
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Course Id: 000005 PDUs: 7 CEUs: 0.7 Hours: 7 Cost: $395.00 - Per Person |
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