Instructor Led Advanced Project Training Classes

Strategic Project Management Introduced in 1993, the Strategic Project Management program is a customizable and highly interactive training program enabling organizations to increase their internal project management skills and success rates. This program supplements the traditional certification based training programs by equipping project managers with techniques to address the real-life issues, challenges, and  more...

Program Management Managing in the Complex Multiple Project Environment As forward thinking organizations search for ways to increase their business success, they increasingly rely on project management professionals. Projects are increasing in size and complexity, resulting in increasing demands on the project managers. Learn about the tools and techniques that help you to succeed in an increasingly complex project environment.  more...

Strengthening Effectiveness Across Organizational Boundaries In an increasingly complex world, we must rely on our colleagues across department, organizational, and cultural boundaries in order to get things done. The challenge of coming together to get things done is considerable. People have different agendas, action items, responsibilities, and assumptions. Yet, to be successful, we must develop productive relationships and successfully manage  more...

Managing Troubled Projects Despite the rapid advancement of the profession of project management, every organization has projects that are not achieving from time to time. There is a need to recover or rescue these projects in order to meet their business objectives. Learn about the tools and techniques that help you take over an existing project and succeed in meetings its objectives.  more...

Leadership Excellence in a Complex World Leaders in today s organizations operate on a fast track: we lead initiatives that can change by the hour, manage diverse resources from multiple organizations, and achieve results that become dated moments after they are posted. In this complex world, leaders cannot succeed with old tools. This workshop is designed for leaders who want to boost their performance to the next level. It will  more...

Leading Managing Successful Teams The art of team leadership involves nurturing individual and group potential, building team dynamics that maximize synergy and creativity, developing team relationships that lead to commitment and dedication, and appropriately empowering people to make the right decisions for the team and the organization.  more...

Advanced Purchasing Strategies sup sm sup This workshop is designed for everyone who has attended the Essentials of Purchasing program or for the more experienced buyer who would like to improve their skills. Since significant changes are taking place in technology, organizations and the role of purchasing, it is mandatory to not only brush up on what your doing but also to become exposed to the most newly developed purchasing  more...

Advanced Project Scheduling Senior project managers need a variety of scheduling tools and techniques to plan today s complex and fast moving projects. This course explores the critical path and beyond, helping senior project managers create reliable schedules for important projects.  more...

How to Purchase Services SERVICES-They don't come in containers and you can't count them. Plus, you often buy them but don't use them until after you need them. Those are just a few of the reasons that make cost-effective purchasing of services a major challenge. Do you get the quality of services that you want for the best price you can find? In this workshop you will learn to purchase services with the same confidence  more...

Strategic Thinking Planning and Deployment Why do nearly 90% of strategic plans fail? Contrary to popular belief, strategy does not only occur at the top tier of the organizational hierarchy, but at every level throughout the organization. The ability to establish meaningful, financially sound direction, and to determine, deploy and implement the most effective strategies to get there is a fundamental skill every successful leader/manager  more...

Architecting a Process-Centric Organization This course provides an introduction to the principles, methodologies and tools required to manage the processes, activities and reporting relationships in a process centric organization. It is a required course for certification as a BUCEC BPM Professional. This course focuses on the development of a business process architecture a high level depiction of the value chains and core business  more...

Coaching for Business Results As the world gets more complex and the rate of change accelerates, organizations must perform at higher and higher levels as do the people they employ. Coaching, a one-on one relationship based process, takes practice to master. Research shows that coaching, when done well, has the promise to improve the performance of people one-by-one. This workshop is about moving coaching to the forefront of  more...

Making Your Ideas Theirs Advanced Communication Strategies Do your messages hit their mark? When communicating with others, do you get the results you want? Whether presenting to an audience of thousands, conveying information to a team, or delivering a difficult message, communicating effectively is one of the most powerful skills for achieving your objectives. Yet masterful communication goes beyond simply crafting a clear message or practicing active  more...

Performance Coaching - How to Develop Employee Excellence If you re a manager or leader, the expectation to get the very best from your people comes with the territory. Much of your success will depend on your ability to help your employees develop the skills needed to transform performance from ordinary to extraordinary. But coaching performance is more than skill enhancement it is targeting growth paths, motivating, addressing behavior challenges  more...

Information Gathering and Facilitation for Business Processes This course provides practical training to ensure that trustworthy input for analysis and design is gathered in either one-on-one interviews with process stakeholders or in facilitated group settings. Techniques for generating innovative business process solutions in creative sessions will be addressed. These techniques will allow the participant to deliver better solutions based on consensus and  more...

Essentials of Purchasing No vague, abstract theories here--just solid, put-it-to-use material based on vast experience and proven methods. This systematic and well-organized seminar has repeatedly received the highest praise from the best judges of all, on-the-line purchasing professionals. You'll find the answers you need in just two days at this seminar--the best deal from suppliers, developing and maintaining a  more...

Chartering Teams to High Performance Once you know where you re going, how you get there is the defining difference between a so-so team and a high performing team. A team s charter is its roadmap to success. A carefully articulated charter clearly establishes the ground rules and adapts to the changing needs and stages of a team s lifecycle, whether it s a project team, management team or recommendation team. The charter also  more...

Relationship Management: Up, Down, and Sideways The old adage ?it?s not what you know, it?s who you know? holds more truth than many of us would like to admit. Recent research has proven that the ability to develop effective relationships is a stronger determinant of success ? by 2 to 1 ? than technical skill or proficiency. Over the last decade the roles and expectations of the individual contributor have evolved from ?producer of work  more...

Strategic Thinking, Planning and Deployment Why do nearly 90% of strategic plans fail? Contrary to popular belief, strategy does not only occur at the top tier of the organizational hierarchy, but at every level throughout the organization. The ability to establish meaningful, financially sound direction, and to determine, deploy and implement the most effective strategies to get there is a fundamental skill every successful leader/manager  more...

Team Facilitation & Coaching - Developing the 'Internal Consultant' A leader's credibility often is recognized through his or her confidence and effectiveness in leading and facilitating teams through business critical/strategic decisions. This becomes all the more challenging when team members are more technically proficient than their leader. Leaders with proficiency in facilitation are able to transcend this technology gap to channel the expertise of others to  more...

Time Management Survival Skills Managing your time effectively is the key to increasing your productivity by working on the priorities that give you the highest payoff. This course will teach practical skills you can apply to increase your productivity and accomplish your goals by using time efficiently, eliminating interruptions and time-wasters, getting and staying organized, and managing your multiple priorities.  more...

Strategic Decision-Making and Problem-Solving for Leaders We make decisions every day, so what makes a decision strategic? The difference lies in its degree of impact and downstream implications. Should we introduce a new product? What development approach should we take? I have three projects and one budget. How can I determine which project to fund that will have the highest value? These are strategic decisions that potentially affect the future of an  more...

Strategic Management: Understanding and Managing Complex Business Environments This course presents a comprehensive introduction to strategic management. It includes an in-depth discussion of many concepts that serve as planning tools in crafting a strategy in a business enterprise. Topics include, for example, an overview of the strategic management process, meaning of strategy and business model, analysis of an organization s internal resources, analysis of the external  more...

Managing a Business Process Project This course in change management provides managers and business analysts with a systematic process design methodology. It merges the disciplines of BPM with Project Management enabling effective and rapid change across organizational boundaries. This simple, repeatable methodology includes universal PM and BPM-specific techniques, guidelines and tools. A hands-on workshop provides materials and  more...

Principles of Business Process Management This course is the foundation for all courses in the Business Process Management curriculum and is required for BUCEC BPM certification. It provides an overview and discussion of the principles, concepts and techniques required to transform your business from a traditional, functional organization to a process-centric organization. The course introduces a systematic approach for the day-to day  more...

Leading with Values This workshop will show you how to develop a code of ethics/shared values statement via a proven, interactive process and embed these shared ethical values into the decision-making process and culture of organizations. These new skills will teach you to translate these values into desired actions and behaviors and to export these values to your customers so that your organization becomes the  more...

Analysis and Design of Business Processes This course provides practitioners and business analysts with an introduction to the skills and techniques required to design new processes or to redesign and improve existing processes. It is a required course for certification as a BUCEC BPM Professional. This course focuses on identifying opportunities for process improvement and presents the process analysis, modeling and design techniques  more...

Architecting, Designing and Managing a Process-Centric Organization This course provides an introduction to the principles, methodologies and tools required to manage the processes, activities and reporting relationships in a process centric organization. It is a required course for certification as a BUCEC BPM Professional. This course focuses on the development of a business process architecture ? a high level depiction of the value chains and core business  more...

Effective Project Leadership Project managers must be able to assess situations quickly and accurately to maximize project resources and minimize project threats, this course will present the competencies needed to apply project leadership to create the positive project environment. Do you have the tools to provide project leadership? This course will provide you with the needed information to answer that question. Each  more...

Project Management Earned Value Management Systems & Methods (EVMS) This course will introduce you to the concepts of Performance Measurement using Earned Value Systems. Earned Value Management is a technique used to quantitatively assess the real progress of a project by understanding the work that was completed, the time taken to complete it, and the actual costs or effort to complete the work. You will learn the fundamental tools and techniques for every day  more...

Aligning Your Workforce to Organizational Goals Successful organizations know what separates them from their competitors-it is their ability to purposefully connect their workforce with business goals. Don't forfeit your personal effectiveness, or your organization's by overlooking how organizational alignment drives superior results. Move from valued contributor to strategic thinker by learning to use a flexible methodology and tools for  more...

PRINCE2 Foundation Project failure is a common occurrence. Missed deadlines, overrun budgets, and poor quality outputs plague today s business units every day. Worse yet, most of the business benefits these projects were undertaken to achieve are never realized. The reasons for these failures are numerous but with a common thread -- the projects lack a structured approach to project management. PRINCE2 offers a  more...

PRINCE2 Practitioner If you want to be effective using the PRINCE2 method, a command of the theory behind it (as taught in MDP334 PRINCE2 : Foundation) is essential. But theory alone is not enough; you must be ready to apply the theory to real project situations. As a natural follow-up to the theory-based Foundation course, this course is focused on applying the theory to a real-life case study. Students will work  more...

Advanced IT Project Management With the increasing focus on common failures in IT projects, senior IT project mangers are increasingly under the spotlight to deliver value to their firms, more rapidly than ever before. This course helps IT project managers gain control of their environment by increasing their understanding of project business cases, newer development methodologies, and outsourcing.  more...

Commercializing New Products and Services Rapidity and Results The commercialization of new products and services is critical to the future success of all industries, but especially so in today s global economy. Not only are new products essential to future profits, but also the commercialization of new products and services is one way to successfully maintain your prices, and to defend and differentiate your business. Participants in this workshop will learn  more...

Consulting Inside Your Organization People at all levels of the organization often are asked to use their knowledge and skills to facilitate change or improvement, but they do not have direct control over how those changes are implemented. Consulting is the process of recommending actions without having formal authority to put those actions into place. This seminar explores the consulting process, based primarily on Peter Block s  more...

Enhancing Trust in the Workplace Trust is critical in achieving results with people. Increased trust leads to more motivation, creativity, innovation - and ultimately, increased productivity and greater work satisfaction. This program introduces participants to the cutting-edge, easy-to-understand Reina Trust & Betrayal Model along with tools, skills and methods that support building and sustaining trust.  more...

Managing Meetings for Results 11 million meetings occur in the United States each day and many of them are ineffective. Yet, we continue to meet because of the promise of an effective meeting: shared knowledge, robust problem-solving, sound decision-making, clear action-planning, and commitment to results. This workshop will help you plan and manage business meetings that achieve target outcomes.  more...

Gateway Leadership Certificate Program Developing future leaders is the single greatest challenge that all enterprises face today. Corporate research over the last 30 years proves that those companies that invest in the development of leaders and maintain a bench strength of talent results in a significant competitive edge demonstrated in profitability, adaptiveness and sustained and predictable results. A series of recent  more...

Peer Mentoring A practical approach to knowledge transfer Peer Mentoring teaches people how to transfer knowledge and deliver on-the-job training. Originally developed for engineers at Microsoft, Peer Mentoring has evolved over the last ten years to help thousands of individuals and teams cross-train, navigate transitions, and get new staff up to speed quickly and efficiently. The course is a fast paced, one-day program that uses plain language and  more...

Project Management Fast Track The Project Management Fast Track is a hands-on program that is aligned with the Project Management Institute s (PMI) Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). This program is designed to help you understand and pull together all the knowledge areas and processes of project management necessary to plan and execute, control and close successful projects. A case study is  more...

Strategic Alignment of the Project Portfolio Many organizations lack a common understanding about their projects. This lack of clarity can impede progress toward achieving the organization s goals. This course surveys the popular views of corporate strategy, and equips the project manager with the tools and understanding necessary to keep his or her project on the organizational fast track  more...

Strategies for Managing Change Managing People in a Changing Environment As organizations develop new strategies to survive and grow, implementation of these changes requires employees to develop new knowledge, skills, and processes. This 2-day course focuses on the process of change, and what is required to build commitment to change within the organization. Discussion, analysis, and exercises will help you learn to manage change effectively, and become a more  more...

Understanding Managing Conflict Conflict is a fact of life. By better understanding conflict and how it affects your working relationships, you can begin to make conflict work for you, not against you. This highly-interactive 3-day course will help you strengthen your ability to work creatively with all types of conflict and improve your effectiveness in interpersonal relationships and negotiations. Extensive resources for  more...

Communicating & Presenting for Management Success Your ability to communicate with individuals and with small and large groups is crucial to your success. This 3-day course will give you the skills and confidence to listen, give praise and negative feedback, run meetings effectively, and deliver clear messages to any audience. You will have several opportunities to be videotaped and to see and hear yourself in action.  more...

How To Achieve Results Through Influencing Effective influence doesn t just happen! How do you get people to buy into your ideas and your needs? Being able to accurately read situations, individuals and groups, and applying the appropriate type of influence behavior are the keys to becoming successful at influencing. Influence is the ability to have others take a desired action while building and maintaining the relationship. Participants  more...

Leading & Managing Successful Teams The art of team leadership involves nurturing individual and group potential, building team dynamics that maximize synergy and creativity, developing team relationships that lead to commitment and dedication, and appropriately empowering people to make the right decisions for the team and the organization.  more...

Listening to Influence Getting More Out of Conversations The ability to listen is critically important for your success. But few know how to really listen - to focus, receive, respond to, retain and retrieve vital information. Now get more benefit - and less frustration and disappointment - from business interactions. Learn to bar distraction, increase response and feedback, and remain fully "present." This hands-on workshop takes you beyond listening's  more...

Managing Successful Negotiations Whether knowingly or not, people negotiate everyday when they haggle over price, decide which movie to see, discuss the conditions of employment, or settle terms and conditions of a contract. The program is designed to help you acquire the necessary concepts, skills, and techniques to prepare for and conduct successful negotiations.  more...

Maximizing Global Success Designing and Managing Remote Operations As the economy globalizes, competition requires companies to become more efficient and effective in a boundaryless manner. The remote individual and manager of remote operations needs new skill sets and tool kits to be successful. Technology tools may help to mitigate time and distance but, have limited effectiveness used absent of other methods. Project task design, communication strategies,  more...

Business Management Skills for Project Managers Project managers are in a position to influence the financial performance of their organizations. Project managers also have a need to communicate the value of their projects to senior managers in a common language. This course helps project managers understand common business financial terms, and assess how their projects influence organizational performance.  more...

Advanced MS Project Topics - Users and security - Advanced view features - Status reports - Creating and editing custom fields - Adding and configuring resources - Managing and editing resource costs - Advanced budgeting and tracking features - Creating and editing custom forms - Creating and editing custom reports - Customizing Project Central Server - Advanced Project Central features - Implementing and  more...

Advanced Project Management On-Site Training Only Length: 3 days Number of Participants: Up to 20 Materials: Notebooks and handouts provided This 3-day course will lift your career to the next level. With this hands-on course, you ll pique your knowledge with an advanced level of professionalism. Advanced Project Management goes beyond the basics of project management and into the skills needed to keep your career  more...