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Project Management: Time Management In Project Management: Time Management, participants learn how to identify the activities involved with a project and construct a network diagram based on those activities. They learn how to determine the critical path for a project. They also learn about several mathematical analysis techniques, such as CPM and PERT, to develop project schedules. more...

Financial Management: Understanding Financial Statements In Financial Management: Understanding Financial Statements, participants develop an in-depth understanding of the purpose and uses of each of four financial statements-the income statement, the balance sheet, the cash flow statement, and the statement of stockholders' equity-and practice preparing and interpreting each of these tools. more...

Financial Management: Budgeting Essentials In Financial Management: Budgeting Essentials, participants learn how to create and enforce a budget by analyzing financial statements, setting objectives, and monitoring performance. more...

Financial Management: Analyzing Financial Statements In Financial Management: Analyzing Financial Statements, participants will learn about the various tools available for analyzing financial statements. more...

Financial Management: Inventory Costing and Depreciation In Financial Management: Inventory Costing and Depreciation, participants will learn how to calculate inventory value and depreciation. Participants will learn why organizations use accounting methods when reporting financial information on financial statements. more...

Microsoft Excel 2000 Proficient User This course provides participants with the skills to use Microsoft Excel 2000 on a daily basis in their workplace. At the completion of this course, students will learn how to format and print data in a worksheet; make worksheet calculations by using the advanced formulas and functions provided by Excel; manipulate data in a worksheet; create and edit workbooks for integrating with Web technology; more...

Exit Interviewing Skills Conducting an Exit Interview Exit Interviewing Skills: Conducting an Exit Interview covers how to follow the exit interview process, use descriptive statistics for analysis, and report exit interview results. The program covers how to calm upset employees, handle complaints, and prevent information distortion. It also covers how to use effective analysis tools, compile information for analysis, and follow up on problems. HR more...

Microsoft Excel 97 Intermediate This highly interactive CBT contains six units that cover intermediate Excel skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Excel 97, students learn how to work with formulas and functions, automate tasks, use and analyze list data, enhance charts and worksheets, and work with Excel and the Internet. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom more...

Large Network Case Studies In this module, we explore network availability, performance, and Internet connectivity. As you work through this module, you will come to appreciate that all network design issues are highly interrelated. Likewise, real-world design projects often include multiple broad goals, often creating large and complex trade-offs. more...

Sales The Selling Cycle The Selling Process: The Selling Cycle, is the fourth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the steps in the selling cycle, match the steps in the selling cycle to the buyer-focused selling model, calculate the key ratios in the selling cycle, and analyze the key ratios in the selling cycle. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales more...

Performance Metrics for an Inbound Call Center The call center environment typifies the active, fast pace of the business world. In this hectic environment, is there time to consider how things are being done? There should be. As the call center industry slowly transforms into a customer management industry, the impetus will be on call center managers to ensure customers receive the best service possible. But where do you look to analyze more...

Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction If you're lucky, your customers will complain when they are dissatisfied with your company's service. If you're not so lucky, they'll say nothing and just take their business elsewhere. It's essential that you keep your fingers on the pulse of customer opinion if you are to prevent them defecting to the competition. You need to measure customer satisfaction on a regular basis, and this course will more...

Budgeting and Controlling Costs A small change in schedule, resources, or scope can result in a major change in cost. The processes associated with Project Cost Management help Project Managers measure project performance and monitor cost variances. This course will highlight the importance of Project Cost Management to project performance. It will cover the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for the Cost Budgeting and more...

Managing the Execution and Control of IT Projects Did you know that the average IT project has cost overruns of nearly 200 percent, and that almost 30 percent of all IT projects fail? Why do you think IT projects are so vulnerable to cost overruns and failure? How can you ensure that your project does not end up as one of these statistics? You can avoid being a statistic by managing project scope, cost, and scheduling. As you go through this more...

Advanced Project Management Project Estimating Techniques ...he Modified Delphi method is used. It also teaches how to calculate PERT estimates and how function point analysis and forecasting are used. In addition, it covers how to avoid common estimating mistakes and how orders of magnitude help gauge the accuracy of estimates. Finally, it teaches steps for explaining estimates to stakeholders, how to document estimates, and how to improve them. Project more...

Advanced Project Management Managing Accelerated Projects ...t also covers how ERP benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for resources. Finally, it teaches how to promote teamwork and enhance productivity, empower project team members, and create a sense of urgency to ensure project work is completed on time. Project managers who are responsible more...

Project Management Professional Time Management I Project Management: Time Management I, is the third of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to calculate the critical path, calculate float and identify essential network concepts. The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum introduces advanced level project coordination techniques within the areas of organization, resource management, more...

Project Management Professional Cost Management .... After the completion of this course you will be able to calculate a cost performance index, calculate a schedule performance index and calculate your estimate at completion using three different methods . The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum introduces advanced level project coordination techniques within the areas of organization, resource management, quality assurance, and more...

Project Management Professional Risk Management Project Management: Risk Management, is the ninth of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the four responses to risk, identify methods of prioritizing risks and calculate the expected monetary value for different decisions. The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum introduces advanced level project coordination techniques more...

Decimals and Percents A basic understanding of decimals and percentages is key to any businessperson, whether tallying costs for warehouse supplies or estimating resource allocation. This course instructs the learner in the following: how to use decimals, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; how to solve problems involving percentages to determine portions, a rate, a whole unit, and increases more...

Ratios Averages and Graphs Whether tracking profitability or portraying the rate of inventory consumption, knowledge of ratios and averages is indispensable in the business world. Using real-world scenarios, this course explains the concepts of ratio, proportion, and how to compare different kinds of numbers; and discusses simple, weighted, and moving averages. Anyone who needs to apply basic math skills to business more...

Managerial Decisions and Capital Budgeting Business decisions involve choosing between alternative courses of action and developing formal plans for future action. This course explains several methods of analysis that can help business managers to choose alternatives that offer the highest rate of return on investment or the greatest reduction in costs. In this course, topics such as capital budgeting and managerial decisions provide you more...

Accrual Accounting Procedures It's the end of the fiscal year and all transactions must be accounted for. But there are some transactions that aren't complete, such as paying interest or delivering services. Do you record them or ignore them? The accrual basis of accounting is guided by the principle that says the revenue earned by a business must match all the expenses incurred to generate that revenue. This course will more...

Accounting Systems and Closing Activities Some businesses carry out hundreds of transactions in a single day. You can imagine the accounting data at the end of the day, or the end of the month. Ultimately, these transactions can be categorized into a few different types. Organizing the transactions through special journals actually reduces the work and allows you to be more efficient in your accounting activities at the end of every more...

Accounting for Cash Control Businesses operate on cash and strive to earn it. Cash can be defined as dollars and coins, checks, vouchers, and money orders. Accounting procedures are established to ensure that cash receipts and cash disbursements are protected. This course explores the accounting methods for internal control of cash such as petty cash, bank reconciliation, and payroll. Understanding the processing, recording, more...

Accounting for Merchandising Businesses A merchandising business is a business that buys goods and sells them for profit. Merchandising businesses, which include wholesalers and retailers, typically handle inventory, therefore accounting procedures exist to record the cost of goods sold or not sold. This course will provide practical information about maintaining accounts and generating financial statements specifically for more...

Accounting for Partnerships Partnerships are voluntary organizations between two or more people that combine different resources in a business venture. These resources can be money, expertise, personal connections, or experience. Accounting procedures are established to ensure that each partner gets his/her share of the business income or loss. This course explores the accounting methods that pertain to partnerships and the more...

Accounting for Corporations Did you know that basic accounting transactions for corporations are different than other types of business organizations? Do you need to learn more about the basic accounting principles of corporations? This course is designed to teach you how to perform basic accounting procedures specifically for corporations. You will learn how to record the issuance of stock and record transactions in the more...

Analyzing Cash Flow Statements Have you ever had to make a really tough business decision? They can be hard to make, especially since a bad decision can ruin a company. Fortunately there is a way to make a more informed and better business decision; by analyzing your company's financial statements. They contain information that can help you improve your company's efficiency and overall effectiveness. Cash flow statement more...

Master Budgets Will you be able to expand? Will you be able to afford that new piece of equipment? What kind of profit can be expected if you do? To answer these questions about your business will not require a fortune teller. It will require the creation of a master budget. No matter the size of your company, if you are to succeed and continue to grow, you must carefully plan for your company's future. Master more...

Introduction to Advanced Finance Don't be intimidated by corporate finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will review Time Value of Money concepts, and learn how to choose corporate projects using accounting models and cash flow models. This course is designed specifically for business more...

Raising Capital and Financing Decisions The goal of every financial manager is to maximize firm value and shareholder wealth. How does a manager reach this objective? To be successful, financial managers must be aware of the financing options available to them, and the procedures they must follow to begin financing. Most important, managers must be able to choose the best financing mix for their company. This course is designed more...

Define the Six Sigma Opportunity Have you ever heard someone say, "That's putting the cart before the horse"? It's a quaint way of describing a process that's being implemented in a backward manner. One example of this is a company that begins to make organization-wide improvements before identifying which improvements would provide optimal benefits. This course, Define the Six Sigma Opportunity, is a guide for choosing those more...

Taguchi and Quality Improvement Well-designed experiments result in effective process design or redesign, and ultimately, improved organizations. The Taguchi Method is a technique for designing and performing experiments to investigate processes where the output depends on many variables. The Taguchi Method allows the Six Sigma teams to avoid the tedious and costly task of running a process using all possible combinations of more...

Measurement Systems The Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for collecting data and establishing baseline measures of current processes. However, measurement itself can be problematic. A measurement system is only as good as the measuring instruments and the operators, and more...

Analyzing Process Capability Process capability is determined by a range of variables including people, machines, materials and measurements. The cumulative result must be quantified numerically to determine current performance and project future potential. To do so requires a knowledge of control limits, specification limits, capability indices, and the difference between short- and long-term variability. This course teaches more...

Calculating Process Capability ...ce a normal distribution, special indices are required to calculate process capability. This course teaches Black Belt candidates the indices for non-normal process capability, and discusses how to transform non-normal data for use in standard statistical tests. It also examines the difference between continuous and discrete data, and the distributions used for capability analysis of discrete more...

Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality What, do you expect everything to be perfect? How would you respond if one of your employees said that to you? You might consider saying, "Well, yes " In fact, striving for near perfect quality is reasonable and achievable. It's a matter of reducing variation through the use of Six Sigma. "Variation," or deviation from what the customer wants, may be inherent in the business world, yet by more...

Lean Techniques Imagine that you're shopping at a local furniture store when you see a lamp that you must buy. It's exactly what you've been looking for at the right price. But the lamp model is out of stock and the only one left is the floor sample. Naturally, you inquire about purchasing the sample, but the sales person tells you that the store has a policy of prohibiting this. Why? Wouldn't it make sense to more...

Pricing and Profitability for Product Managers A crucial aspect of a product manager's job is deciding what price to charge for a given product. It's equally important to understand that pricing decisions do not happen in a vacuum; the product manager will be held accountable for the success of the products he prices. Clearly, it's important for the product manager to understand the financial implications of his decisions. In this course, more...

Information Security and Risk Management To identify the security requirements associated with identifying and protecting organizational information assets, perform the analysis techniques used in risk management, and recognize the responsibilities associated with different roles in an organization Mid-level and senior-level managers who are working toward or have already attained positions as CISOs, CSOs or Senior Security Engineers more...

How Wide Area Networks Work This WestNet e-Learning module discusses the technologies used to connect two or more local area networks (LANs) over an extended distance, resulting in either a metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN). The difference between a MAN and a WAN will also be explored. more...

Large Network Implementation Case Studies In this WestNet e-Learning module, we consider general implementation goals, such as Internet connectivity, network performance, convergence, and remote access. more...

VoIP Network Engineering Management and Support This module explores telecommunications and converged network design and engineering principles. We review the Erlang and Poisson traffic estimation formulas. We learn the steps necessary to plan, design, and engineer a converged network. We discover methods we can use to measure the converged network s voice quality, and how we can determine the effects the final network design has on overall more...

Traffic Engineering This WestNet e-Learning module discusses traffic engineering concepts, traffic data sources, and busy-hour engineering. more...

Emerging Internet Technologies This WestNet e-Learning module discusses five emerging Internet-based technologies most likely to become essential elements of a fully converged Internet communication system. more...

Cisco CallManager Fundamentals To explain how to deploy a Cisco CallManager server in a cluster using a supported IP telephony deployment model IT professionals responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the ongoing administration of a Cisco IP telephony solution; candidates preparing for the Cisco IP Telephony exam (642-444 CIPT) more...

Enabling Video Calling and Conferencing To demonstrate how to enable video calling and conferencing in Cisco CallManager IT professionals responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the ongoing administration of a Cisco IP telephony solution; candidates preparing for the Cisco IP Telephony exam (642-444 CIPT) more...

Building and Securing VoIP Networks To identify how to implement numbering plans and scalable dial plans for VoIP networks, calculate existing bandwidth and additional bandwidth requirements for voice and data traffic, and recognize the implications of implementing security measures in IP networks that transport voice IT professionals responsible for preparing, configuring, and maintaining a voice and data network; candidates more...

Constructing IP Network Addresses To describe the major aspects of IP addressing and calculate valid IP subnet addresses and masks Individuals new to networking concepts and terminology; individuals preparing to take the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) learning path; anyone preparing for the Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) exam, the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) exam, or the Cisco more...

Cisco ONT 1 0 Supporting VoIP To recognize how voice is encapsulated, bandwidth requirements and overhead, and how voice is implemented in an enterprise Individuals preparing for the Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP and the Cisco Certified Design Professional CCDP certifications; senior-level network support professionals, network administrators, network engineers, network managers, systems managers, or network more...

Oracle Database 10g Managing Undo Data and Lock Conflicts Release 2 To discuss how to manage undo data and manage lock conflicts in an Oracle database Anyone wanting to learn about Oracle Database 10g database administration more...

Electrical Electronics DC Circuits The course content covers analysis of various electric circuits and behavior of various types of components. The course is aimed at individuals working with machinery, maintaining machinery or involved in maintenance. more...

DC Circuit Theory This one-hour course is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of DC Electrical Theory. It is also intended to enhance your understanding of the operation and design of DC circuits, components, and sources. You will learn about basic DC electrical terms, equations and theory, and solve problems involving resistance, voltage, and current. The content in this course is designed to more...

Data Management and Analysis with Excel 2002 The Data Management and Analysis with Excel 2002 WBT is the second course in the Office XP: Excel 2002 curriculum. This course teaches the user how to effectively manage data in Excel and analyse data based on certain functions. The functions dealt with in this course include mathematical, logical, date and time, text, lookup and reference, financial, and statistical functions. Additionally, the more...

Using Advanced Data Management Techniques The Using Advanced Data Management Techniques WBT is the third course in the Office XP: Excel 2002 curriculum. This course teaches the users how to create lists in Excel and manage them by filtering, sorting, subtotaling data, and specifying validation criteria. Additionally, it explains the procedures involved in importing data in Excel from external sources, such as Access databases, text files, more...

Microsoft Word 97 Basic This highly interactive CBT contains five units that cover basic Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Word 97, students learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary more...

Fundamentals of MS Project 2000 This course is the first course in the MS Project 2000 curriculum. It acquaints the students with the capabilities of MS Project 2000. It also enables students to plan, create and manage products and assign tasks and resources to a project. This course is designed for project managers who need to create project plans for managing tasks and assigning resources. more...

Microsoft Word 2000 Basic This highly interactive CBT contains five units that cover basic Word skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Word 2000, students learn how to design, create, edit, and enhance documents. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online more...

Advanced Project Leadership: Bringing Home the Value Advanced Project Leadership: Bringing Home the Value teaches project managers to consider both the monetary and non-monetary value of a project first of all by understanding how a project supports strategy. Project Managers will learn how to calculate Earned Value Return on Investment and Net Present Value. They will also learn how to interpret the results to make decisions about the value of a more...

Project Management: Time Management ''Project Management: Time Management'': This program includes information about the differences between tasks, activities, and events, as well as how to identify predecessor, concurrent, and successor activities. Students will learn how to identify dependency relationships, how to convert an activity list into a network diagram, and how to estimate activity duration. In addition, this program more...

Project Management: Estimating Costs This course covers resource identification, life cycle costing, the tools used to identify necessary project resources, and how to assign resources to activities. This program also includes instruction on how to use the work breakdown structure to complete cost approximation, how to use resource rates, estimating publications, historical information, and how to use a chart of accounts when more...

C++ Foundation for Non-C Programmers - Part 1 This is the first part of a two-part series which is designed to teach non-C programmers the fundamentals of C++ programming. This series is based on ANSI C++ and is not environment or vendor-specific. This course will teach students the basic skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write, compile, and run basic C++ applications. Students will learn the language fundamentals, such as syntax, more...

Business Finance: Risk Analysis Business Finance: Risk Analysis offers the student an overview of the information required to identify calculate and assess both individual investments and investment portfolios. The program details types of risks associated with investments gives equations used to calculate risk and provides information about how to assess the results of the equations.  more...

Business Finance: Time Value of Money Business Finance: Time Value of Money offers the student an overview of the information required to calculate the future and present values of individual cash flows ordinary annuities annuities due perpetuities and investments with uneven cash flows. The program also covers how to calculate interest rates and maturity dates establish an amortization table and calculate payments on amortized more...

Business Accounting: Accounting for Liabilities Business Accounting: Accounting for Liabilities offers the student an overview of the types of liabilities a company may accrue when conducting business activities how to manage those liabilities and how to calculate the time value of money. The program details types of current and long-term liabilities and how they are accounted for on financial statements as well as how to calculate the present more...