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Professional Development Seminars Certificates

Project Management Certificate

(Must complete 5 of the following  seminars)

Conflict Management/Negotiation
This is designed for students and professionals to learn the foundation and fundamentals of Win/Win negotiations.  The content of this seminar is grounded on the disciplines of psychology, management and communications - with a focus on long-term relationship building - to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. This skill building program offers business professionals the opportunity to learn their style of managing conflict andpracticing tested negotiation techniques to improve their skills.

Fundamentals of Project Management
This seminar will explain the necessary concepts and techniques that individuals need to better plan, organize, control and manage the successful completion of a project in order to keep up with the business world's efficiency and professionalism. A comprehensive understanding both on the science of project management and the art of managing projects will be presented.

Project Management Tools
This seminar will briefly review sound project management practices by focusing on the basics of project management.  Our discussions will include managing time, cost, scope, and the people side of project management.  We will learn step by step how to manage project resources, schedules, and scope with Microsoft Project 2003 which is currently the industry standard project management tool.

Team Development: 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
The purpose of this training is to provide individuals and intact teams with useful concepts and practical tools for increasing team effectiveness.  Specifically, team members learn about team basis and the characteristics of effective teams as well as as a model for team development.  In addition, they are given many opportunities to apply specific team development methods, tools and activities.

Fundamentals of Six Sigma: A Five-Step Quality Improvement Process
The Six Sigma seminar provides an overview of the key elements of a Six Sigma program.  Six Sigma is a management strategy whereby customer satisfaction is maximized, and defects that create customer satisfaction are minimized.  A key feature of Six Sigma is the use of a structured, disciplined problem solving approach to reducing defects.  The six steps to problem solving are:  Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control, and Replicate.

Project Planning & Selection
This seminar discusses the project portfolio process and the different models that are used for selecting a set of projects.  It covers the project planning process, which includes the following elements:  schedule, cost, resources, potential problems, and evaluation methods.  It also introduces the Project Management office and its role in an organization.

Project Management Certification Prep.
This seminar is designed to cover the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK) areas tested in the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI).  The nine PMBOK areas are:  Scope, Time, Cost, HR, Risk, Integration, Quality, Communication, and Procurement management. The focus is going to be on preparing students to pass the PMP certification exam.

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