 Project Management General Information
We provide accredited project management training based upon real life experiences and following the International Project Management Association guidelines. The Training has helped thousands of individuals in their day-to-day project management.
This training is also designed to help those individuals who are not majored in Management.
Project management is about the development of solid, responsive and effective tools more suited to the rigors of constant and complex change. Project management is a process designed to minimize the risk of project failure and it relies on project managers with broad knowledge, competence and skills of all sorts. It is an exciting role where you can make a difference.
A Key Distinction: the IPMA-level D certification differ from others. Our training is designed not to cram for exams, but to reinforce practical experience and introduce useful tools and methods following the ICB/NCB guideline. However, our training courses will not only help improve your project management skills, but will also help you in the exam.
Our IPMA Level D course has been run for Companies worldwide. Check our public course schedule to see if there is a convenient date/venue, and if we do not have a date in the schedule, we can come to you. Email us to find out more at john@proportiontraining.com
Based upon the IPMA (International Project Management Association), ICB (International Competence Baseline), the IPMA Level D course is fundamental for Project Managers in all industries.
This four-day course is accredited by the both the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm) www.asapm.org and the Canadian Project Management Association (PMAC). www.pmac-ampc.ca/Level-D
It is intended that the qualifying examination be taken soon after the course is completed. This examination can also be arranged overseas if this is more convenient for any delegate or group. In the case of the PMAC version, an on-line examination is available.
This is a very intensive course which includes many exercises to consolidate the learning. The course can be run in-company to provide more flexibility on timing, more focus on your projects and more convenience for taking the examination. We will be happy to talk to you regarding a program for your project staff or alternatively you are welcome to attend our public courses held regularly throughout the year.
We are also happy to deliver the course via MSN or Skype for example, if you are in a remote location, or have the need to do the course quickly and you cannot get to one of our open courses.
Ask yourselves:
What percentage of your projects have been over budget?
How many Projects fail to deliver on time?
Are you relinquishing your marketplace edge to successfully streamlined competitors? In today’s global marketplace corporate inefficiencies run high without properly trained Project Managers.
Get your Projects under control:
Training your team in Project Management best practice increases your overall effectiveness, helping your company to make more money with less hassle. For example, learn about:
- Minimizing Risk
- Projects finishing on time and within budget.
- Planning projects successfully
- Systematically controlling and tracking projects
- Constructively managing change
- Leadership, team and people skills
At Proportion our Project Management training program is specially designed to build these critical skills.
The Course elements
- some distance learning
- classroom teaching
The Certification will be made on the basis of passing the examination.
The identified course sessions will be
- The Role of the Manager
- PM Definitions
- Project Organisation
- Managerial Behavior
- Project Initiation
- Project Planning
- Work Breakdown Structures
- Life Cycles
- Risk Management
- Estimating
- Managing Other Resources
- Progress Control
- Document Management
- Configuration Management
- Post Implementation Considerations
- Change Management
- Quality Management Systems
The order and timing will be confirmed at the beginning of the course. It is advisable to obtain and read certain documents prior to taking the course a helpful listed below. It is difficult to offer a choice, however the following recommendations will give a good grounding:
Pre Reading for the Project Management Course
*** essential reading ** advised extra reading
*** ‘asapm’ NCB Provided electronically by Proportion.
The course is necessarily intensive and without having read this and digested the contents participants will always be running to keep up.
Other reading is also recommended. It is difficult to make a choice, or indeed, recommendations. The following will give a good grounding:
** Cleland & Ireland – “Project Manager’s Portable Handbook, 2nd Edition McGraw Hill
** Rory Burke, “Project Management, Planning & Control Techniques 4th edition John Wiley
** Belbin –“Management Teams” Elsevier
** D.C.B. Chapman & S. Ward Project Risk Management – John Wiley
Details of the Registration forms for the ‘asapm’ Examination are obtained from Proportion upon payment of the course fee. The Exam Registration must be submitted direct to the ‘asapm’ at least 10 working days before the examination. Failure to comply with this will mean exclusion from the examinations. You can still attend the course, but you would have to sit the examinations at a later date at additional expense. Note - at such a late stage, no refunds would be applicable.
More Information
Please use the following links for more information.
Any queries on the above should be directed to John Colville at Proportion (312) 329-9893
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