Project Management Training Courses
Fine-tune your approach to projects
Or, fill in knowledge gaps with Systemation’s project management courses. A few easy-to-implement changes in how you tackle projects can yield a big payback.
Instead of saddling you with textbook knowledge that you may never use, our courses, including our Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification Training, are intensely practical. You’ll be able to apply what you learn on-the-job, immediately, to improve project results.
Our PM training courses for all levels of project management will help you build the 44 competencies described in PMI®’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). And since project management is an intuitive skillset, acquired primarily through experience, we allocate workshop time accordingly—our project management training courses spend 80% on case study exercises and only 20% on lectures. Systemation’s PMI® Registered Education Provider (R.E.P) number is 1018.
How to Get Classroom Learning to Translate into On-the-Job Performance
Fast Start® In Project Management
3 days Physical | 24 hours Virtual
Participants learn state-of-the-art techniques for developing comprehensive project plans, getting management buy-in, and estimating and scheduling project tasks with accuracy and sophistication. They build work breakdown structures and skillfully apply limited resources to their project plans. In addition, they rehearse dynamic modeling to handle surprise variables.
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Making Projects Work
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This workshop examines how to serve as a successful bridge between a project team, customers, and sponsors. Participants learn techniques for making difficult requests and influencing people outside their scope of power. They also learn how to use a negotiating and contracting model to guarantee common understanding of a project as well as ownership of a final deal.
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Maximizing Project Success Through People
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
Our most effective tool for achieving project success is our relationships. And since we are the common thread in all of our relationships, it makes sense that the process of improving our skills should begin with us. In this project management training course, you learn that through understanding “how we are with others” and “how we are with ourselves”, we can manage any project to a successful outcome.
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Advanced Project Management
3 days Physical | 24 hours Virtual
Time. Cost. Scope. In this advanced project management training course participants learn to keep these three dimensions in harmony across multiple projects amidst unexpected events. They practice shifting resources among projects. They also perform earned-value calculations–a sophisticated way to pinpoint whether projects will end on time or behind schedule. They also analyze project results to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to redefine “best practice.”
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Estimating and Risk Management
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
Estimating and risk management are two of the more difficult areas for project managers to master. Participants learn to estimate projects using a variety of top down and bottom up methods. These techniques learned in this project management training course will be invaluable in estimating projects for yearly budget cycles and for establishing initial project time and cost baselines. In addition, this workshop provides best practice methods of identifying, analyzing, and response planning to risks.
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Change Management for Projects
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This highly interactive workshop is designed to give the participant a solid foundation in the concepts, tools, and techniques of effective change management. While introductory in nature, this project management training course is extremely comprehensive covering why change management is important, the key concepts and the “how to’s” associated with leading change management practices.
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Program and Portfolio Management
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
In this project management training course, you’ll learn how program management and portfolio management represent two approaches that can significantly enhance productivity in modern business. Both contribute to efficiently using limited resources to accomplish organizational goals. Participants will gain an understanding of both of these approaches along with exposure to many of the tools and techniques necessary to successfully execute these concepts.
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Program Management
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
A program is an efficient and optimal way for managing multiple interrelated projects that support overall organizational objectives and obtaining the benefits not available from managing the projects individually. Participants will gain an understanding of program management, including exposure to the best practices, tools, and techniques necessary to successfully execute this concept.
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Virtual Teams
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
Project managers must find ways to help their teams work together effectively – especially in today’s highly-dispersed work environments. This project management training course instructs virtual teams how to optimize performance through greater team dynamics, align business and project goals with key performance metrics, measure results and build solid and lasting foundations of trust.
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Getting Project Results Through Contract Resources
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This workshop walks participants through all phases of the procurement process, giving them the skills needed to effectively contract outside resources while avoiding the potential traps and pitfalls along the way. It also covers information concerning organizational planning and staff acquisition that is critical to obtaining the right people.
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Managing Project Crisis
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This workshop is designed to help project managers become better team leaders by honing their skills in the key areas of communication, motivation, expectation setting and problem resolution. Participants emerge from this two-day project management training course equipped with immediately usable skills that empower them to lead teams towards desired project outcomes and organizational goals.
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The Occasional Project Manager
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
Individuals managing smaller, shorter-term projects often wear multiple hats and have other job duties on top of their project responsibilities. This highly interactive project management training course equips such jugglers to deliver great project results more efficiently and with less stress. Participant’s gain a solid understanding of the 4 phases in every project (planning, specifying, building, and implementing) and the 4 project disciplines (project management, business analysis, product development, and change management).
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Project Management Basics
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This project management training course is designed to give participants a basic understanding of the concepts, tools and techniques of formal project management. While introductory in nature, this training course covers the five key process groups and 18 core competencies associated with effective and efficient project management practice. This is an ideal course for those short on time but need the basics.
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Project Management Overview
1 day Physical | 8 hours Virtual
This one-day project management training course teaches students the significance of effective project management, how their role can impact future results; best practice tools, techniques; which areas can benefit from professional principles; and what it takes to build and be part of a world-class project management team.
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Project Management for Team Members
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This two-day workshop provides participants with a thorough working knowledge of project management, so they can better understand their roles and responsibilities. This project management training course enhances the ability of team members to assist the project manager in the planning and executing of projects.
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Project Management for Information Systems
3 days Physical | 24 hours Virtual
Introductory in nature yet very comprehensive, this highly interactive workshop is designed to give participants a solid foundation in the concepts, tools and techniques of formal project management. Students not only acquire technique-based proficiencies, but also explore and practice essential people skills and teamwork.
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Project Management Executive Overview
.5 days Physical | 4 hours Virtual
Company executives walk away from this informative project management training course with the necessary skills and knowledge to handle important issues throughout the project management process, including strengthening project managers’ competencies, stimulating productivity, improving employee interaction and sustaining expertise.
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Project Management Simulation
3 days Physical | 24 hours Virtual
Project managers work in teams to shepherd a 30-week project to completion via a computer simulation in this project management training course. Each team faces real-life decision variables such as budget cuts, expanding scope, a competitor’s surprise product launch, a team member who becomes ill, and changes in a project sponsor. As participants take risks in handling each surprise, they receive instant feedback and have the opportunity to make adjustments.
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PMP® Exam Preparation
2 days Physical | 16 hours Virtual
This workshop focuses on key concepts in each of the processes and knowledge areas. It also covers the recently added professional responsibility sections. Participants answer sample exam questions and recognize the critical components involved in preparing to take the certification exam. The final workshop exercise involves creating a project plan for preparing for and passing the PMP® Certification exam.
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PMP® Exam Preparation Boot Camp
4 days Physical | 35 hours Virtual
The PMP® Certificate is the most recognized and respected credential in the field of project management. This training course is dedicated to helping students earn their certificate by preparing them to pass the PMP® exam. This project management training course focuses on key concepts in each of the process and knowledge areas, including the recently added professional responsibility section. Students not only gain the knowledge of project management but learn to apply the critical skills for project success.
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