Eight ways this workshop will help you:

1. Become a better project manager – Brush up on principles and learn new techniques, improving your confidence and understanding of project management.
2. Reduce the chance that your project will get derailed – Learn time-tested strategies for estimating deadlines, scheduling more accurately, and managing your team.
3. Smooth snags and adapt to unplanned changes – Keep your project moving forward no matter what problems you are faced with.
4. Maintain open lines of communication – Avoid common traps, and make sure everyone shares the same project vision by using proven communication techniques.
5. Stay on budget and keep stakeholders happy – Develop skills to better estimate time, costs, and benchmarks for your project, ensuring things move forward as planned.
6. Manage your team – Identify the skill sets of team members, and assign tasks accordingly, solve disputes, and motivate better.
7. Leave a paper trail – Tighten up documentation, keeping key personnel updated and assuring the project flows smoothly.
8. Improve your value – By proving yourself as a master project manager, you’re improving your value both to your organization and on the job market.

Covering the full range of project management, if you work in the field, this is one workshop you can’t afford to miss. By learning to deal with constantly changing business needs, security problems, hardware and software issues, as well as different personalities and skill sets, you’ll assure that your projects reach completion every time. Enroll today to learn strategies that will help you immediately. Your company, team, and career will thank you.

New to Project Management?
If you’re new to the field, project management can seem a little intimidating. Dealing with all of the different personalities involved with competing interests and demands can seem like an unmanageable task, let alone finding a way to wrangle all of these different viewpoints into a single, unified vision. And this isn’t even touching on the snags and snarls your project is sure to encounter along the way.

But no worries, we’re here to help. After attending our workshop, you’ll have all of the skills you need to oversee even the most complex projects like a seasoned veteran. You’ll laugh in the face of changing requirements, sneer at looming deadlines, and manage your budget like a world-class banker. Covering the entire life cycle of a project, we’ll provide you with the tools, techniques, and tips you need to ensure that your projects enjoy smooth sailing from start to finish.

For the Experienced Pro
You probably think you know all there is to know about project management. After all, you’ve been doing it for years. Nobody knows more about managing projects than you do, so why would you need to attend this workshop? For just one reason: to get better.

Packed full of the latest techniques and tools used by people just like you, this seminar offers you access to all of the latest strategies, all under one umbrella. Additionally, you’ll be able to brush up on the fundamentals of project management, plus learn new strategies to help you stay on top of the game.

Project Management 101: Covering All of Your Bases

• Learn the factors that determine the success or failure of IT projects and how to use them to your favor
• Tips and tricks to help you budget your time and never miss a deadline
• Communication techniques to ensure your team understands goals and expectations
• Multitask like a pro: Learn how to handle your role as a project manager without letting your other responsibilities suffer
• Communicate with expertise and authority

Build a Dream Team

• Manage your team with confidence and authority
• Identify strengths and weaknesses in team members and use them to your advantage
• Strategies for team building and keeping projects moving forward
• Lead your team with confidence and authority
• Learn helpful tips to encourage creativity without negatively impacting goals
• Recognize common team structures and what projects work best with each

Develop a Strategy for Success

• Set priorities, organize your ideas, and accurately assess your time and budget with our proven strategies
• Learn the common strategies for duration planning and when to use them
• Allocate resources more effectively, and learn how to get more when you need them
• Develop communication lines up and down the pipeline to prevent unwanted surprises
• 5 sources of authority and how to use them
• Get stakeholders on board and firmly committed

Get Started on the Right Foot and Keep Momentum Rolling

• Learn what actions to take at every step of your project
• Successfully navigate through office politics
• Identify common pitfalls and learn how to avoid them
• Break complex projects down into manageable pieces with our proven system
• Earn the respect of your team by keeping things rolling, even when facing obstacles

Monitor Progress and Stay on Track

• Learn what kinds of reports you’ll use and when to use them
• Create benchmarks and milestones to check on progress
• Keep up with the progress of your team and communicate changing priorities
• Confidently deal with the inevitable roadblocks and changing demands
• What written reports can and cannot tell you
• Keep everyone up-to-date and head off problems before they arise

Put the Pieces Together

• Follow simple steps to wrap up projects easily while minimizing loose ends
• Learn strategies to effectively compile projects
• Keep conflict to a minimum using 5 powerful strategies
• Match administrative closure with contractual closure
• How to avoid mistakes when you’re under pressure
• Find which project management software will work best for you

“Class was excellent. Exactly the information I was looking for. It moved at a good pace. Thanks!”
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“Enjoyable, informational, and fun. Several tips I want to try. I think this information will really help at work. Thank you.”
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“It had good skills to becoming a better leader.”
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“This seminar was very informative and helpful.”
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