Project Management Overview
From defining a project to presenting the importance of being a certified project manager, this presentation covers the project management profession, methodologies and skill set. This is an excellent presentation for those starting their project management career or looking for ways to leverage their existing knowledge within the PM community.

Why Good Projects Go Bad
Projects that start with the best intentions and expectations of success can turn “south” as the effort proceeds. Why do “good” projects go bad? There a few critical issues that have, over time, been shown to be the major contributors to a project going sour. We’ll look at some actual projects and some data to identify the critical issues and discuss some of the approaches to minimizing their impacts.

Scope Managaement Meets Its Schedule
Every project, regardless of business area, applies the Triple Constraint Theory of scope, schedule and resources. While the scope angle of this triangular theory is often set by the paying customer, the project team is left with many questions on when and where to apply resources to meet the customer’s expectations. Which tasks do you work in sequence and which in parallel? Who will do this task or that task? What controls do you have for your slack time? What is driving the lag time? This seminar outlines how you answer those questions and more when you introduce Scope Management to its schedule.

Tricks of the Trade
Have you ever noticed how some project managers always seem two steps ahead of problems? Did you catch how that project’s last decision meeting went so quickly and easily without a lot of arguing? How do you let so many people take time off near New Year’s without delaying the project? Why do some project managers always have enough people to get things done while you’re juggling people and still running late? Our Tricks of the Trade seminar uses the techniques of our best PMs to answer these questions and more.

Requirements Management
Does your program’s product seem like a moving target you can’t hit? Have you ever heard, “That’s not what I want”? Do your users say, “That’s not how we do things”? Good requirements definition, management and application to the project prevent these issues while producing success. This seminar will help you understand how you got into these situations or how to stay out of them.

Risk Management
How many times have you heard someone say to everyone in sight, “That’s a risk”? Now what do you do—worry at night, dream up something to type into a risk management application or deal with core issues? Risk management is an integral aspect of project management. In this training session we will explore methods, models and aspects of ensuring proper risk management applied to the life cycle of a project/program.

Integration Management
Projects do not take place in a vacuum. The project is influenced by both internal and external factors. External influences can range from cooperative or competing projects vying for the same resources to stakeholder agendas. The project manager must be aware of these influences and work to control them or integrate them into the project's schedule. This presentation covers the actions and methodology necessary to successfully execute in a "System of Systems" environment.