ExecuTrain West - Project & Project Management

Project & Project Management

Project schedules are becoming a vital part of our everyday life as we are expected to accomplish more and more. Schedules will keep track of all tasks and allow your business to run smoothly. The Project Management Institute (PMI®) provides credentials to establish dedication to proficiency in project management. ExecuTrain provides the training you need to develop effective projects and the certification skills you need to become certified.

Classes can be taken is several paths as shown in the charts below:

Project Management Techniques
The Project Management Techniques workshop is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of project planning and management while learning to use Microsoft Project for tracking the activities of projects. Students will identify the features and attributes of a project, determine the actions involved in scope planning, and understand the components of time management. Students will engage in activities to plan and focus on a project, as well as, outcomes of the project.

Throughout the class, students will learn how to use Microsoft Project to create and manage tasks, work with the critical path, use baselines, track progress and evaluate data. Focusing on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®), this course offers you a standards-based approach to successful project management across application areas and industries.

Study materials and PMI testing preparation information will be provided at the end of the class for those who want to become certified in the Project Manager Professional (PMP) which is the certification available through the Project Management Institute (PMI).

MS Project 2003: Fundamentals

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MS Project 2007: Level 1 - Creating Projects
Planning and managing projects requires that you gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost. Microsoft Project Professional 2007 acts as a tool that assists you in planning and managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a project plan using MS Project 2007.
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MS Project 2007: Level 2 - Managing Projects
In MS Project 2007: Level 1, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. The plans need to be updated and modified regularly to keep the project moving on track. This course will build upon the knowledge gained, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it reaches the project implementation phase.
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MS Project 2010: Level 1 - Creating Projects
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage those project plans.
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MS Project 2010: Level 2 - Managing Projects
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who has the basic skills to create and modify project plans using Microsoft Project 2010, and who needs to use Microsoft Project 2010 to manage and customize those plans through the implementation stage of a project.
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MS Project Advanced Understanding
This class will provide the in-depth understanding to better use Microsoft Project more effectively. The basic concepts will be expanded to maximum capacity. Complicated concepts will be explained to the necessary level for better comprehension.

The project creation portion of the class rapidly covers the introductory topics providing alternate methods, shortcuts, results, and the most commonly used techniques. The “managing a project” portion of the class will explain how to adjust a schedule and status an existing schedule to keep track of progress. We will also look into some of the more unknown features to manage multiple projects and share resources. Finally, we will learn how to customize fields and views to better manage projects.
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Full List of Project & Project Management Courses

What is PMI Certification?

To attain a credential, students must satisfy the educational and professional experience requirements established by the Project Management Institute (PMI), They must also be able to demonstrate the ability to apply project management knowledge to situational and scenario-based questions in the examination. ExecuTrain offers a class series that will not only prepare students to take the examination, but provide the necessary education hours needed to complete the requirements. This class series will also provide the skills needed to do project management work. All courses are instructor-led with extensive hands-on exercises, including challenging ones for better comprehension.