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Professional Development

Achieving Project Management Excellence using Best Practices

May 2009 dates to be announced
                                                                                                                          
Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
Friday 2:00-6:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am-3:30 pm
11 PDU Fee: $895

PROGRAM REGISTRATION 

Lessons on which to thrive
Strategic planning is the key difference between those companies that excel in project management and those that are average or even struggling. This well thought out planning, continuously changing and based upon best practices in project management, is what focuses an organization in the right direction. Find out which companies have achieved excellence in project management, what structured approaches they have implemented and how they intend to maintain excellence well into the 21st century.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Overcome the resistance to excellence
  • Implement new processes driving excellence
  • Quantify success by management support
  • Create a strategic plan for excellence
  • Use the success pyramid model & the journey model
  • Identify and overcome barriers
  • Maximize the benefits of planning for excellence
  • Define reasonable objectives
  • Manage risk
  • Develop a productive project management culture
  • Measure return on investment on training dollars
  • Select the right people for implementation
  • Manage a portfolio of projects
  • Learn from failures

Who should attend: Designed for managerial personnel, project managers, and anyone involved in leveraging the organization by using project management as a strategic management tool.

Essential elements:

  • Project versus non-project-driven excellence
  • Critical success factors versus critical process performance factors
  • The changing definition of success
  • Strategic planning for gap analysis
  • The life cycle maturity phases
  • The project management maturity model (PMMM)
  • Characteristics of world class methodologies
  • The hexagon of best practices in project management
  • Integrated processes for the 21st century
  • Project management training and education
  • The “traffic light” status reporting system
  • The Project Office (PO)/ Center of Excellence (COE)
  • Integrated project teams (IPTs)
  • The postmortem pyramid
  • The sustained competitive advantage (SCA)

Instructor: Harold Kerzner, MS, MBA, Ph,D brings world-class expertise and fascinating personal experience to the classroom, which makes his teaching as enjoyable as it is practical. He is an internationally renowned authority on project management, total quality management and strategic planning and has consulted with corporations worldwide. Dr. Kerzner, a professor of Systems Management at Baldwin-Wallace College, has authored 16 books including the project management text used most often by companies and universities throughout the world, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling.

    REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Course Tuition: $895
10% discount for three or more registrants
20% discount for B-W alumni & current students

Fee Includes: Tuition, materials and lunch (full days only).

Credits: 11 PDU;  11 Contact Hours, 1.1 CEU. This program provides Professional Development Unit credit (PDU) through the Project Management Institute.

Cancellation and Substitution Policy

Full payment by cash, check, money order, or credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover) is needed to confirm your registration. Company or government purchase orders will be accepted. Your registration will not be guaranteed unless payment or prior arrangements have been made within the time guidelines for each program. 

If you are unable to attend a program, please notify our department at 440-826-2253 to cancel, transfer or make a substitution. 

Substitutions can be made at any time prior to the start of the program.

Cancellations received up to three working days prior to the start date of the program will be refunded the full seminar fee. Cancellations or Transfer registrations made less than three working days will be charged a $50 fee. No refunds will be issued once the program has begun.

Location: Kamm Hall, Room 215, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
Directions and Map Kamm Hall

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You may also register by phone - Call Professional Development at 440-826-2253.