This overview, covering the full spectrum of PM from the Project Management Institute perspective, is a great place to start preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification exam. It’s divided into three distinct two-day modules:

• Module One: The Management of Project Management
      August 27-28, 2008
• Module Two: Planning for Successful Projects
      September 24-25, 2008
• Module Three: Keeping Projects on Track
      October 22-23, 2008

What’s the point?

• To address the business and technical side of project management
• To provide a model to help managers make better decisions
• To provide a model resulting in more successful projects

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Get Real!
Through the introduction of a case study and a project, students get first-hand experience using the PM principles and techniques taught. The class actually executes project management using the case study during a module. The homework requires that participants complete a project assigned as homework between modules using an example they choose from their work experience.
Holding these three modules a month apart allows all participants to complete two projects during the
six-day session.

Who Should Attend? Project managers Managers of project managers Those who support projects and project managers

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What will you learn?

• Interview skills to determine customer needs
• Planning skills to develop project schedule, budget, and resource needs
• Monitoring skills to keep a project on track
• Change management skills to smoothly respond to changes
• Decision making skills to always keep the customer’s business need in the forefront

For example.....

Defined PM vs other methods PM roots Organizational impact Project charters

Planning

• Work breakdown structure
• Milestones
• Work plans
• Budgets
• Critical path

Teams

• The team cycle
• Roles
• Communication
• Conflict
• Decision making

Monitoring Earned value Schedule crashing Quality trade-offs Contingency response

Close-out

• Final evaluation
• Lessons learned
• Customer feedback

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About the Instructors
Dianne Leveridge
Dianne is a project engineer with 13 years of experience in technical project, people, and customer management. She is viewed as a creative problem solver with an ability to successfully drive products and solutions, resolve conflicts, improve morale and meet or exceed project development milestones. Her excellent communication skills are proven through developing and cultivating productive relationships with peers, management, and staff at all levels. In the course of her career, she has developed and delivered multiple products, on schedule and within budget. She has a Master’s Certification in Project Management from George Washington University and is PMP® Certified.

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Details, details, details
The courses will be held in Lexington, Kentucky, a beautiful bluegrass city that is within driving distance of many major cities, including Nashville, Atlanta, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Chicago. This makes it both inexpensive and easy to get here.

Fees
$2,200.00 - instructional materials and lunches included.

Register Online

For more information contact:
Sandra Dunn
Conference and Events Administrator
Email:sdunn@engr.uky.edu
Phone: 859-257-6262, ext. 214

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