Project Management

Acquire skills using proven strategies to ensure that projects come in on time, on budget and deliver the expected results.

  • Agile Training - A More Human Approach
    • Agile Training - A More "Human" Approach

      Course Number: 12-11-RT
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days
      Target Audience: Intact teams looking to begin using agile, Project Managers, IT Professionals, Business Analysts, Operations Professionals

      Course Overview

      The goal of this course is to enable teams and organizations to truly leverage the Agile philosophy and methodology by 
      focusing on the critical human dynamic skills that are the foundation of this approach.

      Participants will learn how to use the Agile methodology via an interactive and energizing case exercise while also building proficiency in key skill areas that are needed to be successful.

      The course is designed to be conducted over two days with Day 1 being focused on skill building and Day 2 putting those skills into practice through the case exercise.

      LEGO® is a Registered Trademark of The LEGO Group

  • Agile-Scrum Project Management
    • Agile/Scrum Project Management

      Course Number: 12-12-RS
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Course Overview

      Agile/Scrum is a project management technique that has gained acceptance in recent years because of its simplified project management structure and its promise for project acceleration. However, the Agile/Scrum approach has its own methodology which must be followed, or the promised benefits will not be realized. In this new methodology, roles of project leaders and team members change. In addition, the project planning process and project tracking are similar to those commonly found in an “Extreme” crisis project rather than in a well-defined and well-ordered project. This approach shatters many of the paradigms of “good” project management – yet when the methodology is understood and used appropriately, it can have significant benefits. This two-day seminar is an interactive introduction to Agile/Scrum project management. Participants will be assigned to a Scrum project team. Each team will conduct a Sprint Planning Meeting, several Scrum Meetings, and a Sprint Review Meeting as part of a case study/simulation that weaves throughout the program. In addition to the case study/simulation workshops, there are lectures and examples used to explain the process and demonstrate the techniques.

      Course Objectives

      • Understand thedifference between Agile/Scrum project management and traditional project management
      • Understand the Agile/Scrum roles and responsibilities
      • Be able to plan an Agile/Scrum project
      • Be able to execute an Agile/Scrum project

      Key Topics


      High Level Topics
      • Waterfall versus Agile/Scrum project management
      • Risk management in an Agile/Scrum project
      • Sprint Planning Meetings and “Stories”
      • Scrum Meetings and the Burndown Chart
      • The role of Scrum Master, Product Owner, and team member
      • Sprint Review Meetings
      • Change management on Agile/Scrum projects
      • Agile/Scrum case study/simulation

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  • Design for Manufacturability
    • Design for Manufacturability

      Course Number:
      12-6-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      This two-day course will identify the major tools and techniques used in DFM and provide a highly interactive, hands-on environment for practicing their application. In addition to the case studies and exercises, the participants are encouraged to bring a product from their company to be used in an analysis done during class. The course will include a discussion on the implementation of DFM into your existing design process.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn to:
      • n/a
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Design for Target Cost
    • Design for Target Cost

      Course Number:
      12-7-RS
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      In order to achieve the profitability targets set for many new products, cost reduction has become a major element of the product design strategy. Design for Target Cost techniques provides the methodology for the new product development team to achieve the cost reduction. It includes techniques for determining cost allocation of the market price and explains the principles of innovative design. The course focuses on the management framework required for effective target costing efforts rather than specific design tools.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn:
      • Design and manufacturing cost tradeoff.
      • To implementing DFM into your design process.
      • Design for manual assembly.
      • Design for automated/robotic assembly.
      • Parts count reduction techniques.
      • Process flow analysis.
      • Right-sized tolerances.
      • To make the best use of your manufacturing process capability.
      • Applications of appropriate techniques to your product.
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Essential Project Management for High Performance Teams
    • Essential Project Management for High Performance Teams

      Course Number: 12-15-BB
      Recommended Duration: 3 Days

      Intended Audience: This course is designed for those who wish to improve their ability to lead and manage projects.

      Course Overview

      This course is designed to teach participants how projects should be managed, from start up to completion.

      Objectives

      As a result of taking this course, participants will understand the principles, methodology, tools, risks, and rewards of effective project management and learn how to get real stakeholder buy in and commitment. They will also learn what it takes to create and lead a high performance team and how to manage virtual project teams.

      Prerequisite: None

      Topics

      • Project management principles
      • Project definition
      • Project roles and responsibilities
      • Creating and leading a high performance team
      • Managing virtual project teams
      • Getting stakeholder buy in and commitment
      • Planning and scheduling
      • Innovative solution development
      • Risk management and contingency planning
      • Issue management
      • Project tracking and controlling
      • Project implementation
      • Project completion and handover
      • Project review

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  • Innovation with Lean and Six Sigma
    • Innovation with Lean and Six Sigma

      Course Number:
      12-3-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      This course will discuss the impact of paradigm-shifting innovation techniques and show how to embed them in the Lean Six Sigma methodologies.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will:
      • Understand why Lean and Six Sigma methodologies inhibit innovation.
      • Be able to apply innovation techniques on a technical projects.
      • Understand how to augment Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to enable innovation.
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Lean Process Management - Administrative
    • Lean Process Management - Administrative

      Course Number:
      12-4-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 5 Days

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      During the course, one process area will be analyzed in depth using lean tools. Improvements will be identified and implementation plans developed. This program is often combined with on-site consulting to assist in the implementation.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn:
      • Definitions of waste.
      • 5 principles of lean.
      • Process mapping.
      • Customer mapping.
      • Process analysis.
      • Process design.
      • Process control.
      • Constraint management.
      • Pull. 
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Lean Process Management - Manufacturing
    • Lean Process Management - Manufacturing

      Course Number:
      12-5-RS
      Recommended Duration: 5 Days (Ideally spread over several weeks)

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      During the course, one process area will be analyzed in depth using lean tools. Improvements will be identified and implementation plans developed. This course is often combined with on-site consulting to assist in the implementation.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn:
      • Definitions of waste.
      • 5 principles of lean.
      • Process mapping.
      • Customer mapping.
      • Process analysis.
      • JIT.
      • KANBAN.
      • TAKT.
      • Constraint management.
      • Pull. 
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Managing Project Managers
    • Managing Project Managers

      Course Number: 12-13-RS
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: Project leaders

      Course Overview

      Project managers are faced with planning and executing a set of tasks that are filled with the unknown and the unexpected. Many of these projects are expected to deliver significant impact to the business. Managers of project managers must balance the need for oversight to deal with the unexpected and the bureaucracy caused by micro-management. This course is divided into two parts. The first will discuss the key points within the project management process where senior management can have a dramatic positive influence on the outcome of the projects. The course will also review project control methods and measurements. The second part will address the strategies and execution of Project Management Offices. When used well they will accelerate project performance, when used incorrectly, they stifle project execution.

      Prerequisites: None

      Topics/Objectives

      • The role of senior leadership
      • Project selection
      • Setting project boundaries
      • Project reviews
      • Project management office strategies
      • Project management office processes and measurements

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  • Managing Project Stakeholders and Project Teams
    • Managing Project Stakeholders and Project Teams

      Course Number:
      12-21-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      Projects do not occur in a vacuum. There are stakeholders who are funding the project and stakeholders who will benefit from the project result. Often there are many stakeholders. Identifying and managing the relationships with the stakeholders is always a key element of project success. This course explores the attributes of project stakeholder management.

      Objectives/Topics

      This interactive one-day program will provide tools for identifying stakeholders. Once the stakeholders are known, the elements of a successful stakeholder interaction strategy will be discussed. Stakeholder communication principles will be introduced and practiced. In addition, project team organization, communication, and decision-making tools and techniques will be demonstrated. Finally, techniques for resolving conflict will be presented. The course includes numerous exercises and role plays. This course is consistent with the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge.

      Prerequisites: None

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  • Managing New Product Development Projects
    • Managing New Product Development Projects

      Course Number:
      12-8-RS
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      The course will take you through the entire product development process beginning with customer needs identification and moving to specification development and team building. The course then introduces a variety of DFX techniques including the various design considerations and the introduction of the new product to manufacturing, sales, and the customer support. The course includes the use of many checklists for different stages of product development.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn:
      • The new product development process.
      • Customer needs identification and benchmarking.
      • Program specification development.
      • Concurrent engineering.
      • Product line strategy and concept generation.
      • New product project team.
      • Product lifecycle and rapid prototyping.
      • Design for target costing, quality and service, manufacturability, and the environment.
      • Product certification.
      • Manufacturing, distribution/sales, and customer introduction.
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Managing the Project Management Process: The Role of the PMO and Senior Management
    • Managing the Project Management Process: The Role of the PMO and Senior Management

      Course Number:
      12-22-RS
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      The organizational systems, processes, and structure can bias a project towards success or they can create insurmountable barriers to success. The way in which the organization selects projects, resources them, and prioritizes between them will dictate how a project should be planned and managed. This course reviews best practices for Project Management Officers and senior management.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn to:
      • n/a
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Poka Yoke (Design for Quality)
    • Poka Yoke (Design for Quality)

      Course Number: 12-9-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      Poka Yoke is a set of rules and techniques designed to “mistake-proof” a process or product. When used in conjunction with appropriate inspection methodologies, Poka Yoke has resulted in substantial improvements to quality and to cycle time. Developed at Toyota, Poka Yoke has been successfully applied to assembly operations,administrative processes, fabrication, machine set up, and many other manufacturing processes. The ultimate goal of Poka Yoke is to eliminate defects in a process or product. It is based on two primary principles: a) designing a process or product so that a defect cannot be made and b) design a product or process so that if a defect is created, it is immediately obvious and can be immediately corrected.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will:
      • Learn the theory and application of Poka Yoke.
      • Through workshops and case studies you will discover how to apply Poka Yoke principles to a variety of products and processes.
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Preparing for the Project Management Professsional (PMP) Exam
    • Preparing for the Project Management Professsional (PMP) Exam

      Course Number:
       12-19-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      The Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam is one of the most recognized project management certifications in the world. This course is preparation for the exam. It covers the key elements of what will be tested. It is based upon having first completed a pre-requisite project management course that covers the tools and techniques of project management.

      Prerequisites: None

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  • Project Leadership
    • Project Leadership

      Course Number: 12-14-RS
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: Project leaders

      Course Overview

      Projects are accomplished by people. However, often the project manager is not the direct supervisor of the project team members. This can create a difficult leadership situation. Good project leaders have a common set of characteristics they rely on. This course will address how to manage the project within a variety of organizational structures. Team formation and team dynamics will be discussed. Techniques for communicating with the team and conflict resolution will be introduced. The principles of situational leadership will also be discussed and practiced.

      Prerequisites: None

      Topics/Objectives

      • The project team
      • The project leader
      • Team dynamics
      • Project communication
      • Situational leadership
      • Project stakeholders

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  • Product Line Strategy and Portfolio Management
    • Product Line Strategy and Portfolio Management

      Course Number:
      12-10-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      A product line strategy is the roadmap for how a product will evolve in a manner that implements the business strategy in the marketplace and in the business operations. From this definition it is obvious that to develop a product line strategy there must be four elements: 1) a business strategy, 2) a clear understanding of the marketplace, 3) a clear understanding of operational strengths and weaknesses, and 4) an iterative plan for how these will change over time. This program will show how all of these must work together to create an effective product line strategy and to manage the product portfolio.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will be able to:
      • Understand how to link business strategy to platform and product line strategy.
      • Create a product line strategy.
      • Prioritize projects and resources within a project portfolio.
      • Manage product positioning and pricing within a portfolio.
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Project Management & Business Finance
    • Project Management & Business Finance

      Course Number: 12-17-RS
      Recommended Duration: 5 Days

      Intended Audience: Project leaders and project team members.

      Course Overview

      This course will take a project from an idea through project justification, project planning, and project implementation. A major aspect of project management is the project justification process. To ensure this is covered adequately, a basic overview of business finance will be presented. The ways that projects can affect the business measurements as reported in the various financial statements will be explored. Techniques for calculating the return from a project will be practiced. Additionally, the course will lay the foundation for the key elements of project management and provide practical experience using the project management tools and techniques. The project management course material is based upon the Project Management Body of Knowledge – the international standard for project management approach and practices – and real life experience with many projects in all aspects of business.

      Objectives

      As a result of taking this course you will leave with a better understanding of how project scope, schedule, resources, and risk are interrelated. You will have the tools to plan a project that is oriented towards success. You will also understand basic principles to manage that project and deal with the inevitable necessity of project change. Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to apply the project management tools in a case study or, if you are with a project team, you can use your team’s project in lieu of the case study. This will provide hands-on experience with the tools and a better understanding of their appropriate use in the project management process.

      Prerequisites: None

      Topics

      • The project environment
      • Understanding business financial statements
      • Calculating project return
      • Project selection
      • Developing realistic project schedules
      • Establishing project scope
      • Determining the critical path
      • Controlling project boundaries
      • Developing a project budget
      • Managing project risk

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  • Project Management Curriculum
    • Project Management Curriculum

      Course Number:
      12-2-XX
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      Assorted classes including:                                                                                                     
      -Project Management Fundamentals (2-3 days)                                                       
      -Advanced Project Management (2 days)                                                                       
      -Project Management & Business Finance (5 days)                                               
      -Project Leadership ( 1 day)                                                                                                      
      -Project Schedule Management & Control (2 days)                                                                   
      -Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam (1 day)                    
      -Managing Project Managers (1 day)


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  • Project Management Fundamentals
    • Project Management Fundamentals

      Course Number: 3-2-KMJF
      Course Time: 8 hours over one day with working lunch 
      Pre-Work: Bring a sample project from your business.
      Course Capacity: 15-20 participants

      Course Format: An onsite course that includes hands on case study exercises to apply concepts.

      Course Overview

      This course is designed to provide a solid introduction to project management tools and processes. The primary focus is on the basic tools used to initiate and plan a project, monitor and control its execution and ultimately deliver the service or product. Participants in this class should be able to apply these tools and techniques to their projects when they return to their jobs.

      Course Objectives

      • Gain an overview of thekey tools used in effective project management.
      • Understand how to manage the scope of a project.
      • Develop the ability to create realistic project plan and to manage according to it.
      • Learn how to build a high functioning project team.
      • Create a communication plan that will result in effective stakeholder management.
      • Recognize project risks and develop a plan to mitigate those issues.

      Key Topics


      Scope Management
      • In/Out of Scope – Define what the project will and will not do
      • Getting Consensus of Agreement
      • Create a Work Breakdown Structure-Identify what activities and deliverables must be performed
      • Estimating Strategies
      Scheduling
      • How to look at dependencies
      • What can run in parallel
      • Once time is lost, it is gone forever
      • Critical Path - Where should attention be focused
      Resources
      • Staffing against the Project
      • Identify types of resources required
      • Availability of necessary resources
      • Level of effort required by resources
      Communication
      • Identify stakeholders and their expectations
      • How to communicate with stakeholders
      • Staying focused on the objectives
      • Resolving Issues in a timely manner
      Risk
      • How to identify project risks
      • How to assess project risks
      • How to develop a plan for risk mitigation

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  • Project Management "Lite"
    • Project Management "Lite"

      Course Number: 12-1-GO
      Recommended Duration: 1 Day

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      These project and resource management modules help individuals to identify areas where they have an opportunity to improve and to apply effective tools and techniques to better manage their project and resources.

      Objectives

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn to:
      • Prioritize and organize project tasks to accomplish project related goals.
      • Utilize proven project management tools.
      • Launch project teams.
      Prerequisites: None

      Topics

      • Managing projects to accomplish goals
      • Prioritizing and organizing for effective project management
      • Establishing goals and relating your tasks to them
      • Setting roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
      • Managing project roadblocks
      • Project management toolkit
      • Project management phases
      • Detailed review of proven project management tools
      • Apply to current or planned project
      • How to effectively launch and manage project teams
      • Team charters
      • Stages of group development
      • Decision making tools
      • Personal action plans

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  • Project Risk Management
    • Project Risk Management

      Course Number:
      12-20-RS 
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Intended Audience: All Employees

      Course Overview

      Uncertainty and complexity are often the hallmark of a project. Unfortunately, they are also the hallmark of risk. A primary responsibility of the project leader is to identify, analyze, and develop an appropriate response to each risk. Some risks should be accepted and some should result in immediate project replan. This course will prepare project leaders to manage projects more effectively.

      Objectives/Topics

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn:
      • The major elements of a successful project risk management methodology.
      • Techniques for identifying, analyzing, and responding to risks will be introduced and practiced in a highly interactive, hands-on environment.
      • Use the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge.
      • At the end of this program, you will have the tools and understanding to improve your ability to manage project risk.
      Prerequisites: None

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  • Project Schedule Management & Control
    • Project Schedule Management & Control

      Course Number: 12-18-RS
      Recommended Duration: 2 Days

      Intended Audience: Project leaders

      Course Overview

      Effective project schedule management is of critical importance to business and industry today. This course covers the best practices for project schedule management based upon the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) as well as the earned value techniques. Float utilization and schedule acceleration techniques will be introduced.

      Objectives

      As a result of taking this course, you will learn the fundamentals of project schedule management. You will also learn how to use schedule tools such as: network diagrams, Gantt, Pert, Critical Path, and Milestone charts.

      Prerequisites: Basic Project Management

      Topics

      • Scheduling uncertain projects
      • Developing schedule estimates
      • Project schedule formatting techniques
      • Critical path calculations and project float
      • Schedule analysis techniques
      • Schedule acceleration techniques
      • Earned value analysis
      • Tracking project schedules

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