| An Introduction to Project Management - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours In this course, learners will be given an overview of the project management discipline. They'll be introduced to best practices outlined in the 2004 revised Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK�) Guide published by the Project Management Institute (PMI�). Specifically, learners will be introduced to the characteristics of a project, learn to distinguish between projects and operations, and define progressive elaboration. They'll identify key project management concepts and terms, be intr |
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| Analyzing Project Risk - 2.0 NASBA CEU hours In this course, you will learn qualitative and quantitative risk analysis techniques that will enable you to identify the probability of various levels of risk and to assess the impact of both negative and positive risks on objectives, budget and schedule. |
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| Budgeting and Controlling Costs - 2.0 NASBA CEU hours This course will highlight the importance of Project Cost Management to project performance. It will cover the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for the Cost Budgeting and Cost Control processes. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these processes and gain a better understanding of the Project Cost Management knowledge area. |
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| Choosing Sellers and Administering and Closing Contracts - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours How do you choose among potential sellers? Why is it important to manage the contract and relationship between the buyer and seller? What's the most effective way to complete and settle contracts? As you advance in this course, which focuses on seller selection, contract administration, and contract closure, you will obtain the skills and knowledge required to manage these areas of Project Procurement Management. |
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| Communications Planning and Information Distribution - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours In this course, learners will be given an overview of project Communications Planning and Information Distribution. They'll be introduced to best practices outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK� Guide) -Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI�), Inc. Specifically, learners will be introduced to Project Communications Management, communication barriers, and techniques for improving communications in a given business scenario. They'll learn how the i |
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| Controlling Project Scope - 2.0 NASBA CEU hours This course will highlight the importance of project scope management to project performance. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the project management processes of the Scope Management knowledge area. This course will cover the project inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the scope management processes that deal with creating work breakdown structures, accepting the completed project |
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| Elements of Project Human Resource Management - 1.5 NASBA CEU hours This course will emphasize the importance of Project Human Resource Management to project performance. It will cover the basic elements of Project Human Resource Management and the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the first Project Human Resource Management process, Human Resource Planning. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the Project Human Resource Management knowledge area. |
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| Elements of Project Time Management - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours This course will cover the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the Project Time Management processes that deal with defining project activities, sequencing project activities using the Precedence Diagramming Method, and estimating the resources needed to complete these activities. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the Project Time Management processes. |
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| Estimating Activity Costs - 1.5 NASBA CEU hours This course will highlight the importance of project cost management to project performance. It will cover the project inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs involved in the Project Cost Management processes. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the Project Cost Management processes. |
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| Ethics and Professional Knowledge (PMBOK aligned) - 3.0 NASBA CEU hours This course teaches prospective project managers techniques for making ethical choices; contract elements for legal requirements, and how to manage conflicts of interest. It also suggests ways to share lessons learned, and to enhance personal abilities. |
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| Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing a Project - 1.5 NASBA CEU hours Using information from "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK� Guide) - Third Edition, learners will identify the purposes of the Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing Process Groups. They will be introduced to all of the associated processes and be able to describe the processes. The goal of the course is to provide learners with up-to-date knowledge that can either assist in preparing them for the PMI� Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam |
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| Implementing Project Human Resource Management - 3.0 NASBA CEU hours Project Human Resource Management is concerned with acquiring, cultivating, and overseeing human resources on projects. This course focuses on the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of acquiring, developing, and managing a project team. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the Project Human Resource Management processes. |
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| Initiating a Project and Preparing the Project Plan - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours This course will highlight the importance of project integration management to project performance. It will cover the project inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the following processes in the Project Integration Management knowledge area: Develop Project Charter, Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement, and Develop Project Management Plan. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the |
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| Introduction to Project Process Groups and Initiating a Project - 1.5 NASBA CEU hours The art of project management is to understand which processes are involved in which process group and how they are interdependent. In this course, learners will identify the five Process Groups--Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing--outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK� Guide) published by the Project Management Institute (PMI�). Learners will receive an overview of how the Process Groups work together, how the Process Groups and Knowle |
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| Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management - 2.0 NASBA CEU hours learners will be introduced to the performance reporting process and will learn to select examples of measures to describe the project team's progress, select examples of forecasting in performance reporting, and match information that should be provided in performance reporting with examples. They'll identify how the inputs to performance reporting are used, select examples of tools and techniques for performance, gather and compile information in a given scenario, and match outputs of performa |
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| Performing Quality Assurance and Control - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours The Perform Quality Control process monitors the output of projects and measures whether the results of a project meet customer requirements. This course prepares project managers to perform both Project Quality Management processes. It provides a foundation for executing the quality management plans for individual projects and creating continuous improvement of processes from one project to the next. |
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| Planning and Identifying Project Risk - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours In this course, the project manager will learn when and how to plan for risks and how to identify risks proactively and at the time they occur. In a perfect world, decisions would be made with complete certainty--all necessary information would be accurate and available as needed to ensure total success. In the real world, however, this is seldom the case. Real life is fraught with uncertainties; knowledge of events or conditions that may or may not occur is imperfect and incomplete, and this un |
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| Planning for Quality - 2.0 NASBA CEU hours Project Quality Management focuses on ensuring two things: the quality of project management and the quality of the products created during the project. Project Quality Management implements the quality management system by using policies, procedures, and the following processes: Quality Planning, Perform Quality Assurance, and Perform Quality Control. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the i |
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| Planning Project Procurement and Requesting Seller Responses - 2.5 NASBA CEU hours In this course, you will gain an understanding of what processes are involved in Project Procurement Management, and how these processes interact with the overall project life cycle. You will also obtain the skills and knowledge required to enable you to: plan purchases and acquisitions, document contractual requirements, identify potential sellers, and get the relevant information, quotations, and proposals from potential sellers--all vital processes that ensure that you are able to procure the |
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| Planning Project Scope - 1.5 NASBA CEU hours This course will highlight the importance of project scope management to project performance. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the inputs to, the tools and techniques for, and the outputs of the project scope management processes that deal with creating a Project Scope Management Plan and developing a Project Scope Statement. |
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