Project Management Program at New Horizons

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Project management skills are in high demand today and New Horizons has the right course for you.

Industry reports consistently indicate that a Project Manager's skill set is one of the primary contributing factors to the success or failure of any project. New Horizons has the course and curriculum you need to build Project Management skills, from fundamental through advanced skill levels.

Project Management Fundamentals - 1 Day

Project Management Fundamentals outlines basic project management techniques - how to plan, organize, control, document, and close out projects successfully and with minimum risk. This course is designed for those who manage small projects or those who are new to project teams. This course outlines the methodology from the Project Management Institutes globally accepted Project Management Body of Knowledge ® (PMBoK)

Applied Project Management Workshop (By Industry) - 3 Days

Learn by working on a project team within your industry on a project from your industry!

This project workshop will combine lecture, hands-on labs , and individual and team break-out sessions, to allow attendees to experience managing a project from initiating through closing and lessons learned summary. You'll walk through a complete project management life cycle using your actual projectand project from one of the following industries: Information Technology, Construction, Finance, Health Care, BioTech/Pharaceutical or Professional Services. Each student will join other professionals from their industry to create the project team within this course. Private training will utilize client specific project archives during course.

During the lab and break-out sessions students will work on a team to write objectives, conduct stakeholder analysis, and develop a work breakdown structure and risk management plan based on an actual project from their employer/company. Students will gain Project Management expertise and practice using estimating techniques, dependency analysis, and network diagramming. Progress information is used to determine the project's earned value. Students will learn how to consider various and competing expectations from stakeholders including the customer, sponsor and team, as you develop and present plans to address expectations in ways that benefit the project.

Lecture to lab ratio = 40% Lecture & 60% Lab

Project Templates you will develop during the course:

• Charter Document Risk Register
• Work Breakdown
• MS Project Plan
• Communications Plan
• Issues Document
• Progress Reporting Template/Process
• Lessons Learned Archive

Hands-On Exercises

• Develop the Project Charter
• Build the Work Breakdown Structure
• Create a Network Diagram
• Identify the Critical Path
• Develop Resource Assignment Matrix
• Manage Project Quality
• Assess Project Risk
• Determine Project Cost
• Plan Project Procurement
• Create Change Control Plans
• Budget Estimate

Students Receive:

• PMI® Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge 3 rd Edition
• Copy New Horizons Applied Project Management Workshop Manual
• Project Templates created during the class

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Prep - 5 Days

New Horizons Project Management Professional (PMP ® ) certification course focuses on the generally accepted practices of project management recognized by the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI ® ). PMP is the project management credential of choice for numerous industries and companies. Our courseware offers a standards-based approach to successful project management in a variety of application areas and industries, and is not specific to the IT industry. It maps to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide, as well as the exam objectives for the highly respected PMP exam.  Our course also fulfills the PMI requirements for project management.

Students Receive:

• PMI® Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge 3 rd Edition (PMBoK)
• Copy New Horizons Project Management Professional Exam Prep Guide including 250 Sample Exam Questions and Answers
• 90 Day Unlimited License to PMP Exam Simulation
• Customized in course assessments

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Project Management Software & Training Solutions from New Horizons

Microsoft Office Project Standard & Professional 2003 & 2007

Office Project Standard provides the core tools that Project Managers, business managers, and planners need to manage schedules and resources independently. With Office Project Standard, you can efficiently organize and track tasks and resources to keep your projects on time and within budget. Smooth integration among Office Project Standard and other Microsoft Office system programs like Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio Professional enables you to present project status effectively.

Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution - Project Server

The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution enables organizations to manage their project portfolio effectively, establish standards and best practices, centrally manage resources based on skills and availability, and enable effective communication and collaboration within project teams. An extensible, enterprise-scale architecture enables effective integration with other line-of-business (LOB) systems as well as other Microsoft Office system applications. To learn about the benefits of the EPM Solution, visit the EPM Solution home page. To learn about the capabilities in the EPM Solution, view the EPM Features demo.

Project Server Deployment Services - Mentored Consulting®

New Horizons Consulting Services approach our client's projects in a mentored fashion. We combine our real world IT development, deployment, and customization expertise with our world course training delivery to provide our clients a Mentored Consulting® experience. The focus of this approach is on knowledge transfer and knowledge application. This allows us to simultaneously assist our clients with Information Technology Professional Services while training our client's internal staff to rapidly take over the project. Mentored Consulting enables our clients to significantly reduce the cost of both consulting and training services. In many cases, the cost for our mentored consulting is equal to or less than sending the team to a training course.

Contact your Account Executive to explore this service further.