Advanced Project Management Workshop

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Course Overview

Elevate your project management capabilities with this immersive three-day professional development course designed for both new and experienced project managers. Through interactive workshops and breakout exercises, you’ll explore the full project lifecycle and gain hands-on practice with predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches while learning to build schedules and budgets, assess risks, engage stakeholders, and lead effective teams. The course emphasizes practical application of industry-standard tools and techniques, such as earned value management and change control, so you can immediately apply what you learn to real projects. This engaging program equips you to plan confidently, adapt to challenges, and drive successful project outcomes.

  • Distinguish between predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches and when to apply each based on project requirements and organizational culture
  • Identify various benefit measurement methods to evaluate and prioritize projects
  • Employ tools and techniques used to identify and assess project stakeholders
  • Apply risk analysis techniques to determine appropriate risk response strategies
  • Understand motivation and working styles to better manage and lead the team
  • Utilize earned value management to evaluate and report project performance
  • Determine methods to effectively manage project changes

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for anyone looking to enhance or reinforce their understanding of project management concepts and techniques, including both new and experienced project managers.

Course Objectives

    • Understand the core and advanced principles, terms, and approaches of project management
    • More effective use of industry-standard project management tools and techniques
    • Experience via workshop activities to practice utilizing project management frameworks
    • Immediate applicability to ongoing projects

Course Outline

1. Getting Started

  • Project Management Basics
  • Influencing Factors
  • Project, Program, & Portfolio
  • How Organizations Choose the Right Project
  • Defining Project Success

2. Launching Projects

  • Identify Project Stakeholders and Expectations
  • Project Authorization
  • Define Project Scope

3. Estimating Project Work

  • Develop WBS
  • Identify Dependencies and Relationships
  • Identify Resources

4. Creating Project Schedule

  • Estimate Time
  • Develop Project Schedule
  • Create Schedule Baseline

5. Planning Project Costs

  • Estimate Project Costs
  • Establish Cost Baseline
  • Reconcile Funding and Costs

6. Planning for Risks

  • Create Risk Management Plan
  • Identify Risks and Triggers
  • Analyze Risks
  • Develop Risk Response Plan

7. Planning for Quality and Compliance

  • Deliver the Desired Project Results
  • Verify Compliance Requirements

8. Managing the Project Team

  • Plan the Project Team
  • Assemble the Team
  • Develop the Team
  • Manage the Team

9. Managing Project Procurements

  • Plan for Project Procurements
  • Obtain Responses from Vendors
  • Select the Right Vendor
  • Manage Vendors and Procurements

10. Managing Change During Project Execution

  • Prepare for Project Execution
  • Manage Project Changes
  • Monitor the Project Scope

11. Monitoring and Controlling the Schedule and Cost

  • Monitor and Control the Project Schedule
  • Optimize the Project Schedule
  • Monitor and Control the Project Costs

12. Monitoring and Controlling Risk and Quality

  • Monitor and Control Risks
  • Put Quality Plans into Action
  • Control Project Quality

13. Communicating and Reporting

  • Communicate During a Project
  • Distribute Project Information
  • Manage Stakeholder Relationships and Expectations
  • Report on Project Performance

14. Closing the Project

  • Deliver the Final Product
  • Close Project Procurements
  • Close the Project
  • Celebrate

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Eastern time

This is a 3-day class

Register for Class

Register When Time Where How
Register 04/13/2026 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 08/12/2026 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 11/11/2026 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT

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