• Length: 2 - 3 Days ( 15 - 22.5 PDU's )

"Unique among project management programs.  There is nothing else like it."

Learn the proven techniques required to lead projects by experience in a rigorous project simulation. Teams encounter realistic challenges such as scope changes, communication breakdowns and unexpected stakeholder inputs. Experience the complete lifecycle and practice project management techniques to define, plan, execute, control and close out a project.

This challenging, hands-on training simulation builds confidence as it builds skills to take a project from inception to a successful completion, while producing deliverables and meeting deadlines every step of the way. Simulations in management training are a proven way to increase the excitement, understanding, and retention of course concepts.

This course can be customized to meet the experience level of your audience. For participants with no prior project management education, we can slow it down and add some fundamental exercises to build that foundation. For PMP's and experienced project managers, this two-day format can also be used to focus on specific project management challenges within your organization such as scope creep or the use of earned value management.

Every project management training class from Versatile provides PMP certification Professional Development Units (PDU's).

• Experiential learning ties together all project management topics.
• Realistic variables in simulation prepare participants for problems on the job.
• Teams internalize the value of planning, risk management, and scope control.
• Learn to build realistic project plans that foster high performance.
• Recognize and avoid problems before they occur.
• Accurately assess progress and plan course corrections.
• Optimize cost, schedule, and quality in a competitive environment

Upon completion of this project management training, participants will be able to:

• Use planning techniques to manage budgets, monitor a project’s scope and keep on schedule.
• Assess and quantify risk, plus implement strategies that reduce risk without compromising the return.
• Determine the project scope and plan for requirements management.
• Involve sub-contractors and manage them effectively.
• Increase proficiency at estimating the business case with easy-to-use techniques.
• Improve communication with the customer.
• Perform project status reporting, including calculation of earned value.
• React to project changes with a flexible mindset that keeps the project moving forward.

This course requires participants to be familiar with the fundamentals of project planning and control.

Professionals with prior project management training or experience will want to attend to see how all the pieces of the project management discipline fit together. New project teams may want to attend this program together to experience a full project lifecycle and transfer the lessons directly to their project.

• Bidding the project/Business case development
• Post-award Planning
• Control Stage 1 - Build the product, manage the project, produce status reports, update the plan
• Control Stage 2 - Continue to manage the projecControl Stage 3 – Complete the project
• Post-project reporting – Cost and schedule performance, lessons learned