Workshop Description - 2 or 3 days in length This comprehensive course covers the broad range of skills needed to plan and manage projects of all types and sizes. Essential Skills for Managing Projects is ideal for project managers, subproject leaders, team members and project stakeholders. Experienced project managers as well as new project managers will benefit by learning through application of CORE PM (Collaborative, Organized, Results-Focused, Easy) methodology in an interactive case-study-based exercise: Based on The Project Management Memory Jogger, a pocket guide for project teams. Aligned with the internationally accepted standards outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Project Management Institute, Inc. | ![]() |
Course Objectives
In this course, participants learn a simple, powerful, collaborative method to organize, plan, and manage projects from beginning to end using proven techniques to efficiently and effectively define project plans and progress. Participants will:
Table of Contents
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Introduction |
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1. Initiation: Project Management Overview & The Charter |
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2. Planning: Working with the Team |
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3. Planning: Project Scope |
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4. Planning: Project Risk |
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5. Planning: Team Membership |
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6. Planning: Scheduling |
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7. Planning: Effort & Cost |
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8. Execution |
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9. Closeout |
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Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for:
Essential Skills for Managing Projects includes a participant workbook and a copy of The Griffin Tate Group's best-selling book, The Project Management Memory Jogger™.