Effective Project Management (USM)

TWO PRESENTATIONS

Three Thursdays: January 19 & 26, February 3, 2012

Three Thursdays: March 1, 8 & 15, 2012

Abromson Community Education Center

University of Southern Maine
88 Bedford Street, Portland, Maine

$475 + $35 materials fee
21 contact hours/2.1 CEUs

You are responsible for organizing and managing a multifaceted activity involving people from differing specialties to create something brand-new. Quality is essential, resources are limited, and time is tight -- a classic scenario.

This course provides the concepts, practices and skills required to manage such an enterprise. The process starts with accounting for the situation and organizing the team; moves through identifying tasks and estimating resources; and concludes with setting schedules, managing risk and completing a plan. Working in teams, you will apply and extend your workplace expertise and integrate project management competencies. You will learn about:

situation analysis and problem solving
the essentials of project team leadership
work breakdown structure and work package specifications
the planning and control cycle
estimation and priority setting
precedent diagramming and scheduling
risk management and contingency planning
the Gantt chart, resource leveling, and final planning

To Register: 780-5900; fax 780-5954; www.usm.maine.edu/cce

Effective Project Management can be taken as a stand-alone course or as the introduction to the three-course Certificiate Program in Project Management at the University of Southern Maine. See additional listings for Implementing Project Management and Advanced Project Management.

Learn more about the Certificate Program in Project Management at University of Southern Maine.

Organizations need frequent tune-ups to maintain effective workflow amid change. Jim has long experience – plus creative tools -- to help executives analyze their organizations, then design and implement better ways.

Project Management is the 21st-century model for managing complex, risky innovations to on-time outcomes within budget. Jim Milliken offers workplace-tested designs in customized formats for onsite implementation and classroom training.

Communication is the lifeblood of human organization, in small partnerships and large corporations – and the pipeline to their markets. Jim provides practical approaches to all the oral and written forms.

Personal Productivity is fundamental, and it consists of skills that can be examined, practiced and perfected. Likewise Leadership and Supervision. Jim has common-sense training designs for dozens of these essentials.

There is no obligation, financial or otherwise, arising from a preliminary discussion of consultation or training solutions.