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Explore: Project Management CertificatE

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE AND TRAINING

Project management is a proven strategy for success, no matter the industry. Its methodology breaks down complex projects into manageable pieces of work, allowing for efficient and effective management of small and large-scale projects…conserving time, money, and resources.

Baldwin Wallace’s Project Management Certificate program provides professionals with a focused set of courses designed to develop your skill set in a short amount of time so you can apply it in real-world situations.

Get A PM CertifiCATEby May 2nd 2023!

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WHO BENEFITS FROM A PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE?

Whether you’re a project manager today, aspire to become one, or see value in applying a project management approach in your role, this certificate program offers each of the skills and key pieces of knowledge to be successful. It’s relevant to all industries, any skill level, and offers a great opportunity for advancement.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE COURSE OBJECTIVES

Sessions take participants through project scheduling and reporting, communication planning, selecting and managing resources, and managing changes in project scope. Individuals will receive tips, tools, and techniques to implement in the workplace. Courses will cover how to:

Effectively plan, start, and finish a project on track, on time, and within budget.
Define the Project Management stages and standard deliverables.
Draft a Project Plan for a small project containing: goals, deliverables, acceptance criteria, risks, work plans, and a schedule.
Identify standards and procedures used to manage project issues, changes in scope, and project communication planning.

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WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF THE BW PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM?

The project management courses can be taken together to earn a Project Management Certificate, or individually if preferred.

Classes are taught by accredited Baldwin Wallace professors from the College of Business.
Courses are open enrollment and not credit earning.
All classes meet on campus in Berea, Ohio for three hours each.
All courses take place in the spring of 2023, to be completed by May 2, 2023.
Lunch breaks are provided for those taking more than one course on a given day.
Classes are held on BW’s beautiful campus.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE PACKAGE

Register for our full suite of project management courses to get your certificate. Expand the accordions below to learn more about the objectives and specifics of each project management class.

This package includes all of the courses listed below. You will earn a Project Management Certificate upon completion.

Date/Time: April 4 - May 2nd, 2023, Tuesdays 9am - 4pm

Cost: $2,750.00

SESSION OUTLINE

Learn the skills and qualities it takes to deliver results, even if "project manager" isn't in your title. Doing more with less is often the way of the world today, so mastering the finesse and methodology of delivering results (project management) is essential in daily living. Everyone can benefit from learning PM skills that help us communicate better, work smarter and apply the time-proven tricks of the project management trade to any work situation. This five-week program bundles the 10, half-day sessions into a Project Management Certificate series. You will meet from April 4 to May 2 on Tuesdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an hour break, lunch is provided.

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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSES

Expand the accordions below to learn more about the objectives and specifics of each project management class. Register for one or as many as you like.

This session covers an introduction to project management lifecycles, documentation, terminology and strategies for implementing and maturing the practice of project management within an organization.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 at 9am - 12pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Project life cycles/methodologies – what are they and why are they important?
Hybrid approaches
Project, program, portfolio – what are they and how do they impact my approach to planning and execution?
Project management documentation – what are my options? How do I determine the best way to document project details?

Scope is defined as the work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product, service or result with the specified features and functions (PMBOK® Guide). If you would like more detail about what that means, how to define, communication and manage scope, then this session is for you.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 at 1pm - 4pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Defining what is in and out of scope.
Project requirements – defining project success, project completion and establishing project goals.
Deliverables, artifacts, outcomes – what are they and how are they identified?
Once deliverable, artifacts and outcomes are defined, how do you ensure that everyone has a common understanding of what they are?
Creating the decomposition diagram - work breakdown structure (WBS) and work packages.
Strategies for establishing baselines and minimizing scope creep.

A project manager is responsible for leading the project and team, but did you ever wonder how to manage everyone else that is impacted by the project? How do you influence non-project team members to support the project? This session is designed to provide you with answers about engaging stakeholders and driving change.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 at 9am - 12pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Stakeholder identification and prioritization
Stakeholder requirements/key performance indicators
Stakeholder engagement strategies
Organization’s readiness to embrace project outcomes
Influence and trust – what are they and how do you build them?
Integrating stakeholder management and organizational change into the project plan

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Uncertainty exists in all that we do. Even repeating work can have a measure of uncertainty. In project management terms, we call this risk. While risk cannot be eliminated, it can be identified and managed.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 at 1pm - 4pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Risk tolerance
Strategies for risk identification
Risk assessment
Mitigation, contingency and residual risk
Risk reserve
Decision trees
Communication planning for risk management

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Project teaming techniques focused on clarifying project roles and responsibilities, team structures and building a strong and effective team.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 9am - 12pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Personal learning profile and how it impacts the team.
Structure – strategies to organize a project team.
Strategies for remote teams.
Team operating guidelines– determining the right amount of guidelines for the project team and organization.
Role Clarity – responsibilities by project role: stakeholder, steering committee, gate keeper, project manager, team member.
RACI and RAM charts.
Stages of team performance - how important is it to have a strong team in order to have project success? And how do I create one?

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Communication is all about getting the right information to the right people at the right time. It has been said that the role of the project manager is 80% about communications. As a planner by profession, the project manager needs to have an approach for facilitating effective project communications.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 1pm - 4pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Communication process – sender, receiver, medium, noise and feedback.
Communication strategy – establishing the who, what, how, when and why.
Communication considerations – situation, expectations, resource and style.
Communication C's – consistent, credible, commitment, coaching and call-to-action.
Assessing communication and collaboration technology.

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The most frequent question asked of a project manager is: "When will you be done?" This course will help you answer that question. Materials covered in the course will help the participant develop realistic project timelines and how to determine critical path.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at 9am - 12pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Reviewing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for completeness.
Introduction to estimating techniques – from the work package to the schedule.
Establishing a realistic timeline.
Determining if a project be accelerated and finished faster.
Identifying how work should be sequenced to get the most important items completed on time.
Using the network diagram to ask "What if" questions – what if resources are added or removed? What if work is eliminated or added? What if work is done faster or slower?

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Once the project plan is in place, how do you track progress and adjust to changes during implementation? This class will assist you in setting up a project approach that simplifies the tracking and status reporting effort.

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at 1pm - 4pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Project baselines – why they are important and how to establish them.
Issue management, decision tracking and scope management.
Triple constraints: time, cost and scope – and why it is important to track against all three.
Tracking techniques:

Earned Value Management (EVM) - manage time and cost on projects
Burndown charts

Status reporting – how to create simple, visual ways to communicate project progress and projections at project completion.

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This deep dive into estimating provides you with techniques to improve the way you answer questions that require estimates, like: how long will this take, how many resources do you need and what will it cost?

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 at 9am - 12pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

What is an estimate? How does our mind work to create estimates?
Estimating for various approaches: Adaptive ("Agile") through Predictive ("Waterfall")
Precision vs. accuracy – what is the relationship between them and how do we make good business decisions on required levels of precision?
Moving from data points to an understanding.
"Rolling Wave" estimating (aka "progress increment" estimating).
Common sense tools for estimating.

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Agile project management has been gaining a lot of traction and there are some powerful concepts in this approach. But like any new business management method, agile project management has already been misunderstood and overused as a silver bullet to all project management issues.

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 at 1pm - 4pm

Cost: $325.00

Session Outline

Understand the evolution of agile and adaptive approaches as a whole.
Examine various adaptive project approaches and appreciate the advantages and costs of each.
Understand the components of agile methods, particularly scrum.
Learn and practice techniques for determining the appropriate project approach for various types of projects.
Practice structuring real-life projects from class participants.
Equip participants with some tools for communicating options for project approaches and the ability to analyze best fit.

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CANCELLATION AND TRANSFER POLICIES

CANCELLATION POLICY:

100% refund for cancellations made 10 or more business days prior to the program’s start.
50% refund for cancellations made 5 to 9 business days prior to the program’s start.
There are no refunds for cancellations made less than 5 business days prior to the program’s start.

TRANSFER POLICY:

No additional fee for registration transfer to a future program or individual if made more than 5 business days before the original program start date.
10% transfer fee made 5 business days or less prior to the program’s start.