MASTER’S CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT – Advancing Your Career Opportunities – The choice is clear. In association with: PMI, PMP, PMBOK Guide and the PMI Registered Education Provider Logo are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. Center for Advanced Management Programs University of Houston-Clear Lake School of Business 2700 Bay Area Boulevard Houston, Texas 77058 281-283-3120 http://camp.uhcl.edu This certificate validates your project management knowledge; you’ll gain peer recognition and meet the training requirements measured by a global standard - PMI’s PMBOK ® Guide. It also demonstrates you have gained the knowledge necessary to address the complex issues of project management.
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MASTER’S CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
– Advanc ing Your Career Oppor tun i t i e s –
The choice is clear.
In association with:
PMI, PMP, PMBOK Guide and the PMI Registered Education Provider Logo are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Center for Advanced Management ProgramsUniversity of Houston-Clear Lake School of Business2700 Bay Area BoulevardHouston, Texas 77058281-283-3120http://camp.uhcl.edu
This certificate validates your project management knowledge; you’ll gain peer recognition and meet the training requirements measured by a global standard - PMI’s PMBOK® Guide. It also demonstrates you have gained the knowledge necessary to address the complex issues of project management.
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Dear Projecet Management Professionals,
In order to improve skills, gain new insights and learn new techniques as a project management professional, you need to participate in relevant training programs.
With that in mind, the University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Master’s Certificate in Project Management is designed to help you build and maintain a successful career as a project management professional.
Many individuals enter the program to energize their careers, update professional expertise, justify promotions through professional training, and create new career opportunities.
the program provides highly focused, real-world learning experience with immediate application and is structured within an adult learning environment to meet job and career requirements and goals.
To earn this career-building certificate, it only takes six courses. Courses are designed as “stand alone” to meet individual needs as well as immediate, specific organizational needs pertaining to all aspects of the project management profession.
It is safe to say the skills you learn from attaining the Master’s Certifricate in Project Management will leverage your competitive advantage and maximize your career potential.
Sincerely,
Jo Anne Laborde, MBA
Director, CAMP
About the Center for Advanced Management Programs (CAMP) CAMP was established in 1977, as the outreach arm of the University of Houston-Clear Lake School of Business, serving as the link between the university, business, government, and the community.
Since its inception, CAMP has become a leader in university-level continuing professional education, offering a wide range of programs. CAMP sponsors, develops and implements numerous seminars, workshops, prep courses and certificate programs. We also provide customized training programs tailored to meet your company’s specific needs on-site.
CAMP is committed to keeping business, government and industrial personnel abreast of fast moving developments, updated in current methods, and renewed in basic knowledge essential to professional success – all in the most convenient, cost-effective form possible.
Learn more at camp.uhcl.edu.
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The Master’s Certificate in Project ManagementUniversity of Houston-Clear Lake and PMCentersUSA deliver project management courses that address the challenges project managers encounter on a daily basis.
Entailment:
• Six core courses address all nine project management knowledge areas delineated in the PMI PMBOK® Guide.
• The optional Project Management Certification Exam Preparation course helps professionals prepare for Project Management Institute(PMI’s) Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM®) or Project Management Professionals (PMP®) certification exam – the premier certification of PMI.
• 84 hours of classroom training can be completed in as little as 6 months. These hours are approved for 84 PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs). Courses are also approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Additionally, the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy has approved the Project Management certificate courses for Continuing Professional Education (CPEs) units.
Enrollment Benefits:
• Real world experience, through a lively mix of examples and instructor-led exercises, will equip you with the powerful tools and techniques that can help you become an exceptional project manager.
• Case studies drive learning. Learning new skills and/or processes are easier when you can see them in action. You’ll apply key concepts and processes through several case studies
• A workshop manual has been specially prepared to relieve you of the burden of taking copious notes and provides you with a ready reference that you are sure to use over and over again.
• A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants who successfully complete each course.
• One-on-one contact with instructors is encouraged.
• Save 20 percent when you enroll in a track.
• A complimentary PMBOK® Guide*, parking, breakfast, coffee, lunch and refreshment breaks are all uncluded with your registration fee.
• No risk to ytou. – All of our courses are satisfaction guaranteed.
*Provided to attendees enrolled for the track. Also issued to those attending PM Essentials or PMP Prep as single classes.
In alliance with PMCentersUSA, the University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Center for Advanced Management Programs (CAMP) offers a series of courses to help you build and maintain a successful career as a project manager.
PMCentersUSA is a Project Management Institute (PMI®) Charter Global Registered Education Provider.
Learn from the expertise provided in our project management courses. These courses are intensive and go beyond the fundamentals to profile major project management concepts, tools, techniques and processes used in today’s organizations.
PMI, PMP, PMBOK and the PMI Registered Education Provider Logo are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. Talented Training Leaders
All course instructors are practicing project managers and certified Project Management Professionals (PMP®). Their extensive experience as practitioners and consultants gives them a clear understanding of the challenges project managers face. They bring a broad range of expertise and useful advice.
Helping you complete projects on time and on budget.
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The need for project managers is present in every organization. All organizations have projects that need to be managed. As a trained project manager, you’ll have the ability to apply project management processes, skills and techniques to successfully complete projects on time and within budget constraints.
It is not an overstatement to say the skills you’ll learn from a certificate program in project management can double and even triple your opportunity to maximize your career in the field of project management.
The University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Center for Advanced Management Programs, in alliance with PMCentersUSA, offers a comprehensive series of courses covering the entire Project Management Institute standard, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). We’ll prepare you with the skills necessary to tackle challenges of completing projects, meeting deadlines, developing estimates, negotiating schedules, planning and managing projects – which are all factors that affect project outcomes. A copy of the PMBOK® Guide, a $50 value, is provided at the start of the Master’s Certificate in Project Management track.
By offering this series of courses, we’ll help you build and maintain a successful career as a project manager. Our single-minded objective in these unique courses is to provide you with a solid foundation and the knowledge and skill set required for managing projects. We also focus on helping you prepare for the rigorous Certified Associate in Project Manager (CAPM®) or Project Management Professional (PMP®) examination – the crowning achievement for project managers.
Project Management Master’s Certificate Track
In this series of intensive two-day courses, we will focus on the nine functional areas:• Integration• Cost • Communications• Scope• Quality
• Risk• Time• Human Resource• Procurement
Courses OfferedMaster’s
CertificateTrack
PM Certification Prep Track
Project Management Essentials • •
Project Leadership • •
Project Scope and Quality Management • •
Project Time and Cost Management • •
Project Risk and Procurement Management • •
Project Human Resource and Communications Management • •
Take the next step and create opportunities for a successful career.Enroll by calling 281.283.3120, online through our website at camp.uhcl.edu or email us at [email protected].
Program Options
The certificate track in project management is designed to meet the varied needs of the project management profession. Courses may also be taken as stand alone workshops to meet immediate, specific organizational needs pertaining to all aspects of project management. These options are offered to develop in-depth specialized expertise and skills:
Modern project management skills are essential for individual and organizational productivity in today’s highly competitive business world. The application of sound project management techniques has demonstrably improved the chances of successfully completing projects within the constraints of time, cost and quality. This course prepares you to immediately start implementing principles and techniques of project management within your organization or to improve those already implemented.
Who Should AttendThis course should be attended by project managers, project team members, executives, functional managers, and anyone involved with the planning, implementation and control of projects.
Course FeaturesThis practical course emphasizes the essentials skills of modern project management within the organizational, cultural and economic environment of today’s business world. Through dialogue, demonstrations and real-world examples and exercises, including hands-on exercises using Microsoft Project, students learn how to take projects apart, understand the components, put the projects together again in new, more organized ways and lead the project to success.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:• Understand the philosophy of modern project
management and be able to implement key generally accepted best practices
• Develop effective project schedules considering resources and risks
• Be able to integrate and execute the basic functions of project initiating, planning, execution, control and closing throughout the life cycle of a project
• Understand the basics of, and be able to use, a modern project scheduling software system
Course OutlineProjects and Project Management • Definitions• Project Life Cycles and Processes • Project Initiation • Project Management Body of Knowledge
Basic Scheduling Concepts • Basic Scheduling Elements • Network Diagrams and Gantt Charts • Critical Path Concepts • The Concept of Float Project Planning • Project Plans and Planning Guides • Work Breakdown Structure and Estimating • Resource Assignments and Utilization • Multiple Projects
Project Execution and Control • Cost, Time and Quality Targets • Team Motivation • Project Control • Earned Value Analysis
Project Risk Management • Project Risk and Risk Management • Risk Response Strategies • Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis
Project managers are expected to elicit top performance from all members of the project team, often in an environment of high-responsibility and low-authority coupled with the use of “borrowed resources.” Key to accomplishing this is the understanding of and ability to implement proven leadership, communication and management theories and methods in project situations.This intensive course allows you to analyze your own management and leadership styles, compare them to modern techniques and principles, and strengthen your ability to lead others to project success.
Who Should AttendThis seminar should be attended by project managers, project leaders, technical leads, and the project executive sponsors.
Course FeaturesThis practical course emphasizes the fundamentals of modern leadership, management and communications techniques within the project environment.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:• Build high-performance project teams through effective
leadership and communication• Use power, politics and personality to encourage
productivity and cooperation• Resolveconflictthroughtheuseoffiveprovenmethods• Implement effective and creative problem-solving and
negotiation processes to attain agreements
Course OutlineProject Leadership in Today’s Culture • Definitions• The Role of Projects and Project Managers • Leadership • Situational Aspects of Leadership • Managing Change
Project Team Development • Team Organizations • Stages of Team Development • Situational Leadership in Teams • Team Leader Action Strategies • Team Behaviors
Maximizing Interpersonal Relationships • Communications • Relationship Awareness • Patterns of Motivation • Interpersonal Development • BehaviorsDuringConflict
Negotiating Solutions • ConflictinProjectTeams• IdentifyingConflict• ManagingConflict• Sources of Power • Negotiating Agreement
PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas Addressed:• Project Human Resource Management• Project Communications Management
Project scope and quality management go hand-in-hand in today’s project environment. Both are concerned with the assurance that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully. In addition, both are concerned with the inclusion of the processes required to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it is undertaken. Hence, the duality of project quality and process quality are united with change control through project scope and quality management.This course provides accepted and proven principles and techniques for the management of scope and quality in projects to assure project success in terms of schedule, cost, quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
Who Should AttendThis course should be attended by practicing project managers, project team members, functional managers and supervisors, owners, contractors, suppliers and support personnel involved with the implementation and control of projects.
Course FeaturesThe purpose of this course is to provide accepted and proven principles and techniques for the management of scope and quality in projects to assure project success in terms of schedule, cost, quality and stakeholder satisfaction. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Develop a concise and complete project charter and plan • Control the project scope and avoid “scope creep” • Select from common models of quality management • Understand the basic quality tools and principles of
quality control and quality leadership• Understand the basics of professional responsibility and
Project Integration Management • Project Plan Development • Project Plan Execution • Project Overall Change Control • ProjectConfigurationManagementandPrototyping• Project Control
Project Quality Management • Quality Planning • Quality Assurance • Quality Control • Basic Quality Control Tools
Quality Concepts and Professional Responsibility • Quality Concepts • Understanding the Customer • Quality Attributes • Professional Responsibility • Ethics in Project Management
Scheduleandbudgetanalysisandcontrolhavelongbeensignificantelementsofprojectmanagement.Indeed,theidentificationofprojectstatusdependsonscheduleandbudgetelements,inadditiontoelementsofadherencetothespecifications.However,bothscheduleandbudgetelementshavetraditionallybeenregulatedfunctionsnotdirectlyinvolved with the day-to-day performance activities. Hence, many project personnel and managers today do not have the basic understanding of schedule and budget development, analysis and control necessary to adequately carry out the responsibilities of modern project management.
Who Should AttendThis course should be attended by practicing project managers and team members, functional managers, owners, contractors and suppliers involved with the implementation and control of projects.
Course FeaturesThe purpose of this course is to provide the fundamentals of schedule and budget development, analysis and control as they apply to modern project management in all environments.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Calculate project schedules based on Work Breakdown
Structure and Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)/ Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis
• Identify, assign and tabulate resource requirements • Develop and use time-phased project budgets • Predict future project performance based on historical
Risk is the project manager’s inescapable partner. In addition to living with risk, a project manager – and project personnel – must be able to work effectively with contracting managers, purchasing professionals and subcontractors to accomplish key objectives. In today’s environment, project management requires project personnel to have a working knowledge of the management of risk and the intricacies of contract and procurement management in order to control and direct the project to success.This intensive course provides the basics of risk management and contract/procurement management as it applies to project management.
Who Should AttendThis course should be attended by practicing project managers and team members, functional managers, owners, contractors and other personnel involved in implementation and control of projects.
Course FeaturesThe purpose of this course is to provide the fundamentals of risk and contract/procurement management in all environments.Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Identify acceptable levels of risk • Assess the potential impact of risk factors • Manage project risk using proven processes • Identify contract components • Understand the process of project contracting • Administer contracts appropriately and effectively
Course OutlineRisk Planning, Identification and Quantification • DefinitionsandCharacteristicsofRisk• A Seven-Step Risk Management Process • RiskPlanningandIdentification• Risk Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis • Expected Value Analysis • Decision Tree Analysis
Risk Response Planning, Monitoring and Control • Risk Response Planning and Strategies • Risk Monitoring • Risk Control • Contingency Planning • Risk Assessment and Reassessment
Project human resource management addresses the processes and functions for the most effective use of people involved with projects, while project communications management addresses timely and appropriate development and dissemination of information. Each is inherently connected and reliant on the other in today’s project environment. Both are concerned with the assurance that the project includes the right people and that the people have the right information at the right time. In addition, both address the inclusion of the processes required to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it is undertaken.This course provides accepted and proven principles and techniques for the management of human resources and communications in projects to assure project success in terms of schedule, cost, quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
Who Should AttendThis course should be attended by practicing project managers, project team members, functional managers and supervisors, owners, contractors, suppliers and support personnel involved with the implementation and control of projects.
Course FeaturesThe purpose of this course is to provide accepted and proven principles and techniques for the management of human resources and communications in modern project management. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • Establish roles and responsibilities for team members • Select and develop project teams • Understand project manager core competencies • Determine communication requirements and needs • Develop communication plans • Increase your communication skills
Project Team Issues • Team Development • Human Dimensions of Projects • Motivation and Leadership Theories • ConflictandStressManagement
Communications Management • Communicating and Communication Plans • Communications Planning • Information Distribution • Performance Reporting • Administrative Closure
Communicating • Dimensions of Communicating • Verbal and Written Communications • Listening • Project Meetings
PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas Addressed:• Project Human Resource Management• Project Communications Management
PM 206: PROJECT HUMAN RESOURCE AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
2-days / 14 PDUs / 14 CPEs / 1.4 CEUs No prerequisite requiredThis is an intensive review of the subject matter tested on the Project Management Institute’s PMP® examination. You will improve your test-taking skills by completing a sample examination of 200 questions and discussing the rationale behindbothcorrectandincorrectanswers.Theprogramisspecificallydesignedtomaximizetheprobabilitythatyouwillsuccessfullypasstheexaminationthefirsttime.Each student will receive handout material, the sample examination questions, and a copy of the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Who Should AttendAll individuals who plan to take the Project Management Institute’s PMP® or CAPM® examination should attend this seminar.
Course FeaturesThis program emphasizes the nine knowledge areas of PMI’s A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge, the basis for the PMP® and CAPM®certificationexaminations.
Upon completion of this program, you will be able to: • Identify personal strengths and weaknesses in each of
the knowledge areas • Explain the correct answers to each of the Sample Exam
questions • Develop a personalized strategy for passing the PMP®
Exam
Course OutlineIntroduction and PMP® Program Overview • Applying for and Taking the Exam • Strategies: General and Question-by-Question
Project Management Framework • Project Life Cycles and Stakeholder Management • The Triple Constraint and Organizational Issues
Project Scope Management • Initiating the Project: Project Plans • Work Breakdown Structures
Project Time Management • Project Schedules and Logic Diagramming • Critical Path Analysis and Performance Measurement
Project Human Resource Management • Project Manager Responsibilities • PowerandConflictManagement
Project Quality Management • Project Management and Quality Management • Statistical Process Control
Project Cost Management • Estimating versus Pricing • Financial Analysis
Project Procurement Management • Procurement Planning • Business Issues, Selection, and Evaluation Project Risk Management • Expected Values • Decision Trees and Cause and Effect
Project Communications Management • Tools and Techniques • Reporting and Lessons Learned Professional Responsibility • Professional Responsibility • Ethics
The Master’s Certificate in Project Management program is available to delivery at your location.
Custom Programs: Design your own and save training dollars.
CAMP’s Master’s Certificate in Project Management program has been developed into a modular format leading to unparalleled flexibility and scalability. Working in partnership with your organization, you can use our modular format to design an in-house project management program that perfectly fits the training needs of your organization. This unique program has the credibility of the Center for Advanced Management Programs, School of Business, University of Houston-Clear Lake.
You may choose courses from the Master’s Certificate in Project Management program or select specific course modules to build courses that address your organizations pressing training needs. This approach allows you to design your own programs. When training is relevant to the people being trained, you can count on improved attention, retention, and greater value for your training dollars.
We are confident that your organization and its employees will benefit from designing your own training program. With a group of 12 or more you’ll save training costs, compared to public programs of the same duration and content when employee travel expenses are taken into account. We can schedule training programs at your location at times convenient for you.
For more information about the new and exciting approach for your training needs, call CAMP at 281-283-3120.
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MASTER’S CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENTSix Two-Day Courses to Advance Your Career:
• Project Management Essentials• Project Leadership• Project Scope and Quality Management• Project Time and Cost Management• Project Risk and Procurement Management• Project Human Resource and Communications Management
Ideal training for those seeking a successful career in project management
Center for Advanced Management ProgramsUniversity of Houston-Clear Lake School of Business2700 Bay Area BoulevardHouston, Texas 77058281-283-3120http://camp.uhcl.edu
