Learn the skills essential for project success in today’s tough business environment. Acquire a streamlined, best-practices approach to planning and managing projects of any size. Take your project management skills up a notch as you prepare for the Stanford Advanced Project Management curriculum.

Project Management Mastery can be taken on-line—any time, anywhere. The course can also be brought to your location as a three-day hands-on learning experience.

Registration

The Project Management Mastery course is not a part of the advanced curriculum and will not count toward your SCPM credential. As such, no application is required. You may simply register and begin the on-line course or request an on-site offering by calling 1.866.802.1152.

Target Audience

Representatives of all functional disciplines benefit from learning the methodologies presented in Project Management Mastery. The course is particularly recommended for actual or potential project managers, and for any professional who directly contributes to projects.

Overview

Project Management Mastery is designed to teach practical project management skills—the skills needed in today’s dynamic environment to successfully define, plan and manage projects. This 20-hour course teaches a step-by-step process for planning and managing projects of any size.

Concepts presented are reinforced through demonstrations and structured exercises. Participants apply the process to real-life company projects or to a case study. By the end of the course, each participant will have acquired hands-on experience in applying the new concepts and techniques to produce a quality project plan.

Learning Objectives

Project Management Mastery provides participants with immediate skills that will enable them to:

Review and validate project objectives

Establish a multi-functional project team

Define the framework by which team members will work together

Develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and assign ownership to each task

Produce a schedule that can be managed by critical path and float

Refine estimates and finalize resource requirements

Develop risk management plans

Track, assess and communicate project status

Manage issues, changes and additional risks

Conduct close-out reviews and communicate key learnings