Project Management:
Principles, Tools & Techniques
Based on PMI Framework and Standards Applied Worldwide

Ottawa-Gatineau Campus (Canada)
March 19-21, 2012
June 18-20, 2012
Located near the scenic Gatineau Park,
our campus is 15-minute drive from downtown Ottawa
and about an hour direct flight from LaGuardia Airport, New York.


New
21 P.D.U.

The Professional Development Institute is
a Project Management Institute (PMI)^® Registered Education Provider

•   Printed Version (See Page 2 of our 9 pages Catalog)

•   Register Now (Public Seminars)
•   In-house Seminars Delivered in Your Organization
    in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, China and Japan

• Objectives
• Outline
• Workshop Leader
• Locations & tuition fees
• How to register
• Recent Feedback from Participants

• The key causes of project success and failure
• The standards body - Project Management Institute
• The five main phases in a project life cycle
• The nine project management knowledge areas
• Proper project relationship to the Strategic Plan
• Your project steering wheel – the triple constraints
• Basic attributes of a good project manager

2. Project Initiation

• The project charter – starting a project right
• The foundation of a project – the objectives
• Justifying the project with the business case
• Stakeholders, obtaining their commitment early
• Project boundaries – assumptions & constraints

3. Project Planning

• The top-level flow of the planning process
• The first step – build a work breakdown structure
• Cost and time estimating – tips and techniques
• How to build and roll-up the total project budget
• Your real management tool – the network diagram
• The key to schedule – building the critical path
• From the network diagram to the timeline (schedule)
• Human resources and resource leveling
• Positive and negative risks, building a risk-proof budget
• The project management plan as the baseline

4. Project Execution

• The P.M.’s leadership and team-motivation roles
• Building a team – skills, energy, team temperament
• Organization structures – functional, project and matrix
• The leader's job – "what" not "how"; full delegation
• The kick-off meeting, getting everyone aligned
• Communication: verbal, meetings, email, invisible web
• The foundation : weekly meeting and issues list
• Design before build : start cheaply, then spend
• When to build internally, when to buy externally
• Procurement: contract types, selecting the winner
• Project quality: ensuring the output is "fit for use"

5. Project Monitoring and Control

• Managing expectations and change
• Monitoring tempo, what to do when off plan
• Comparing the baseline to the current schedule
• Critical chain management, optimizing schedule
• Compressing schedule: crashing and fast-tracking
• Tracking, gaging the status, and managing project cost
• Managing risk: tempo, triggers, and contingency
• Earned value, measuring schedule by work done
• Project evaluations: reports, asking for assistance
• Closure: scope verification, system delivery

6. Project Closeout Phase: Planning and Completion

• The closure plan and meeting: PM and client roles
• Reconciliation and disposition of outstanding items
• Transition and feedback for the team
• Lessons learned: the most valuable step
• Personal closeout: dealing with mistakes

7. Synthesis and Conclusion

• Duration: 3 days 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Value in Professional Development Units:: 21 P.D.U.
• Locations:
  • Canada: PDI Conference Center in Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital area. Free parking. Note: Our Ottawa-Gatineau campus is located about an hour direct flight from LaGuardia Airport (New York). Directions available at www.executive.org/directions
  • Call us for U.S. locations in Cambridge (MA) and New York (NY).
• Tuition Fees:
  Fees include hand-outs, road maps and course materials of exceptional value, a daily continental breakfast, a light luncheon plus hot and soft drinks twice a day, add taxes for non tax-exempted participants.
  

For overnight accommodation, several hotels are located within 10 to 20-minute drive including Hilton, Ramada Inn, Westin, Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Marriott, Sheraton, Delta, Holiday Inn, Days Inn, Best Western, Cartier Place Suite Hotel, Lord Elgin Hotel, and Minto Place Suite Hotel. Click here for detailed information about hotels.

How to Register: Please register by phone or fax and pay in advance by cheque or credit card.
Send your cheque payable to: The Professional Development Institute PDI Inc.
Fees include hand-outs, road maps and course materials of exceptional value (see above), a daily continental breakfast, light luncheon plus hot and soft drinks during the morning and afternoon pauses, but exclude hotel accommodation (if required).

Cancellation Policy: Participants registering as a group must send substitutes in lieu of cancelling. For other clients, cancellations are accepted if made at least 10 working days prior to the course, and are subject to a $100 service charge per person. Full fees are payable by anyone who fails to attend or cancels less than 10 working days prior to the session. One substitution or transfer to a later course of the same duration is allowed.

The dress code is business casual at your discretion. Trust your judgment. When unsure, err on the side of caution. If overdressed, you can remove a tie or a jacket and roll up your sleeves. Members of the Canadian Forces and the U.S. defense community can, at their discretion, either dress casually or keep the uniform.

You will be reminded the first day to dress the way you feel most comfortable for a photo session the next morning.

Although every effort will be made to ensure a pleasant learning environment including a suitable temperature, we recommend you bring a sweater or a jacket to the classroom as individual comfort zones differ and sudden variations in the weather can temporarily affect air conditioning.

Also please kindly refrain from using strong fragrances during the session in order to accommodate your fellow participants who suffer from asthma.