Project Management for Non-Project Managers

Enhance your efficiency and results with 'Project Management for Non-Project Managers', perfect for professionals seeking to master fundamental project management skills without pursuing full certification.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Apply project management techniques to enhance efficiency and quality.

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Understand the basics of stakeholder management and communications.

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Design effective project management plans using industry standards.

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Control and manage project scope and schedule effectively.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 2 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Aspiring Project Managers
  • Small Business Owners
  • Team Leaders
  • Non-Technical Professionals

Description

Everyone finds themselves managing a project from time-to-time at work, at home, or on some type of service project. Often our approach is haphazard and leads to rework, inefficiencies, and missed project deliverables. Applying a few project management techniques, even in modest measure can result in significant improvements in project results, saving money and time, while delivering more of the intended results at a higher quality than would likely be achieved by simply winging it. This class introduces the most important aspects of project management in a way that can be easily put into practice on any project. Although it is not designed to be a course that leads to certification, the material conforms to, and is based on the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 6th edition. The approach will be facilitated with a combination of theory and hands on practice with common project management tools and techniques, with exercises based on examples that are reachable and familiar to the students.

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Upcoming Course Dates

August 11-12, 2025

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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$1595

December 8-9, 2025

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Denver

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$1595

Course Outline

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Introduction

  1. Project Management Triple Constraint

  2. Project Management Plan

  3. Challenges to Effective Project Management

  4. Constraints and Assumptions

  5. Projects, Deliverables, Activities and Processes

  6. Exercise – Identify projects you have worked on

Stakeholder Management

  1. The Purpose of Stakeholder Management

  2. Project Stakeholder Management Processes

  3. Who Are Your Stakeholders?

The Identify Stakeholders Process

  1. Stakeholder Register

  2. Power/Interest Grid

  3. Class Discussion

  4. Exercise – Prepare a stakeholder register

Plan Stakeholder Management Process

  1. Stakeholder Management Plan

Manage Stakeholder Engagement Process

  1. Knowing Your Stakeholders

  2. Cultural Considerations

  3. Diversity

  4. Virtual Teams

Control Stakeholder Engagement Process

  1. Exercise – Sensitive Conversations

  2. Class Discussion

Introduction To Project Communications Management

  1. Challenges of Project Communications Management

  2. Class Discussion

Project Communications Processes

  1. Dimensions of Communication

  2. Important Communication Skills

  3. Sender-Receiver Models of Communications

  4. Where Does Meaning Come From?

Plan Communications Management

  1. Plan Communications Management

  2. Communications Management Chart

  3. Exercise – Create a Communications Planning Matrix for a project

Manage Communications

  1. Exercise – Active Listening

  2. Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Project Scope Management

  1. Triple Constraint

  2. Scope Management Processes

  3. Define the Project Scope

  4. Project Scope Statement

  5. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

  6. WBS Format 1 – Org Chart

  7. WBS Format 2 – Outline

  8. WBS Format 3 – Mind Map

  9. Exercise – WBS

  10. Validate Scope

  11. Control Scope

Project Schedule Management

  1. Defining Activities

  2. Sequence Activities – Dependency and Precedence Relationships

  3. Estimate Activity Durations

  4. Critical Path

  5. Exercise – Critical Path

Project Cost Management

  1. Estimating Costs

  2. Determine Budget

Class Wrap-up

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