• Build skills in planning, prioritizing, monitoring, controlling and evaluating projects 
• Make sound decisions about how and where to direct your time and energy
• Get greater control over your to-do list by differentiating project tasks from daily ongoing tasks
• Apply project management communication processes for supporting multiple people and projects 
• Practice building a project schedule and task list
• Use PM tools to solve common project challenges such as effective meeting management 
• Get the job done while meeting the expectations of your boss and team

Impact on your organization, team or business:

• Increase project management know-how within the company to support organizational objectives
• Hone staff ability to manage projects more independently
• Bring a fresh project management perspective to smaller projects
• Empower people to participate more actively and better support larger organizational projects
• Elevate client satisfaction through more efficient project delivery

Introduction to Project Management

• Key PM concepts and terminology

Project Initiation

• Creating a kick-off document that captures the goals, completion criteria and all of the work to be done
• Identifying and communicating with project stakeholders

Project Planning

• Using a work breakdown structure to better plan tasks and check points
• Applying project templates to develop communication, risk and task management plans 
• Generating a realistic project schedule

Project Managing

• Tools for tracking and controlling projects
• Responding proactively to challenges
• Improving your team leadership skills in a project environment

Project Closing

• Closing out project activities successfully