Building skills may take you out of your comfort zone – and that is perfectly ok.
We are experts in teaching project management. We teach people in a wide range of industries, companies, functions, and roles. We will deliver the class you need by tailoring terminology, templates, examples, and case studies to make it relevant to your organization. We can also quickly add, remove, or tailor content to deliver courses that target the skills your organization needs.
Audience: Project Team Members
Level: Foundational
Outcomes: Learn the project management skills to be a proactive team member - understand the desired outcome of the project, push information to the project manager in a timely manner, and prioritize your work appropriately. Understand the nuances of project plans, and be a more effective problem-solver. This will help you to contribute to the project’s success and be a valued contributor.
Delivery Options: On-Site (1 day), Virtual Classroom (Four 90-minute live sessions), Hybrid (Three weeks)
Audience: People who are looking for the basics, are new to project management, or lead small project teams.
Level: Foundational
Outcomes: This course covers the key activities of the project management process – identifying stakeholders, scoping the project, assigning roles and responsibilities, creating a simple schedule, and assessing project health. Invite project managers, team leaders, and team members to start building a culture around project management in your organization.
Delivery Options: On-Site (1 day), Virtual Classroom (Four 2-hour live sessions), Hybrid (Four weeks)
Audience: People who are new to project management, looking to deepen their skills, or lead small to mid-sized projects.
Level: Intermediate
Outcomes: This course covers the complete project management lifecycle, focusing on the practical and high-impact techniques needed to lead a project – chartering the project, establishing governance, scoping the project, assigning roles and responsibilities, creating a deliverables-based schedule, addressing risks, assessing status, and responding to changes. You will learn techniques for communicating effectively with stakeholders, keeping team members engaged throughout the project, and being an effective project leader. Invite your project managers and team leaders to improve your organization’s project management capabilities.
Delivery Options: On-Site (3 days), Virtual Classroom (Eight 2-hour live sessions), Hybrid (Six weeks)
Audience: Project managers / professionals who are managing projects as one part of their job
Level: Intermediate
Outcomes: This course provides a detailed examination of the fundamental processes of project management and meets the 23 contact hour training requirements for PMI®'s Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM)® exam.
Delivery Options: Offered through Northwestern University School of Professional Studies
Audience: Project managers with at least three-years' experience leading projects
Level: Advanced
Outcomes: This course explores project management terms, concepts, techniques, and tools to ensure the aspects of a project are organized and managed properly. Integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk, and procurement management topics are reviewed. This course satisfies the 35 hour project management education requirement for PMI®'s Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam.
Delivery Options: Offered through Northwestern University School of Professional Studies
Audience: Project managers familiar with project management fundamentals.
Level: Advanced
Outcomes: This course results in participants completing a comprehensive set of project plans, learning and applying practical techniques. Using hands-on activities, case studies, and their own projects, they will improve their planning capabilities.
Delivery Options: Offered through Northwestern University School of Professional Studies
Audience: Project managers familiar with project management fundamentals
Level: Intermediate
Outcomes: This course will help the participant improve the essential skills needed to be an effective project manager: communication, relationship-management, conflict resolution, decision-making, and team motivation.
Delivery Options: Offered through Northwestern University School of Professional Studies