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Principles & Techniques of Project Management
Friday, June 6th, 2008
University of Houston Main Campus
Hilton Hotel and Conference Center, Room 107
102 C. N. Hilton Hotel and Conference Center
Houston, TX 77204
Agenda
9:00-9:30 a.m. - Registration
9:30-12:00 p.m. - Presentation
10:30 a.m. – Networking Break
11:45-12:00 p.m. – Q&A and Wrap-up
Who should attend:
This course is primarily designed for people who have or will be assigned project management responsibilities; for project managers, project leaders or anyone performing in those roles or soon to be performing in those roles.
What you will achieve:
- A clear differentiation between project, program, and subproject, identifying contrasting and related characteristics of each
- The ability to compare and contrast project management to: strategic management, operations management, and crisis management
- The knowledge of how to define the role of the project manager while balancing the expectations of the different project stakeholders
- The course-long case study will provide a forum in which to develop essential management deliverables: project charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures, activity lists, duration estimates, network diagrams, and risk analysis
- A skill assessment will enable students to gauge their level of skill in project management
About the Instructor:
Laura A. Williams, CPIM, PMP has worked for more than 20 years in the project management field. For the last 9 years, as a senior consultant with Project Management Methodologies (PMM), she has focused on advising companies on good project management practice and implementation in enterprise environments as well as providing training in PM[M] process and tools. Prior to joining PMM, Laura worked for a major aerospace company, employing scheduling techniques and earned value methods to track and control project progress on a variety of programs including the External Tank project in New Orleans, Louisiana. Laura received her B.S. from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California and is certified in Production and Inventory Management (APICS) and is a Project Management Professional (PMP).
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Seating is limited. Call Patrick Paratore at 713-882-6757 to reserve your space.
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