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Program Overview

In today's environment of accelerating change, increased competition and permanent fiscal pressure, projects are the vehicle organizations use to transform how they do business. The ability to successfully initiate, plan and execute on projects has become mission-critical to both organizations and individuals.

While project management has made significant inroads in the past decade, there are still vast areas for improvements in performance:

85% of companies want to be innovative, but only 26% are effective at it.¹

Nearly 60% of projects aimed at achieving business change do not fully meet their objectives.²

The University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, in partnership with Advanced Strategies, Inc., now offers a strategic Project Management Certificate in Leadership, Planning, & Execution going beyond current industry practices to equip project managers with both the hard- and soft-skills required for improved results:

• Day-to-Day Leadership
• Strategic Alignment
• Business Accountability
• Critical Thinking
• Dynamic Planning
• Focused Execution

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) that participants will receive:

• Course One: Project Initiation and Launch, 21 contact hours, 2.1 CEUs
• Course Two: Project Planning, 21 contact hours, 2.1 CEUs
• Course Three: Project Execution, 21 contact hours, 2.1 CEUs
• All three courses: Project Management Certification, 63 contact hours, 6.3 CEUs

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Who Should Attend?

This program is targeted for anyone who is engaged in the profession of project management, who makes their livelihood as a "project manager", or who is a manager who understands the need for consistently completing projects that deliver business value. The courses are optimized, with comprehensive, robust practices that professionals need to insure repeated project success.

Benefits

Participants will return to work with proven techniques for initiating and launching a project, delivering a defensible project process and getting the most out of the project team in today's chaotic environments.

As a PMI Global Endorsed Education Provider, Advanced Strategies ensures that each course aligns with PMI knowledge areas. Participants may submit for 21 PDUs for each course in the program.

Participants who complete all three courses will earn a Certificate in Project Management: Leadership, Planning, Execution from the Terry College of Business.

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Topics Covered

• Project Initiation and Launch - Set the foundation for a successful project. Learn formal project Definition techniques for reaching clarity and commitment on critical project elements.
• Project Planning - Learn a series of integrated techniques for delivering a defensible project process — the series of intellectually manageable and politically sustainable activities that are necessary and sufficient to reach the desired project outcomes.
• Project Execution - Learn to apply proven techniques for getting the most out of yourself, your team, and your project.

Faculty

All Faculty members have extensive experience leading projects for Fortune 500 and large government organizations. Some examples of instructors who have taught our Certificate in Project Management: Leadership, Planning, Execution classes include:

Edward L. Wynn, PMP

Edward L. Wynn, PMP, has spent his almost twenty-year career successfully leading and managing IT projects at consulting firms, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. While he performs a variety of project management roles, Ed is always a teacher first and foremost. He joined Advanced Strategies in 1994, and is responsible for advancing, documenting, and training on Advanced Strategies' approaches for Project Management.

Karen Windham

Karen Windham has over 25 years of experience in information management and project management, spanning a wide breadth of subject areas and industries for Fortune 500 and large government institutions. She has also conducted project assessments and quality assurance reviews, using her experience in large-scale, complex projects to coach other project managers. In addition, she has extensive experience in JDA facilitation techniques, business modeling techniques (data, process, object, event, and organization), data administration, project quality assurance and risk assessments.

Prior to joining Advanced Strategies in 1990, Karen worked for ten years in application development, data management and project management with the Southern Company (Georgia Power). She holds a BA degree in Chemistry from Emory University and an MBA degree in Finance from Georgia State University.

Duration and Costs

• Duration: 9 course days for complete program. Note: The Initiation and Launch course and the Planning course may also be taken independently.
• Costs: $1,995 per course or $5,500 if purchasing all three courses in advance. There is a 10% discount offered to any organization sending two or more participants.

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Course Summaries

Course	Description	Syllabus
Project Management: Initiation and Launch	Create an outcomes-based foundation for success and increase the level of clarity and commitment across stakeholders by reaching consensus on the business outcomes, scope and guiding principles of a project. Clarifying the Real Objectives Aligning with Strategic Goals Setting the Focus and Priorities Dealing with People & Politics Securing Support	Download information (PDF | 87 KB)
Project Management: Planning	Overcome scheduling, surprises and rework pitfalls by building a visual roadmap which is more useful, predictable and supported than traditional plans alone. Process Visualization Dynamic Planning Scheduling for Success Commitment of Resources Communication and Buy-in	Download information (PDF | 88 KB)
Project Management: Execution	Proven techniques for getting the most out of yourself, your team and your project in today's chaotic project environment. Includes formal, structured techniques for project promotion, direction and risk management. Oversight & Clear Direction Optimizing Resources Leading vs. Managing Maintaining Commitment Managing Risk * Prerequisites: 1) Project Management: Initiation and Launch 2) Project Management: Planning	Download information (PDF | 90 KB)

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Registration Options

The three Project Management courses, resulting in a Certificate in Project Management: Leadership, Planning, Execution, are offered twice in 2009 on the dates below:

Dates	Registration Deadline	Cost	Course	Register
March 30 - April 1	March 28	$1,995	Project Management: Project Initiation & Launch	Register Now
April 27 - 29	April 26	$1,995	Project Management: Project Planning	Register Now
May 25 - 27	May 24	$1,995	Project Management: Project Execution	Register Now

* $4,950 for each additional participant from the same organization
** $1795.50 for each additional participant from the same organization

Sources:
1. Gartner Group Annual 2007 CIO Survey
2. IBM Making Change Work Study

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