Project Management: An Overview for Managers

Many times, professionals are put in charge of critical projects with little more than a copy of Microsoft Project to guide them. FIU's one-day course in project management covers the essentials of the project management process giving students a broad overview of the best methods and a framework for becoming a more effective project manager.

This one-day program is a valuable opportunity to become grounded in project management before your next "high stakes " project comes along. The procedures and guidelines you learn in this educational setting might make a critical difference in how you plan and manage your project when there's much more at risk.

Highlights

This course provides you with the knowledge to build a better, more effective project plan and to manage through the project life cycle. It addresses the key processes associated with project management including requirements definition, schedules, risk management, and change control.

In classroom exercises, you will learn how to better define the scope of a new project, develop a project plan, and identify the project's critical path. You will sharpen your ability to estimate resource needs, schedule tasks, track project progress, and perform a post-project review.

    Unique Features

    This a one-day intensive for people who are facing new project management responsibilities and need to get up-to-speed quickly on basic project management tools and methods. The emphasis on effective planning using the Project Management Institute's (PMI) system helps assure that the information is relevant to managers responsible for demanding projects. Project management professionals (PMP®) can earn PDUs (professional development units) by participating in this course.

    The program covers:

    • means to develop and use time management charts
    • establishing a framework of relationship and time information
    • ways to create a work breakdown structure
    • methods to manage project costs
    • approaches to relationship management
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    Participants

    The program is especially beneficial to anyone with new or existing project management responsibilities who needs a refresher course on project management or perhaps has not had prior formal training.

      Program Courses

      Project Management phases
      PM Body of knowledge areas
      PM Time Management charts
      Relationship & Time information
      Work Breakdown Structure 
      Project Cost, execution and relationship management

      Faculty

      Larry Smith, PhD PMP 
      Associate Professor
      Decision Sciences and Information Systems 
      College of Business Administration

      Dr. Smith has extensive consulting and training experience in project management, time and stress management, leadership, and quantitative techniques. He has consulted with more than fifty major corporations and many Fortune 500 companies around the world and been a speaker at many professional conferences. He also has published in many academic journals and been on the editorial boards of the Project Management Journal, Successful Project Management and the International Journal of Project Management. Dr Smith won the Award for Teaching Excellence at Florida International University in 2005.

      Schedule

      Available as a Customized Program. For information about customizing an Executive & Professional Education program, please click here or contact us at 305-348-4217 or at epe@fiu.edu.

      Tuition

      The program fee of $395 includes tuition and instructional materials. The fee is subject to change and is payable in advance.

      Location

      Classes are held at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, located at 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami. This location is convenient and easily accessible from the Florida Turnpike and the S.W. 8th Street Exit. Directions

      Register

      Class size is limited. We encourage you to register early to reserve your place in the class.

      By telephone

      Please call our office at 305-348-4217, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we will take your registration and payment information. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Card.

      In person
      Come to the Office of Professional and Executive Education, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we can process your application. Our location is College of Business Administration, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, CBC 223, Miami, Florida 33199-0001.

      Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirming your place in the program.

      Registration and Withdrawal Policies

      Payment Policy: Program fees are due in full upon acceptance into the program.

      Substitution Policy: Qualified substitutes for participants can be accommodated with advance written notice.

      Withdrawal Policy: Due to costs associated with establishing, holding, and replacing participant slots, the following guidelines will be implemented:

      • 1 week prior the program: the participant will be charged 50% of the program fee.
      • 2 - 4 weeks prior the program: the participant will be charged 25% of the program fee.
      • The remainder of the above mentioned will be transferred to another program upon receipt of written notice.

      Note: Florida International University reserves the right to change, without notice, any statement in this bulletin concerning, but not limited to, curricula, courses, faculty, tuition, fees, policies and rules. If course or curriculum changes take place after you begin the program, we will make every effort to implement the changes in your best interest.