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PMP Exam Preparation Study Series
Tuesdays – January 13, 20. 27 February 3, 10, 17, (24*)
12 Contact hours
$250
$275
PMP Exam Preparation Course
Oct 7 & 9, 2008, 9 AM - 5 PM, 16 Contact hours ***CLOSED***
$750 $900
MS Project Basics Workshop
Oct 7 & 9, 2008, 6 - 9 PM, 6 PDU's or Contact Hours ***CLOSED***
$400 $550

SEMINAR SERIES – Hot Topics for PMs "The Growing Role of the Project Manager in Successful Business/IT Alignment, Execution and Governance Best Practices: Why, What and How?"
Friday, Nov 14, 8:30 AM - 5 PM, 8 PDU's

$350

$450

Notes:

  • Discounts: To take advantage of the Chapter Member rate you must be a chapter member at class time.   Instructors cannot enroll you as a chapter member. At least a week before class follow the instructions at How to Join to ensure you are on the chapter membership list.
  • Registration Deadline: You may register up to end of day Thursday before class, but if enrollment is low the class will be cancelled and tuition refunded, so to ensure it runs enroll at least a week before class.
  • Cancellation & Refunds: Students who cancel before the registration deadline will be refunded 94% of the class fee.  No refunds will be issued if cancellation is received after the registration deadline.
  • Location: All classes are at the BOCES Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - 44 Executive Blvd, Elmsford - Directions
  • Questions: Contact Anita Wilton PMP, VP of Programs at 914-332-9391 or anitawilton@optonline.net

 

PMP Related Training Four Class Package

Take the Four Course Package to enhance your PM knowledge and/or to prepare for the PMP Exam!

 

Course Credit: 12 Contact hours of PM education or 12 PDUs

Or take individual classes! (Payments must be made via Pay Pal 2 business days before the first class or by check the first night of class)

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Scheduling and Costing

Learn more about the time and cost management concepts of project management!

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Course Credit: 3 Contact hours of PM education or 3 PDUs

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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Procurement / Outsourcing

Learn more about the procurement management concepts of project management as well as how to manage your project’s outsourced efforts.

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Course Credit: 3 Contact hours of PM education or 3 PDUs

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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Risk Management

Learn more about the risk management concepts of project management!

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Course Credit: 3 Contact hours of PM education or 3 PDUs

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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Project Management Math

Learn more about the mathematical concepts of project management as described in the PMBOK!

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Course Credit: 3 Contact hours of PM education or 3 PDUs

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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MS Project Basics Workshop

Managing projects effectively requires understanding project needs and managing time, cost, and resource constraints to deliver quality products / services that are on-time and within budget.  This poses an ongoing challenge for project managers. Microsoft Project provides the capability to view, analyze, and manage these four elements concurrently.  It is used to schedule and track project activities as well as to communicate project status.

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Benefits:   7 PDU's or Contact hours of PM education / PDUs

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford   Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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MS Project Advanced Workshop

Learn how to create and baseline individual project plans, address project and resource constraints, create planning templates, manage enterprise resource pools (shared resources), set up organizational project and resource calendars, create organizational project portfolios and master schedules, update project plans using actual information, review progress and variance information, and communicate portfolio and project status.  

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Benefits:   7 Contact hours of PM education / PDUs

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford   Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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Project Management Workshop
This course introduces the core concepts of project management as outlined in the Project Management Institute (PMI)'s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK?). Using a hands-on approach, it helps the participants identify key project indicators, plan and track the progress of their projects, create successful project communication channels and institute a project team culture that produces individual as well as team results.

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants
Benefits:  8 Contact hours of PM education or 8 PDUs
Location: Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions
Instructor: Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  
(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)
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Template Your Way to Success Workshop
Are you making an effective use of your time, talent, and PMP knowledge?  How big is your toolkit?  This computer-based course will provide attendees with practical information and skill enhancing tips and techniques that can be applied immediately to the project work environment.  Explore the creation and use of templates for your project management deliverables.

 

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Benefits:   6 Contact hours of PM education

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford   Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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PMP Exam Prep Study Series

PMI Westchester is pleased to offer this study group to further prepare you to take the PMP Exam. The curriculum has been updated to cover the new PM BOK 3rd edition.  These sessions are fast paced and require a 6 week commitment. Study materials will be provided, light dinners are included, and there are weekly homework assignments. Our exam passing rate is excellent and we are proud of the hard work and success of our students. Again in 2009, it will be possible to earn 12 education credits with the completion of all class requirements.

 

6 weekday nights - 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Audience: Portfolio Managers, Project Managers, and Project Participants

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES Elmsford Directions

Instructor:  Pls also call Anita Wilton, 914-332-9391, when you register.

Required: Personal copy of PM BOK Third Edition

Cost: $250 for PMI Westchester members, $275 for non-PMI members (Payments must be made via Pay Pal or by check the first night of class).

***Feb 24 is being held in case an extra day is needed due to a weather cancellation

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PMP Exam Preparation Course

This highly sought after two-day class is designed specifically to help you pass the PMP certification examination. The course is based on the nine Knowledge Areas of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge and the five process groups - Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing. The newly added domain of Professional Responsibility will also be reviewed. The course will also provide attendees with practical information and skill enhancing tips and techniques that can be applied immediately to the project work environment.

If registration for this class is combined with the PMP Study Group registration, the student will receive a $100 rebate after attending both classes. 

Audience: Managers and Project Personnel who aspire to be PMP certified

Benefits:   16 Contact hours of PM education

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

Instructor:  Anita Dhir, Medhira Enterprises, adhir@medhira.com, http://www.medhira.com/  

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Managing Multiple Projects Successfully - 2 courses

Learning to manage multiple projects successfully takes more than six (6) hours. It is a lifelong pursuit. The goal of the following two courses is to accelerate your multi-project experience, to concentrate what is all too often years of accidental experience into hours of purposeful and intensive learning.

 

Course #1:  Current best practices among well known experts in Portfolio Management, Program Management and Project Office Management across multiple industries.

 

Course #2The analytical and collaborative tools, including Microsoft Project Server, Pro-Sight and Pacifica Edge. Hands-on experience in a computer lab will be provided.

 

The student will leave the courses with a plan of action that is tailored to their environment, a more effective project manager, and more grounded in the Project Management Institute’s PMBOK Guide, couched in the real world of multi-project management.

 

Instructor: Joe Fitzgerald is a professional trainer with experience designing and delivering courses for major corporations including Citibank, Ford Motor Company, NationsBank, Sylvan Learning Systems, W.R. Grace, Merrill Lynch and Prudential. He has over 20 years of hands on experience as a project manager, managing over 70 major IT projects for more than 40 different clients in 2005, and has managed over 30 projects at one time each year for the last seven years.  He is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with extensive experience in Information Technology, Human Resources and Business Process Management.

 

Audience: Project Managers, Line Managers with PM responsibility, and Project Sponsors

Benefits:   3 Contact hours or 3 PDU's per class

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

(Payments must be made via Pay-Pal by Friday prior to class start)

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Platinum Rule for PM - 7 PDUs or contact hours

Seminar Abstract:
Project Managers have a difficult job. You are expected to please everyone. You are expected to be part psychologist, sales representative, forecaster and motivator ... while delivering results. What’s a project manager to do?

We have a time tested, proven methodology to make every task easier for you: The Platinum Rule®, created by Dr. Tony Alessandra. This concept will help you communicate effectively, make others want to follow your directions, reduce tension among teams and help you win others to your way of thinking. Companies all over the world have embraced the Platinum Rule during the last 30 years… because it works. Over one million people have been exposed to Dr. Alessandra’s teachings through books, workshops, speeches, seminars, DVDs and CDs. His courses include: Relationship Strategies, People Smarts, Collaborative Selling, Street Smarts, and The Art of Managing People. We have worked directly with Dr. Alessandra and have created a course designed specifically for project managers to help you become more effective in your dealings with upper management, employees and customers.
During this session, you will learn step by-step methods to:
  • Get individual team members to see the big picture as well as their individual roles in the project.
  • Present concepts to others in a pleasing manner.
  • Motivate each member of your team.
  • “Sell” new projects or project change requests to both your manager and your clients.
  • Learn the most effective ways to present bad news to othersIf you want to improve your effectiveness, as a project manager and as a person, while reducing the stress associated with working with so many different types of people, then this workshop is for you.

You will learn:
  • Your natural behavior style.
  • How to identify the behavior style of others.
  • How to understand the strengths and weaknesses of people with other styles.
  • How to capitalize on your strengths while minimizing the weaknesses.
  • To develop communication strategies that are easy to learn and implement

When you attend this workshop you will receive:
  • An assessment of your behavioral style with a 41-page personalized report.
  • A 360? assessment of how others view your behavior style.
  • An e-book that describes in detail the different behavior styles.
  • A full day to understand and implement effective tools and techniques.

    Sign up now and learn to improve all your relationships, reduce tension, and get more done in less time while learning how to manage, lead and build effective teams.

    To register please use Pay Pal as directed on the website. You may register up to the Friday before class, but if enrollment is low the class will be cancelled, so to ensure it runs enroll at least a week before class.
    Contact information: Anita Wilton - anitawilton@optonline.net or 914-332-9391.

    Instructor:
    Ron Finklestein, President of AKRIS, LLC, small business success expert, business coach, consultant, speaker, author, and trainer, has published two books: "Celebrating Success! Fourteen Ways to a Successful Company" and "The Platinum Rule to Small Business Mastery". Finklestein has managed many projects, both large and small, over his career in many different industries. He uses this experience to bring The Platinum Rule to life. Finklestein is available for coaching, consulting and speaking engagements, workshops, and seminars. You can contact him at info@yourbusinesscoach.net or reach him at (330) 990-0788. Sign up for his newsletter at http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net

    Amenities: Continental Breakfast + morning and afternoon break refreshments included.
    Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions
    Email Anita Wilton to request this class be scheduled

PMP Exam Preparation Course 2005

The Growing Role of the Project Manager in Successful Business/IT Alignment, Execution and Governance Best Practices:  Why, What and How? 

Overview: Are your projects being implemented on time, within budget and to the customer’s satisfaction? Are you feeling disconnected from the business? Are your compliance costs skyrocketing? Are your IT services being managed and utilized effectively? Is IT adding value to the business and how is that measured and recognized? Are IT initiatives being driven by the business or IT?  Are you seamlessly blending internal resources with outsourcing initiatives to reduce costs and improve service delivery? Are you allocating sufficient resources to develop your people and processes to raise your level of IT maturity and effectiveness? What is the role of the PM in implementing and sustaining an effective and robust IT governance environment, policy and process?

 

These and other key issues have become a major concern of the executive management and CIOs in global enterprises in terms of business alignment, key and measurable IT contributions to the business, responsible and effective execution of IT initiatives and services and compliance with regulations and organizational policies. 

 

Learning Objectives 

  • Understand the issues, challenges and growing importance of  IT governance and strategic sourcing
  • Be able to plan, develop, deploy and sustain an effective IT governance and sourcing policy, process, techniques and tools
  • Manage, evaluate, estimate, prioritize, fund, measure, assign and track requests for IT services more consistently and in alignment with the business
  • Allocate IT resources to the highest business value add activities (e.g. portfolio investment management)
  • Establish and/or improve IT decision rights, ownership and accountability
  • Improve organizational performance, responsiveness, reliability , maturity and staff development
  • Provide an overview of relevant current and emerging industry best practices and standards (e.g. ITIM, PMMM, PMBOK, CMMI, ITIL, COBIT,  Prince 2, Six Sigma, , Baldrige, ITsqm, IAOP, select ISO standards and others)
  • Understand the growing importance of the Project Manager in planning and implementing the components of IT governance
  • Improve regulatory compliance in a cost effective manner

  

This workshop will address key issues and solutions based on current and emerging industry best practices: 

  • Why IT governance?  Driving forces and challenges; Executives View of IT governance; Who benefits and what are the value propositions?
  • Overview of Industry Best Practice Standards, Model and Guidelines covering some aspect of IT governance – PMBOK, PMMM, CMMI, ITIL, Kano, ITsqc, IAOP, Security, select ISO standards, COBIT, Prince2, Six Sigma and others)
  • IT Governance framework and roadmap; Key Governance Processes- Planning, Execution, Performance Management, Steering Groups, Strategic Sourcing, etc.
  • Principles and Practices for Business/IT Alignment Excellence; Business and IT Plans, Investment/Portfolio Management Criteria; IT Engagement Model; Balanced Scorecard
  • Principles and Practices for Program/Project Management Excellence; PM Life Cycle Phases and Templates; PM Metrics; PMO; Risk Management
  • Principles and Practices IT Service Management and Delivery Excellence; ITIL (It Infrastructure Library) and its value; Metrics
  • How do you align the IT strategy with the business strategy? What worked? What did not work?
  • How is IT delivering value to your organizations? How is it measured?
  • How is IT developing and sustaining constructive and positive relationships with its customer community? Executive management? Suppliers/Vendors?
  • What IT controls, governance and compliance frameworks, processes, tools and techniques are being used? What worked? What did not work?
  • How do you sustain continuous improvement initiatives to increase the level of IT maturity and effectiveness, staff development, constituent ownership and decision rights?
  • Lessons Learned and Critical Success factors
  • Select Case Studies

 

Course Material:

G. Selig, IT Governance Courseware Workbook, GPS Group, Inc, 2008

Much of the information for this workshop has been extracted from Dr. Selig’s latest book called, “Implementing IT Governance – A Practical Guide to Global Best practice in IT Management,” published by Van Haren in 2008.


Instructor: Dr. Gad J. Selig is the Director, MS in Technology Management and Dual Graduate Business/Engineering/Technology Degree Programs at the University of Bridgeport. Dr. Selig is  the Managing Partner and founder of GPS Group, Inc., a consulting, research and education firm that focuses on strategic marketing and growth, business and technology transformation, IT strategy and governance, program/project management, innovation and strategic sourcing issues and opportunities. Dr. Gad Selig has authored three books and over 50 published articles and conference proceedings including his latest book called, “Implementing IT Governance – A Practical Guide to Global Best Practices in IT Management,” published by Van Haren. He is a dynamic and popular speaker at industry conferences in the U.S. and abroad.

 

Audience: Project Managers, Line Managers with PM responsibility, and Project Sponsors

Benefits:   8 Contact hours or 8 PDU's

Location:  Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - BOCES - Elmsford Directions

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