| Begin or advance project management
careers at Alphaware Training Centers. While
attending our project management classes,
you will learn methods and tools to
implement and improve Project Portfolio
Management and Reporting, as well as
exercise better control over project spending.
Learn project management solution best
practices and earn your project management
certificate. |
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Schedule PMI training, PMO training and
PMP training in Houston now. |
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PMP
and CAPM Certification Information |
Perhaps the biggest trend in IT training and
certification is towards Project Management.
Information technology professionals are acquiring
project management skills as rapidly as the IT
platforms they support. PMI's PMP certification has
become the "must have" of all non technical
certifications in information technology. But what
about those professionals who don't have the
prerequisite knowledge or skill sets to take the PMP
test? Introducing the CAPM (Certified Associate in
Project Management). The skills learned are the same
but the test doesn't require the same degree of
practical experience. Get the facts on the
differences in PMP and CAPM certification. Click on
the links below for complete details on both of
these certifications.
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Project Management Learning Guides |
| The Project Management classes offered
at the Houston center are based in part on the
Project Management Institute’s, "A Guide to
the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK®
Guide). Some of the courses prepare students for the
PMI project management certificate, while
others focus on
establishing or advancing project management
careers. These courses are based on over 30
years of facilitated sessions conducted for
major international enterprises and are a
proven source for PMI training PM
certification in Houston. |
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Find detailed course syllabi links in the
Courses
and Schedules page. |
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A brief description of courses for Project
Managers |
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Microsoft Project
2007 (2
Day Class - 14 PDU credits) |
| You need
to gather information about the various
tasks involved, resources required to
accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost
in order to plan a project. Microsoft®
Office Project Professional 2007 acts as a
tool that assists you in managing your
projects. In this course, you will create
and modify a project plan
containing tasks, organize these tasks in a
work breakdown structure containing task
relationships, create and assign resources,
and finalize the project to implement the
project plan. This course is designed for a
person who has an understanding of project
management concepts, who is responsible for
creating and modifying project plans, and
who needs a tool to manage these project
plans. |
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Applying Project Management
Methodology (3
Day Class - 21 PDU credits) |
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This three-day course
provides participants with a solid
foundation of PMI’s project management
methodology, using the Guide to the
Project Management Body of Knowledge Fourth
Edition as the source material.
Participants will choose a real-world
project taken directly from their industry,
and apply the PMI processes involved in
initiating, planning, executing, monitoring,
controlling, and closing a project.
Participants will engage in numerous
discussion groups focusing on best
practices, as well as complete numerous
templates for their real-world projects.
Participants take all electronic templates
and completed exercises with them after the
class. |
Preparing for thePMP/CAPM Certification Exam
(4 Day Class - 35 PDU credits) |
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This 35 contact hour course prepares
participants to take the PMP (Project
Management Professional) certification exam.
The PMP certification is authored and
maintained by the Project Management
Institute, a non-profit organization that
collects and disseminates project management
best practices. Prerequisites: PMP
candidates with a four-year degree must have
4500 hours of project management experience
in the last eight years. PMP candidates with
a high school equivalent must have 7500
hours of project management experience in
the last eight years.
Included with the course
is a comprehensive student manual, a
copy of the PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition and a
180 day license to MeasureUp's© exam prep
on-line exam preparation software ($159
value) with 650+ questions. |
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Effectively Implementing a Project
Management Office (PMO)
(2 Day Class - 14 PDU credits) |
| Project Management Offices have become
increasingly popular in the past few years,
as companies are more than ever striving to
optimize the execution of internal processes and projects and drive out
unnecessary cost wherever possible.
Establishing a PMO is viewed by many
organizations as a critical success factor
for the alignment of company and business strategies for effective project
management and for project portfolio
reporting to key stakeholders. |
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| Facilitation is a
technique designed to dramatically increase
productivity in meetings and extract
high-quality information within a compressed
timeframe. Using a structured facilitated
meeting approach allows individuals and
teams to develop clear deliverables and
consensus-based decisions. |
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| About the
Project Management Instructional Staff |
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All
Project Management
instructors
that teach PMI related courses
are certified Project Management
Professionals (PMP) and Facilitation courses
are taught by experienced JAD Session
Leaders. |
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Brian Salk
PMP
Brian,
M.A.Ed., PMP, has helped hundreds of
candidates earn their PMP over the last ten
years. He served as a contributing author
and reviewer for several books, including
A Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge, Third Edition. This book is
the primary source of subjects found on the
PMP exam. Brian also contributed content to
the PMP Exam Success Series Manual, a
bestselling and highly received book that
prepares candidates for the exam.
Brian’s
teaching style is highly interactive, and
tailored to the unique learning styles of
individual students. He has over 20 years of
corporate teaching experience, and has won
the Worldwide Excellence in Training award
four times in the last five years. This
award recognizes extremely high student
satisfaction with the training experience.
Brian is available to train virtually
anywhere in the world.
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Mike Trimble
PMP
Michael (Mike) Trimble is an excellent
management instructor and on-site corporate
trainer. He is a Project Management
Professional (PMP) through the Project
Management Institute (PMI) and a certified
Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) through the
American Society for Quality (ASQ). His
background includes over 10 years of
executive level profit and loss (P&L)
responsibility leading businesses through
high growth, performance optimization,
continuous improvement, and enhanced
profitability. Mike has used his project
management and Six Sigma skills to
successfully manage enterprise level project
portfolios, strategic business initiatives,
programs valued in excess of a hundred
million dollars, and complex crossfunctional
projects. He has worked in numerous
industries and regularly teaches others how
to apply these proven methods in all
functional disciplines.
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Larry
Ellsworth PMP
Larry’s career spans
over 30 years of extensive leadership and
management experience. He has managed high
visibility projects including successful
multimillion Y2K compliance effort. In
addition, Larry has extensive experience in
establishing and managing PMOs and in
developing and delivering project management
training programs. Larry holds a BA from
Rice University and is a Certified Project
Management Professional.
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Walter A. Viali, PMP
Walter is a Certified
Project Management Professional (PMP) and
was a Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
for several years. Walter is also a
Certified Project Management Instructor and
an experienced Joint Application Development
(JAD) Facilitator. As a Project Management
Consultant, Walter provides services on all
aspects of Strategic Planning, Process,
Project Portfolio Management and Project
Management Office (PMO) implementation.
Walter was a member of the PMI team that
developed the Organizational Project
Management Maturity Model (OPM3)released at
the end of 2003. He has performed several
process assessments based on the Software
Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability
Maturity Model (CMM), as well as Portfolio,
Program and Project Management assessments
based on OPM3. He has also led over 4,500
hours of Facilitated Joint Application
Development sessions in the U.S., Europe and
Asia in all phases of strategic planning,
application development and process
redesign. He is a frequent speaker at
seminars, conferences and PMI events. Walter
was the 2007 President of the PMI Houston
Chapter, one of the largest PMI Chapters in
the world.
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Don James PMP
Don has decades of International
experience in successful implementation,
QA/QC, deployment, and support of business
application products. Project Manager and
business analysis consultant for worldwide
Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing
initiatives. Skills, knowledge, and
experience in product and project management
of the life cycle and QA/QC of application
software for organizations that implement
continuous product and process improvement.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor for
Project Management at Lone Star College in
Tomball, TX.
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