Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with the new focus on delivery principles described in version 7 of PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide v7). It will cover having a value focus, tailoring, complexity, agility, sustainability, stewardship, holistic thinking, adaptability and resilience. The course will also cover PMI’s shift from process groups to performance domains.
Course Outline
- Session 1: Project delivery principles: stewardship, leadership, team, holistic thinking, value, quality
- Session 2: Project delivery principles: tailoring, complexity, adaptability and resilience, opportunities and threats, change management
What You Will Learn
- An appreciation for the importance of “soft skills” such as leadership, stewardship, holistic thinking, and adaptability and resilience
- How to change the paradigm from being focused on tools and techniques toward an emphasis on project delivery principles
- An understanding of the role of the Project Manager
- The value of a strategic and holistic approach to project management
- Become aware of the changes in Version 7 of the PMBOK® Guide
Prerequisites
Recommended For
- Anyone working on projects in any industry who wants to increase their project management knowledge
- Project managers, project coordinators, subject matter experts, technical personnel, team members, managers, and key support personnel
- Those preparing for the PMP® or CAPM® designation or those who already hold these designations and want to understand the changes that PMI has made in the new PMBOK Guide®
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Certificate in Project Management : Required
Procept has a long and rich history delivering professional training in Canada and around the world. Procept delivered the first Project Management Professional (PMP®) preparation class in Canada, created the first formal project management course delivered through a continuing education division at a Canadian university at the Professional Development Centre of University of Toronto's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and delivered the first course on agile project management offered through a Canadian university. Today, Procept maintains its relationships with higher education, offering classes through one US and five Canadian universities. Procept instructors teach graduate classes in the Master of Engineering programs at several universities as well as post-graduate professional development classes.