The Project Advantage®
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As a busy professional, you're probably juggling several tasks with competing deadlines, priorities and have limited time to do them. You can't make time stand still, but you can learn to manage your projects more confidently and effectively with The Project Advantage®. This one-day course teaches you how to confront real-life project challenges with basic tools and techniques used by successful managers from Fortune Global 500 companies. You'll learn how to manage your projects, solve problems and better communicate with those who manage your organization's projects.
While you're learning, you'll be practicing solutions you can apply on the job. You'll work within small groups to apply strategies and tools for managing projects, including defining project priorities and creating realistic work schedules. By the end of the course, you'll take away new approaches to common work problems that you've applied in hands-on, interactive exercises with your peers.
This course is ideal for:
- Administrative, clerical and support personnel
- New or first-time managers
- Anyone who wants to improve his or her professional managing work
Note: This course is not designed for professional project managers and does not apply toward ESI's associate or master's certificates.
What You'll Learn
You'll be introduced to essential project management skills including:
- Using a project-oriented approach to keep your work under control
- Managing your projects more confidently and independently
- Being more effective in choosing and using tools to handle your projects and work activities
- Maximizing your opportunity for success
How You'll Benefit
This course will help you:
- Confront real-life work problems using experience gained from hands-on classroom challenges
- Make your projects and tasks more manageable
- Innovate - bring new ideas to your organization and implement them
- Network to find out how your peers handle projects in organizations worldwide
- Understand the role of project managers and how to communicate with project managers working at your company
Instructors
Instructors for this course are practicing industry professionals, guaranteeing that they will have the knowledge and expertise to help you succeed. They are also senior-level instructors who teach many of ESI's project management courses.
Free Resources
As a free course bonus, you'll receive:
- A project management disk with convenient sample templates you can use for your own projects
- Project Management Terms: A Working Glossary, a reference book written by project management expert and ESI Executive Vice President, J. LeRoy Ward.
- A manual containing useful course materials
- A durable ESI canvas bag and much more
On-Site Classes
Companies with 15 or more people to train can take advantage of significant tuition discounts with on-site training.
Discounts
Take advantage of ESI's discount options and special offers.
Pricing for Government Employees
Take advantage of discounts for courses offered through ESI's GSA Federal Supply Schedules.
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