Why You Need Project Management

The science of project management has developed considerably in the past 20 years. Today project management is a professional discipline, with a body of knowledge and a specific set of skills and competencies and a professional certification body, the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

• Deadlines are missed
• Deliverables fail
• Projects vastly overrun budgets
• Project plans are derailed by constant changes in goals or processes

Sound familiar? Millions of professionals like you face challenges like these every day. The good news is that today the tools exist to make seemingly impossible challenges possible. Over the past decade, specific techniques to help you deliver quality products on time and within budget have been refined and formalized.

These project management concepts and strategies have helped hundreds of thousands of project managers from every industry and every organization, ranging from government agencies and start-ups to industry goliaths. For more than 20 years, ESI has taught these project management techniques. Our comprehensive curriculum covers every level of expertise and includes more than 30 courses offered in convenient locations across the country.

What is Project Management?

The science of project management has developed considerably in the past 20 years. Today project management is a professional discipline, with a body of knowledge and a specific set of skills and competencies and a professional certification body, the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Project Management Techniques Teach You to:

• Link project goals and objectives to stakeholder needs
• Focus on customer needs
• Build high-performance project teams
• Work across functional boundaries
• Develop work breakdown structures
• Estimate project costs and schedules using simple, proven techniques
• Meet time constraints
• Calculate risks
• Establish a dependable project control and monitoring system

What Project Management Can Do for You

People who have invested in building their project management skills are viewed as leaders within their organizations. By using proven project management techniques, you can:

• Distinguish yourself by demonstrating your commitment to professional education. Earning your Associate's Certificate in Project Management, Master's Certificate in Project Management, an Advanced Master's Certificate in Project Management or a Master's Certificate in Information Technology Project Management is an excellent way to prepare for or maintain your Project Management Professional (PMP®), certification from PMI®
• Demonstrate advanced management skills leading to more challenging career opportunities
• Build expertise that sets you apart as a leader within your organization

What Project Management Can Do for Your Organization

Organizations that have adopted a formal project management methodology have a considerable competitive advantage over those that haven't. Project management training can help:

• Reduce time-to-market and time-to-profitability, both key factors for any organization that develops products
• Ensure predictable schedules, cost and product delivery
• Offer more effective ways to prioritize, allocate and monitor resources
• Demonstrate a commitment to excellence to your customers, your employees and other stakeholders

Who Needs Project Management?

People at all levels need some project management knowledge and skill. Executives depend on project success to achieve overall business objectives, to make high-level decisions, and to allocate resources that significantly affect projects. Team members need project management skills to plan and carry out their parts of projects.

Finally, you need project management training to help you deliver predictable outcomes to your management and customers. It's no wonder that professionals are seeking methods they can count on to help them plan successfully and execute flawlessly project after project. We've already taught more than 652,000 people in 100 countries how to effectively manage projects. Take a look at the variety of courses we offer and our experience in teaching and developing cutting-edge courses.