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Project Management Training

ESI offer over 25 different classroom-based courses that are specifically designed for project managers and our project management programmes cover all areas set down by PMI® in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

Any of our training courses can be taken individually or you can follow our various programme paths to obtain various certificates in project management and become PMP® certified.

Our courses are grouped into different streams to help you choose which courses suits your own needs as well as a guide when working towards a certificate. All of the courses listed below, plus many more, are available as onsite courses.

Want to run this course on-site? ESI International's corporate training programme focuses on the unique business needs of each organisation.

Project Management - Public Classroom Courses

Core Courses
Managing Projects*

Get a solid understanding of project management methods with this comprehensive introductory course. Gain practical experience in proven project management techniques and discover a wealth of valuable, flexible tools that you can use immediately to ensure the success of any project in any type of organisation.

Project Leadership, Management and Communications*

This is an interactive course designed to provide a solid foundation in key leadership competencies and to afford you the opportunity for a truly transformational leadership experience.

Quality for Project Managers*

Quality is the key to longer-term competitiveness and survival. This course shows you how to integrate quality management concepts with project management practices.

Scheduling and Cost Control*

Develop effective measures for scheduling and controlling projects as you put the tools of project management to work.

Risk Management*

Work through a proactive approach to threat and opportunity and learn to seize opportunities, minimize threats, and achieve optimum results.

Contract Management Principles and Practices*

Get an overview of all phases of contracting, from requirements development to closeout. See how incentive can be used to improve contract results.

Project Management Applications*

Confirm your mastery of the core principles of project management in this experiential course and gain the hands-on confidence to practice new skills in your organisation.

PMP® Exam Preparation*

Improve your chances of passing the gruelling PMP® certification exam on the first try with this well-proven and successful 3-day course

PMP® Power Exam Preparation

This intensive, five-day course integrates in-depth topic reviews with structured personal study time, including individual assistance from your PMP-certified instructor.


IT Curriculum
Managing IT Projects*

Discover critical success factors and hidden risks inherent in IT projects.

IT Risk Management

Learn to look at risk management as a way to seize opportunities, minimize threats and achieve optimum results.

Systems Integration Project Management

Learn what it takes to be the project manager on a typical integration project and develop an understanding and appreciation of the problems that can occur and ways to solve them.


Electives
Business Process Analysis, Innovation and Design

Leave this course prepared to begin business process analysis and design with realistic expectations and sound strategies that provide a foundation for success.

Establishing the Project Management Office (PMO)

This course is a must for experienced project managers and senior managers who have recognised the need to obtain the knowledge and approach to plan and implement the appropriate PMO for their organisation.

Financial Management for Project- and Contract Managers

Building on competencies developed in the core management curriculum, you’ll examine the inner mechanics of how finance and accounting can impact your project.

Negotiation Skills

This three-day highly interactive experience covers the dynamics, processes, and techniques of internal and external negotiation situations faced by project managers.

Writing Statements of Work: The Heart of Any Contract

This course defines the essential ingredients of the SOW, which include the scope and background statements, comprehensive listing of responsibilities for both buyers and sellers, deliverables and their schedules, acceptance criteria and special terms and conditions of performance.


Advanced Courses
Requirements Management: A Key to Project Success

Requirements are the foundation of any project, yet the number of project failures attributed to inadequate requirements development and management is staggering.

Leading Project Managers

This course provides you with a new way of thinking about the best way to lead people in conjunction with the underlying process of project management. It is a “must-have” for anyone responsible for leading and managing project managers.

Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects

Learn a proven process to project recovery and get everything you need (process, tools, techniques) to perform a rapid assessment of a project in trouble, develop a solid recovery plan and manage the transition to stability.

Aligning Project Management with Organisational Strategy

This course gives you an in-depth analysis of the process of business strategy formation from a project management perspective.

Programme Management

Programme managers are, above all else, change agents. Their role has evolved in most organisations from that of managing multiple projects, to implementing business strategy through an integrated portfolio of projects involving the management of multiple teams of professionals, as well as executive-level stakeholders.

Leading Complex Projects

To manage the complex project requires a new way of thinking—a new approach to applying known project management techniques and tools. This course provides a systematic approach to assess project complexity and to deploy the best approaches and techniques to achieve success.

Managing Global Projects

Learn how to systematically approach complex global management issues as well as how to minimise the risks inherent in doing business in the worldwide marketplace.

Unlocking the Power of Earned Value Management

Come to Unlocking the Power of Earned Value Management and leave with the knowledge and enthusiasm – plus a customised action plan – to enlist others in harnessing the power of EVM.

 

* Indicates courses that are also offered in a distance learning format through ESI's e-Training

Professional Certificates

All our project management training courses can be applied towards one of ESI’s project management certificates awarded by The George Washington University.

Split into project management curricula, our training courses not only help you grow your project management skills, but allow you to achieve recognised project management certification
 Learn more about certification here

Business Skills courses

Coaching and Mentoring for Improved Performance
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Taking Charge of Organisational Change

 

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