Presentations on Project Management
As part of giving back to the community, the PMINUC Board of Directors provides a service to organizations and schools in the greater Salt Lake area where a board member or other certified professional will come to your organization or school and give a presentation on PMI, the PMINUC chapter, project management certification, and the benefits and application of project management, program management, and/or project portfolio management. Contact [email protected] for more information about this service.
Private Training Classes
Looking for private project management training for your team or organization? Follow the links, below, for details on available classes and contact [email protected] to talk with a board member about dates, times, and prices.
PMI Certification Exam Prep Courses
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®
- Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®
- Program Management Professional (PgMP)®
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
- PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®
- PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®
- Project Management Professional (PMP)®
Quality and Operations Management Training Programs
Project Management Fundamentals
PMI Certification Exam Prep Courses
CAPM
Course Title: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®
Description: Recognizes knowledge of the profession’s global standard, enhancing credibility and effectiveness in project team work.
Course Objective: To distinguish individuals in the job market and enhance their effectiveness in project teams.
Target Audience: Individuals at any career stage seeking to improve their project management skills and recognition.
Topics Summary: Standardized project management practices, CAPM certification preparation.
Learning Outcomes: Improved project management skills, certification readiness, enhanced job market distinction.
PfMP
Course Title: Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®
Description: Prepares participants to pass the PfMP certification exam, focusing on advanced portfolio management skills.
Course Objective: To understand portfolio lifecycle, strategic management, governance, capacity and capability management, stakeholder engagement, value management, and risk management.
Target Audience: Senior-level practitioners looking to advance their organization’s strategic goals through effective portfolio management.
Topics Summary: Portfolio lifecycle, strategic management, governance, capacity, capability, stakeholder engagement, value, and risk management.
Learning Outcomes: Mastery of portfolio management practices, readiness for the PfMP certification exam.
PgMP
Course Title: Program Management Professional (PgMP)®
Description: Highlights the role of a program manager in advancing an organization's strategic goals, managing multiple related projects.
Course Objective: To demonstrate advanced experience and skill in program management, offering a distinct advantage in employment and promotion.
Target Audience: Senior-level practitioners managing multiple related projects to achieve strategic organizational goals.
Topics Summary: Advanced program management practices, strategic goal advancement, success in managing multiple related projects.
Learning Outcomes: Advanced program management skills, ability to manage programs aligning with strategic goals, PgMP certification readiness.
PMI-ACP
Course Title: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
Description: The PMI-ACP certification recognizes knowledge of agile principles, practices, and skills with agile techniques. It spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).
Course Objective: To prepare participants to pass the PMI-ACP certification exam by covering agile principles and practices across agile methodologies.
Target Audience: Individuals experienced using agile approaches, with good collaboration skills, who embrace complexity and thrive on rapid response times.
Topics Summary: Agile principles and practices, SCRUM, XP, LEAN, Kanban, agile techniques.
Learning Outcomes: Demonstrated knowledge of agile principles and techniques, increased versatility in agile project management, preparation for the PMI-ACP certification exam.
PMI-PBA
Course Title: PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®
Description: Prepares participants to pass the PMI-PBA certification exam, focusing on business analysis in project management.
Course Objective: To cover the domains of business analysis, including needs assessment, planning, elicitation, analysis, traceability, monitoring, and solution evaluation.
Target Audience: Individuals looking to certify their business analysis skills and integrate them within project management practices.
Topics Summary: Business analysis fundamentals, the five domains of business analysis, preparation for the PMI-PBA certification exam.
Learning Outcomes: Comprehensive understanding of business analysis within project management, readiness for the PMI-PBA certification exam.
PMI-RMP
Course Title: PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®
Description: Specializes in identifying, assessing, and managing project risks to minimize negative outcomes and leverage opportunities.
Course Objective: To validate skills in risk management, including identifying and assessing project risks, mitigating threats, and maximizing project results.
Target Audience: Individuals focused on becoming risk management specialists within their organizations.
Topics Summary: Risk identification, assessment, mitigation, project risk management in agile and hybrid environments, enterprise-level risks consideration.
Learning Outcomes: PMI-RMP certification, enhanced ability to manage risks effectively, improved project outcomes, competitive advantage in risk management.
PMP
Course Title: Project Management Professional (PMP)®
Description: Recognized globally, the PMP certification validates project leadership experience and expertise across any way of working.
Course Objective: To demonstrate project management skills, including leading and motivating project teams, and understanding the business environment's impact on projects.
Target Audience: Project managers seeking to certify their leadership experience and expertise in project management.
Topics Summary: Project leadership, predictive, agile, and hybrid project management approaches, strategic organizational goals impact.
Learning Outcomes: PMP certification, recognition as part of an elite group of project managers, validated project leadership skills.
Product Management Certification Courses
A-CSM
Course Title: Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
Description: Enhances foundational knowledge and implementation skills in agile and Scrum, distinguishing as a highly trained agile professional.
Course Objective: To facilitate better dialogue, respond confidently to challenges, increase engagement, and scale beyond a single team.
Target Audience: Scrum masters with one or more years of work experience in the role.
Topics Summary: Dialogue facilitation, engagement increase, scaling Scrum, leadership attributes.
Learning Outcomes: Advanced Scrum knowledge and skills, improved dialogue facilitation, engagement strategies, and scaling techniques.
CSM
Course Title: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Description: Provides a comprehensive review of Scrum, including its framework, origins, and principles for practical application.
Course Objective: To gain in-depth practical knowledge of Scrum and its benefits.
Target Audience: Individuals seeking to learn about Scrum and earn Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster certification.
Topics Summary: Scrum theory, principles, roles, artifacts, events, planning and tracking, transition strategies.
Learning Outcomes: Detailed knowledge of Scrum, certification preparedness, ability to apply Scrum in practical settings.
CSPO
Course Title: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Description: Overview of the product owner’s role within a Scrum team and organization, focusing on maximizing business value.
Course Objective: To provide in-depth knowledge of the product owner role and agile product development through the Scrum framework.
Target Audience: Individuals looking to deepen their understanding of the product owner role in agile product development.
Topics Summary: Agile principles, Scrum roles, product strategy, user and customer understanding, product discovery, roadmapping.
Learning Outcomes: Practical knowledge of the product owner’s role, ability to manage and prioritize product backlogs, enhanced product development strategies.
CSSM
Course Title: Certified Stable Scrum Master (CSSM)
Description: This course teaches Scrum with a focus on achieving operational excellence and is suitable for both professionals new to Scrum and existing Scrum Masters.
Course Objective: To learn how Scrum can deliver business value faster, understand Scrum roles, meetings, artifacts, and implement Scrum into an organization effectively.
Target Audience: Professionals new to Scrum and existing Scrum Masters seeking to deepen their practice with Stable concepts.
Topics Summary: Core Scrum Master essentials, Stable Framework additions for process improvement and reducing waste, implementing Agile into development environments.
Learning Outcomes: Deep understanding of Scrum and Stable methodologies, ability to implement Scrum with enhancements for operational excellence.
CSSPO
Course Title: Certified Stable Scrum Product Owner (CSSPO)
Description: Focuses on the role of the Product Owner in minimizing waste and ensuring the success of the product or service being developed.
Course Objective: To equip Product Owners with the skills to minimize waste and ensure the development team focuses on adding value to the product.
Target Audience: Product Owners or individuals transitioning into the Product Owner role.
Topics Summary: Agile project initiation, stakeholder and requirements management, Lean Canvas Model, User Story Mapping, estimation techniques, and Stable Framework additions for process improvement.
Learning Outcomes: Mastery of Product Owner responsibilities, enhanced skills in stakeholder engagement, requirements elicitation, and product backlog management with a focus on minimizing waste.
Quality and Operations Management Training Programs
LSS YELLOW BELT
Course Title: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Description: Introduces the fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma, enabling immediate effectiveness in a Lean environment.
Course Objective: To understand the basic expectations of a Lean organization and one's role within it.
Target Audience: Individuals new to Lean Six Sigma principles and practices.
Topics Summary: Principles of Lean, cost of quality, deadly wastes, root cause analysis, foundational Lean tools.
Learning Outcomes: Understanding of Lean Six Sigma fundamentals, ability to work effectively in a Lean environment.
LSS GREEN BELT
Course Title: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Description: Teaches the foundations of Lean Six Sigma, focusing on developing problem-solving, process improvement, and facilitator skills.
Course Objective: To implement solutions that result in lower costs, faster delivery, higher quality, and increased safety of operations.
Target Audience: Individuals interested in learning and applying Lean Six Sigma principles for process improvement.
Topics Summary: Lean Six Sigma foundations, project-based curriculum, simulations, case studies, and team dynamics.
Learning Outcomes: Effective implementation of Lean Six Sigma solutions, process mapping, analysis, improvement, and applying root cause analysis tools.
LSS BLACK BELT
Course Title: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Description: Advances knowledge, skills, and abilities to lead change initiatives and strategic planning sessions at the executive or strategic level.
Course Objective: To implement statistical process control, facilitate strategic planning, optimize processes, and lead change initiatives.
Target Audience: Individuals with prior Lean Six Sigma training or certification looking to lead at the strategic level.
Topics Summary: Statistical process control (SPC), strategic planning tools, organizational bottleneck alleviation, financial metric calculation.
Learning Outcomes: Ability to lead and implement change initiatives, strategic planning, and optimization at an executive level.
Project Management Fundamentals
JIRA FUNDAMENTALS
Course Title: Jira Fundamentals
Description: A comprehensive introduction to Jira, the widely used project planning and status-tracking application.
Course Objective: To learn how to use Jira for project planning, tracking, and management effectively.
Target Audience: Individuals new to Jira or looking to enhance their project management toolkit.
Topics Summary: Overview of Jira's features, setup, project planning, and tracking functionalities.
Learning Outcomes: Ability to effectively use Jira for project management, including planning, tracking, and reporting.
LEADING PEOPLE, PROJECTS, AND PROCESSES
Course Title: Leading People, Projects, and Processes
Description: Aimed at new leaders, this course covers managing projects and processes with team involvement, emphasizing clear goal definition and effective team incorporation.
Course Objective: To guide new leaders in managing projects and processes effectively, from initiation to closing, with a focus on team dynamics and achieving project goals.
Target Audience: Individuals transitioning into leadership roles with a focus on project and process management.
Topics Summary: 5-step project lifecycle (discovery, initiation, planning, execution, closing), effective team management, responsibility assignment matrix for staffing management.
Learning Outcomes: Skills in defining and achieving project goals, understanding of effective project management and team leadership techniques.
PM101
Course Title: PM101
Description: This class focuses on the transition from an individual contributor to a leader, emphasizing the management of projects, processes, and teams.
Course Objective: To learn the 5-step project lifecycle, defining clear goals, and incorporating effective teams for project or process success.
Target Audience: New leaders or managers responsible for developing or managing projects and processes.
Topics Summary: Discovery, initiation, planning, execution, and closing phases of a project lifecycle; responsibility assignment matrix similar to the RACI model for staffing management.
Learning Outcomes: Understanding of project lifecycle, effective project and team management skills, ability to define and achieve project goals.
POWER COMMUNICATIONS
Course Title: Power Communications
Description: A course focused on enhancing communication skills for leaders, aimed at building stronger relationships and improving business outcomes through effective communication.
Course Objective: To improve communication skills, build trust, create rapport, and manage teams more effectively.
Target Audience: Leaders or individuals looking to improve their communication skills within and outside of work.
Topics Summary: Identification of communication preferences, adapting speaking styles, building trust, listening skills, management skills enhancement.
Learning Outcomes: Improved communication effectiveness, stronger relationships, better management skills, enhanced ability to create win-win outcomes.
