Project school training courses in Beaverton, OR (public, in-house or online)

In this course, students build upon the knowledge gained that will enable them to work with many advanced features, including the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing Visio drawings with other applications.

Objective :
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - create a custom shape. - design a custom stencil. - design styles and templates. - design a floor plan. - represent external data in Visio. - share you...

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In this course, students will identify effective project management practices and their related processes. They will examine the elements of sound project management and apply the generally recognized practices to successfully manage projects.

Objective :
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - identify the key processes and requirements of project management. - initiate a project. - plan for time and cost. - plan for project risks, communication, and c...

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Companies use projects to convert corporate strategy into the vital new products, services, and processes that they need for success. Thus, picking the right projects through which to implement corporate strategy is a critically important activity. Yet, selecting projects and allocating resources to them is often something that companies are weak at. They typically attempt too many projects with too few resources, don’t align projects with strategies, and neglect to balance risk and time ho...

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Successful projects are critical, because they are how most organizations create new products, systems, or services. Yet too many projects fail because of poor project management. This course introduces students to the foundations of successful project management, especially in a technology environment. Students will learn key project management concepts, then immediately apply them in a hands-on team simulation.

The course approaches project management from the standpoint of managing a s...

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Many project teams today find themselves following an ad-hoc development methodology or they have methodology that is documented but not used in practice. Common symptoms of these organizations are poor requirements, frequently missed deadlines, and unhappy customers. Scrum is a development methodology that is lightweight and easy to implement that has a different approach to these classic issues.

Organizations that implement Scrum are interested in:

Predictability in planning and ...

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