ONLINE Practical Project Management
PROGRAM DATES & TIMES
Winter Session
March 12, 17, 19 & 24 with follow-up session April 9
12:30–4:30 p.m.
Spring Session
May 5 & 7, 12 & 14 with follow-up session May 28
12:30–4:30 p.m.
Please visit our online store to register.
Practical Project Management is a comprehensive professional development course that provides useful skills for managing projects in the real world. This concrete and targeted approach will meet you where you are and quickly propel you forward in your project management practice. Online Practical Project Management is the program for you if you are new to project management, have done a few projects and want to build your effectiveness, or if you’re an experienced project manager looking for new tools and techniques to optimize your practice.
We’ll walk through a project from start to finish, defining and initiating our project, determining scope, then building a work breakdown structure, project plan and Gantt charts. Along the way, we’ll talk about communication plans, time management, negotiation, conflict, stakeholders and team building. We’ll also take time to discuss project management concerns that are timely or interesting to you. Bring your hot topics and real-life examples. Our best class discussions are driven by participant interest and curiosity.
When our time is done, you’ll walk away with a stack of tools to apply to your project management practice, a book to enhance your learning, and a whole class full of colleagues to call on when you get stuck.
MODALITY
Live via Zoom—program runs synchronously. Participants will need access to stable internet connections.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
- Increase your ability to drive a project to completion
- Understand how to design a successful project
- Learn how to manage the key stages of a project
- Recognize common project management pitfalls and how to steer your project team around them
- Redefine what successful projects look like at your company/organization
TOPICS COVERED
- Project Management Tools & Where to Find Them
- Scope Statement
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Project Plan
- RACI Assignments
- Communication Plan
- Gannt Chart
- Project Management Skills
- Team Building
- Schedule Management
- Time Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Tracking
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
Do you plan, implement, manage and analyze projects at your job? You could benefit from this program. We all do some form of project management in our work. Participants from a variety of fields will benefit from this dynamic program, including
- Aspiring, new or established project managers
- Business owners
- People managers
- Project stakeholders
- Technology professionals
- Nonprofit workers
INSTRUCTOR
Angela Wheaton, M.A. A longtime resident of southern Maine, Angela Wheaton (M.A., P.M.P., C.S.M.) currently lives in Portland. Wheaton has a Master of Arts degree in theology and counseling, is certified by the Project Management Institute, holds a Scrum Master certification and is a certified Facilitative Leader and Trainer. She has leadership experience in the retail, banking, education, technology, social service and healthcare fields. Her passion is for completing projects, building teams, and motivating people. Angela enjoys house projects, spending time with friends and family and traveling, recently visiting Iceland, Portugal, and hiking on the Camino de Santiago in Spain.
PROGRAM FEE
$595 includes book: Project Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know by Kalpesh Ashar
Need-based scholarships for Knox and Waldo County residents who plan to use the skills gained in the course to benefit their community. More information about need-based scholarships is here.
Current UMaine students are eligible for a 20% discount. Use code STUDENT20 at checkout.
CLASS CAPACITY
15
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
2 CEUs/20 contact hours
Certificate for completing the entirety of this program.
For more information or to request an accommodation contact Michelle Patten, Conference and Professional Development Coordinator, um.fhc.pd@maine.edu; 207.338.8002.
