Instructor-Led Virtual Online Classes
A Live Training Alternative for Remote Groups and Offsite Employees
RMC Learning Solutions (formerly RMC Project Management) now delivers its most popular advanced project management, business analysis and agile training classes live and online! Using one of the top online learning facilitation tools in the world, your students will experience true, classroom-style learning in front of their own computers. In addition to world-class instruction from experienced instructors, our live online classes feature live chat, white boards, breakout rooms, file sharing, testing/quizzing, and dozens of other learning-based features.
Tools and Fundamentals
Business Analysis Fundamentals
Whether or not your title is “Business Analyst”, business analysis work is expected from project managers, quality assurance professionals, and pretty much everyone in the organization. It is a complex and broad discipline! This course outlines the critical tasks which are included in the business analysis profession, along with definitions and examples of the various requirements types. It also will cover several key analysis techniques for eliciting, analyzing and presenting requirements.
Duration: 3 Days – 9am-4pm
PDUs/PDs: 18
Project Management Fundamentals and Tricks
In terms of learning the fundamentals, this world-class course replaces the four to eight classes most other PM training companies recommend. During the course of this 3-day class, students will learn real-world PM techniques, plus Tricks of the Trade® for dealing with issues that project managers face every day. In addition, students will share their real-world project experiences with other PMs in a variety of industries. It’s time to learn to translate the International Standards for Project Management into real-world project management technologies and applications!
Duration: 3 Days – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 18
Managing Small Projects
Project Managers and other professionals are asked to manage small projects every day. Often, an individual is managing several smaller projects at the same time. These projects require a more flexible, less formal approach to project management. Even business analysts, marketing analysts, and software developers are expected to manage their own projects, while also performing much of the project work as a key team member—or the ONLY team member.
Duration: 2 Days – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 12
Core Project Management Training
Defining and Managing Project Requirements: A Six Step Process
One of the measures of project success is customer (stakeholder) satisfaction. But how do you accurately measure and manage requirements that seem so intangible, especially when the success of the whole project depends on it? This unique course combines the requirements-related processes from PMI’s PMBOK® Guide (Project Management Body of Knowledge) and the IIBA’s BABOK® Guide (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) into an easy, six-step process. In addition to Tricks of the Trade® for eliciting requirements, this course also offers templates designed to obtain BETTER requirements—as well as techniques for gaining cooperation from managers, customers and all stakeholders throughout the requirements process.
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
Creating a Winning Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
This accelerated learning course is designed to prepare you to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for your own, real world projects. Expanding upon the (WBS) section of our popular Project Management Tricks of the Trade class, you will learn the benefits of the WBS in project management, and practice creating several Work Breakdown Structures with the help of the instructor and your classmates. You will be given a unique opportunity to begin creating your WBS for your current real world project.
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
Project Estimating: How to Bullet Proof Your Project Plan
As a project manager, are you good at predicting how long a project will take and how much it will cost? Do you use proven techniques to create accurate and defensible estimates for project effort and duration? Do stakeholders listen to—and trust—your project plans and timelines? If not, this new and innovative Live Online course from RMC Learning Solutions (formerly RMC Project Management) will help you understand why project estimating mistakes occur as well as how to avoid them, and will present real-world estimating strategies that you can implement IMMEDIATELY on your current project.
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
Dealing with Unrealistic Project Schedules
Has your boss given you a project deadline you believe is unrealistic? Did your sales team sell a project with a due date you simply cannot meet? These might be common situations in the project management world, but they should NOT be happening—and now you can do something about it. This course will help you understand why unrealistic project schedules occur, and will present real world solutions that you can implement immediately for preventing and dealing with them. Students will also learn to plan and execute realistic project schedules, improve communication with key stakeholders, and incorporate the risk management process into schedule planning.
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
Best Practices and Specialty Topics
Tricks of the Trade® for Negotiation
Whether or not they are aware of it, project managers are forced to negotiate every single day. Yet, most do not understand the preparation, sophistication and strategy involved with bringing a negotiation to a successful ‘win-win’ conclusion. Negotiation is a process that great project managers not only understand, but also use to their advantage.
Duration: 2 Days – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 12
Quality Management on Projects: A Step by Step Guide
In this 6-hour course, project managers will practice with and use real-world quality management skills and tools to improve their results on projects. The course begins with an overview of quality management on projects—discussing concepts like the Cost of Quality, Cost Benefit Analysis, and Quality Planning. After breaking down a number of real-world tools and techniques, project managers will then review common errors related to quality on projects, and learn to perform both Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Also, students are encouraged to bring their project quality challenges to the course, and leave with an action plan to successfully deal with them!
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
How to Buy and Sell Almost Anything on A Project: Mastering Buying and Selling in This Economy
Are you often involved with contracts on projects? Are you having trouble getting work delivered from a project-related vendor? Do you feel uncomfortable dealing with legal documents, attorneys and contract language? Do you need to get more work? If so, this invaluable 4 hour class is exactly what you need to master both buying and selling!
Duration: 1 Day – 10am-2pm
PDUs: 4
Secrets for Dealing with Difficult Teams
As many experienced project managers know, the biggest problem encountered on projects is not related to resources or budget or technology, but to people—more specifically, communication with people. Getting people to work as a unit instead of a group of individuals is both challenging and frustrating, especially when team members are chosen ad hoc or assigned by upper management.
Duration: 2 Days – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 12
Making Project Management Work in Your Organization
As an experienced project manager, you know that utilizing sound project management fundamentals and techniques gives you the best chance for success. But in many organizations, getting project management to work the way it needs to work is difficult, and sometimes impossible. Between the people around you who don’t practice good PM—and the lack of support from management—how can you be expected to succeed?
Duration: 1 Day – 10am-2pm
PDUs: 4
Common Risk Management Errors That Can Ruin Your Career
Do you want to control your projects instead of having them control you? Managing risks could be the answer—but avoiding the mistakes others have made is key to overall project success. Two International studies conducted by Rita Mulcahy have shown that MOST companies are repeatedly making the same mistakes when it comes to Risk Management. Don’t fall into these traps! This humorous and informative presentation will provide you with a list of the most common Risk Management errors—ones that have the potential to cost you your job—as well as tips on how to avoid them.
Duration: 1 Day – 10am-2pm
PDUs/PMI-RMP Training Hours: 4
International Project Fundamentals
Expert treatment of cultures is key to the success of International projects. If your project has ANY components which exist outside of home country boundaries, or is comprised of resources from different cultures, this 2-day course will assist you in successfully executing new initiatives or projects across country borders. Students will be provided with a proven methodology to deploy global projects like a sophisticated management consultant—regardless of industry or project size.
Duration: 2 Days – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 12
Project Management for IT Professionals
This IT-focused course is full of tools and techniques that can be applied immediately any IT project—to deliver them on time, on budget, and with fewer headaches. In addition to reviewing concepts like planning, scheduling and budgeting, this course moves BEYOND the basics to cover a number of real-world project management tools and techniques for IT initiatives. Students will leave the course with indispensable practical checklists, templates and exercises to reinforce learning—as well as dozens of tricks, insights and contributions from real-world PMs sharing their experiences with real-world IT projects. Get your IT projects back on track using proven, real-world project management tools and techniques!
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
Business Analysis: A Critical Role on Projects
The disciplines of Project Management and Business Analysis are closely tied together, with some organizations combining the two roles, and others delineating them and assigning different individuals to each. To be effective in either role, professionals must have a clear understanding of both the work involved AND their personal abilities. This 4-hour course will define the two disciplines, as well as give students the opportunity to assess their personal skills as they relate to each role. The course will also offer specific suggestions for building strong PM/BA partnerships, and outline solutions for managing work when one person is assigned to perform both roles. Whether you are a Project Manager or Business Analyst—or both—this course will increase the value you bring to your organization!
Duration: 1 Day – 10am-2pm
PDUs/PDs: 4
Improving Your Project Communication
Do you regularly experience communication-related problems on projects? Does your project team struggle with knowing how, when, and what to communicate? Did you know that 90% of what a project manager does on a day-to-day basis is communication-related? This 6-hour Live Online course is designed for project managers, program managers, and team members who wish to improve their understanding of and effectiveness in one of the most misunderstood areas of Project Management—Communication.
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
PDUs: 6
Certification Prep Courses
PMP® Exam Prep
This accelerated learning course is designed to help you prepare for PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam—and gain the most understanding of project management with the least amount of study. Developed by Rita Mulcahy, this course is designed to decrease your after-class study time to less than 40 hours.
Duration: 3 Days – 9am-4pm
Contact Hours: 18
PMP® Exam Prep Refresher
Are you just a few hours away from being ready to sit for the PMP® exam? Do you have gaps in your exam-related knowledge that still need to be filled? Could you benefit from the guidance of an expert to finalize your preparation and help you achieve a passing score? If so, this new Live Online Course from RMC was created specifically for you!
Duration: 1 Day – 9am-4pm
Contact Hours: 6
CAPM® Exam Prep
This accelerated learning course is designed to help you prepare for PMI’s Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) Exam—and gain the most understanding of project management with the least amount of study. Developed by Rita Mulcahy, this course is designed to decrease your after-class study time to less than 40 hours.
Duration: 3 Days – 9am-4pm
Contact Hours: 18
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