Project Management for Non-Project Managers - Virtual (C69390)

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Cancellation Policy

Please note that this course is from a third-party vendor, The Carroll-Keller Group. If you cancel less than 7 days in advance of the session, fees are nonrefundable. We strongly recommend registering no later than 24 hours before the course begins. Please contact Sue Malan if you do not receive the event logistics via email at least 24 hours before the course begins: [email protected] or 630-495-0505. Thank you.

Date(s):

06/10/2025

Registration Open:

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Time:

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Facility:

 Online

Meeting Type:

Courses

CPE Credit:

6.50

Field(s) Of Study:

Personal Development (6.50)

Level of Knowledge:

Intermediate

Price:

Member: $295.00
Nonmember: $335.00

Individual Discounts:

Not Available

Group Discounts:

10+ Registrants - Discount: 5.00%
20+ Registrants - Discount: 10.00%

Overview

The Project Management for Non-Project Managers Workshop aims to provide non-project managers with the project management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to make the transition to a project leadership role and ensure optimum project execution while increasing the confidence to manage a project through the project stages of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and completing.

Participants will be able to:

  • Establish a project scope 
  • Understand roles required in a project 
  • Identify stakeholders and their expectations 
  • Know how to plan for a project from start to finish 
  • Position their projects within the organization’s strategy 
  • Apply a consistent approach to initiate and plan projects 
  • Know what it entails to transition to a project leadership role

Approach 

  • A basic overview approach to be adopted that will allow first time project managers to practice their project manager role with confidence or to improve project team members’ participation in a project. 
  • Practical checklists and/or tools to be used throughout. 
  • Project management practice applied to each stage.

CONTENT

1. Project Management

  • Defining Project Management
  • Components to Consider 
  • Stages of Project Management 
  • Project Strategy 
  • My Project Experience

2. Initiating

  • Project Definition 
  • Stakeholder Analysis 
  • Establishing a Project Charter 
  • Ideas How to Avoid Project Scope Creep 
  • Project Challenges 
  • Information Flow

3. Planning

  • Creating Order 
  • Developing a Team 
  • Project Strategy Flow 
  • Techniques and Tools
  • Project Team Resources 
  • Integrating the Plan

4. Executing and Monitoring

  • Managing the Executing Stage 
  • Formats for Meeting Notes 
  • Executing and Monitoring Actions to Remember 
  • Tracking Changes

5. Closing

  • Project Review Plan 
  • Handover Plan 
  • Document Lessons Learned 
  • Closure

6. Information Index

  • Project Management Glossary 
  • Project Roles and Responsibilities 
  • Competency Checklist 
  • My Project Management Commitments

Other Information:

  • The session will be delivered on the Zoom platform so all participants will work from their own workspace and use their own computer. Zoom has video capability but, if the participant’s computer is not equipped with a camera, audio will also work.
  • Participants should enter the Zoom training room at least 15 minutes (8:45 AM) before the start time.

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