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Project Management Series for Industry Professionals

Future dates to be announced
Irvine, CA

A week of practical project management spanning fundamentals to advanced topics

Keck Graduate Institute and the Center for Strategic Thinking from the University of La Verne - two southern California leaders in corporate education - have teamed up to develop and deliver a five-day project management class for professionals in life science, technology, and other industries.

This project management series features

• Three days of fundamentals designed to satisfy PMI® requirements for the CAPM® certificate
• Two days of intermediate and advanced topics geared toward more difficult issues encountered by project managers - especially those in the life sciences
• A certificate of completion for each section

Learning objectives

• Those new to project management (the first 3 days) will:
  • Learn to apply the major concepts of project management in their work
  • Gain a framework for using key methods and tools
  • Become familiar with the PMBOK®
  • Obtain the background necessary to proceed further in project management certification
• More seasoned executives (the second 2 days) will:
  • Enhance their strategic approach by implementing best project management, portfolio and resource management practices
  • Compare intermediate/advanced project management techniques used in the Life Science, Aerospace and Information Technology industries
  • Define best project management practices for life sciences
  • Optimize clinical trial site selection and keep global project timelines on track
  • Learn to enhance patient recruitment and retention
• All attendees will
  • Learn to implement resource planning techniques to maximize resource allocation across projects
  • Better understand how to apply and use risk management techniques
  • Differentiate between product risk and project risk. Learn a step-by step process to identify and prevent potential project problems.
  • Discuss new issues and technologies in project management
  • Recognize the use and abuse of metrics and assess how to systematically make rational clinical trials decisions

Location

University of La Verne
Orange County Regional Campus
2855 Michelle Drive, Suite 250
Irvine, CA 92606

Fee

• 5 Days of Fundamentals  through Advanced Topics (Monday to Friday) - 3,600.00 ($900 savings)
• 3 Days of Fundamentals (Monday to Wednesday - 2,700.00
• 2 Days of Intermediate and Advanced Topics (Thursday to Friday) - 1,800.00

Program fee is inclusive of all course materials.  Continental Breakfast, lunch and refreshments are provided. 

Group discounts are available!!

For More Information

Diana Bartlett
Keck Graduate Institute
Diana.Bartlett[at symbol]kgi.edu
909.607.9864

Mehdi Beheshtian, PhD
University of La Verne
mbeheshtian@laverne.edu
909.593.3511, x4200