Dates:
October 23-24, 2008

Time:
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location:
TU Campus

Fee: *

$995 per person

Early Online Registration (10 days before seminar)
$895 per person

*subject to change for future programs

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The Strategic Approach to
Project Management
14 PMI PDUs / 1.4 CEUs

We have added a new course to our certificate program based on what we are hearing from business and industry.  Some senior level managers and project managers need to understand the strategy for handling multiple projects in the organization at the same time.  This course will look at strategies for right time project selection, resourcing and funding.  Strategic project management can be a competitive advantage.

Topics Include:

The Right Projects—building the project portfolio

Alignment:  ensuring projects are aligned to business strategies and goals

Responsibilities:  defining roles and responsibilities of portfolio stakeholders

Strategy:  applying project portfolio management to achieve strategic organizational objectives

Management:  understanding the practice of program management

Relationship: understanding the relationship between portfolio and program management

Timing:  life cycle considerations in the context of program management

Documentation:  documenting requirements to achieve strategic goals and objectives

Who Should Attend?
Experienced project managers, senior managers with strategic emphasis, strategic planners, product managers, business analysts, marketing and sales directors.  Requires completion of Developing Project Management Skills or equivalent.

Other Courses:

Project Management Certificate

	Developing Project Management Skills
	Advanced Project Management & Risk Management
	The Strategic Approach to Project Management

PMP® Exam Preparation Course

Instructor: 
Mike Levesque brings over twenty years of practical experience in the discipline of project management to Capstone Development International, LLC. Additionally, he has over ten years of classroom experience in adult education and serves as adjunct faculty for The University of Texas at Arlington, The American Management Association, and The International Institute for Learning and is a former USAF Master Instructor. He is also an active member of both the Dallas and Fort Worth Chapters of the Project Management Institute.

As a project director, Mike has successfully planned and executed projects of varying complexity with budgets in the multi-million dollar range. His expertise extends to developing project management methodologies, critical chain project management, risk management, resource management, establishing long-term customer relations, organizational dynamics, change management, and instructional system design.

Applying his worldwide experiences in management and training, Mike creates practical, results-oriented approaches for defining and delivering results. Innovative needs analysis techniques and established methodology have allowed him to guide leading organizations in business, industry and government through the difficult stages of goals definition, planning, and schedule analysis to achieve timely and cost effective programs. Mike has worked with a variety of industries including PEMEX, J.P. Morgan Chase, General Electric, USAF RED HORSE, Nokia, Alcon Labs, National Instruments, and Brinker International.

In addition to certification as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute, Mike has a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University in Technical Management. He has an additional degree in Electronics Technology and has continued to advance his education with courses in time management, production control, inventory management, master planning, capacity planning, computer programming, ISO 9000 auditor procedures, interactive management, academic counseling, instructional systems development, test and measurement.
 

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