Project management can be used in a variety of ways:
In Professional Life:
- Managing Projects
- Leading Teams
- Improving Efficiency
- Problem-Solving
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Resource Management
- Stakeholder Management
In Personal Life:
- Planning and Organizing
- Time Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Negotiation
- Financial Management
- Prioritizing Tasks
One Day. Zero Fluff. Real Results.
Using the Harvard Business Review Project Management handbook, this program provides you with an overview of the fundamentals of project management. This program will help you gain the confidence and tools you need to manage projects effectively. Project management is one of the fastest growing professions today. If you are new to this field and believe it might offer potential career opportunities, you are right! Whether you work in IT and are part of an Agile team, or in Predictive project management, this one-day overview will explain how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. It will enhance your overall understanding of project management practices and your capability to support or lead projects.
The overview will cover Planning, Build-up, Implementation and Close-out of projects, describing best practices for:
- Choosing the right team and keeping it humming
- Avoiding scope creep
- Zeroing in on critical tasks and mapping out a logical sequence
- Making heads or tails of Gantt or PERT charts
- Getting disruptive team members on board
- Keeping stakeholders in the loop
- Gauging your project's success
- Deciding when to cut bait
- Capturing - and using - lessons learned
Our instructor is a retired project manager who has been teaching a variety of project management courses to professionals seeking to enhance their careers. With decades of project management experience in the US and internationally, in public and private sectors, large and small projects in a variety of industries, he will be sharing his experiences of what worked, what didn't, and why.
Date: October 29, 2025
Time: 8am – 5pm (with 1-hour lunch break; lunch provided)
Cost: $499 per person, includes all training materials and lunch
INSTRUCTOR: Dave Shrimpton
MUST REGISTER BY OCTOBER 10, 2025
Questions? Contact Paula Nurrenbern at pjnurrenbe@usi.edu; 812-461-5425 or Lesley Groves at lagroves@usi.edu; 812-464-1854.