Through project simulation, group exercises, and discussion, participants completing this workshop will be able to:

• Understand the terminology and standards set forth by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Construct a project team.
• Manage your resources.
• Define your project scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Map critical paths within the project life cycle.
• Finalize the project plan.
• Tailor tools and techniques to work for you.

The curriculum is compatible with the project management industry standard set by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The University of Waterloo partners with a project management training provider to offer courses that qualify for project management professional (PMP) Professional Development Units (PDUs) or contact hours. You will receive electronic course notes that parallel the course content and serve as an excellent project management resource tool.

 

Academic requirements

• There are no academic or work prerequisites for this course.

Receive a certificate from the University of Waterloo

Upon successful completion of this program, you will receive a professional education certificate from the University of Waterloo.

 

Kristine Hatfield has over 20 years project management experience, including the management of large, complex, projects and programs, and project portfolios in excess of $250 million. She has successfully established company-wide project management practices and has a great deal of experience in implementing and leading project management offices (PMO), business analysis, strategic planning, and developing project managers.

Hatfield understands the importance of building high performing collaborative teams across organizations. She brings a practical “people focused” approach to the application of project management principles to deliver successful projects, programs, and portfolios. She has spent her professional career in the telecommunications industry and IT, including senior management roles, and has been a project management professional (PMP) since 2005.

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Kiron D. Bondale has almost 20 years experience using both traditional and agile project management methodologies. He is a highly energetic, articulate, and enthusiastic facilitator who brings a pragmatic value-focused approach to methodology and governance. He has set up and managed project management offices (PMO) and has provided project portfolio management and project management consulting services to over a hundred clients across multiple industries. A PMP since 2000, Bondale contributed to the first version of PMI’s Risk Management standard and received his PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) certification in 2011. Bondale also holds the Certified Disciplined Agile Practitioner (CDAP) and Certified Discipline Agile Instructor (CDAI) credentials from the Disciplined Agile Consortium.

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John Glennie has over twenty-five years of business and project management experience. Working extensively with clients in both the private and public sectors, Glennie's project management and business experience includes successfully navigating the challenges and complexity of managing global product launches for a manufacturing firm, the creation of an electronic trading system for a precious metals operation, and successfully delivering client projects through his own IT company.

An award-winning instructor, Glennie has provided project management and related business training to individuals and organizations across Canada, the United States and (through virtual courses) globally.