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Project Management and Business Analysis Course Selection Guide
The Graduate School, USDA offers an extensive curriculum in project management, including daytime, evening and self-paced courses. Many of our courses are aligned with the latest edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide, the international standard for project management education and credentialing. We are a Global Registered Education Provider (REP) of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Inc., and also offer project management training designed by other REPs. REPs are organizations approved by PMI to offer project management training for Professional Development Units (PDUs). Project Management Professionals (PMP®s) are required to earn a minimum of 60 PDUs every three years to maintain their certification. Candidates for the PMP designation must have completed 35 hours of project management education. For additional information about the PMP credential, visit the PMI Web site: www.pmi.org.
In our project management curriculum, you may take specific courses to expand your skills, take a "fast track" course to quickly upgrade your knowledge and skills in all project management areas and prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification exam or pursue a structured program leading to a certificate of accomplishment. Prepare for the PMP exam by taking our classroom Preparing for the PMP® Exam (PROJ8295D) or study anywhere, anytime with PMP® Exam Preparation Online, though a partnership with the University Learning Institute. The distance education program includes a test bank of nearly 1,000 exam-like questions and expert assistance is available via e-mail.
We recently added new courses in business analysis for those staff who have a role in identifying business improvement needs and developing projects to satisfy those needs. Those courses are also listed below.
All courses are scheduled/live except for distance education courses which are shown in italics.
Basic Courses:
Basic Project Management (PROJ7001N) *
Business Analysis: Overview (PGMT7400D)
Microsoft Project 2007 (PROJ7990T)
Microsoft Project 2007 via GS Connect (PROJ7590A) *
Project Management (PGMT7005D)
Project Management for IT: Application and Integration (PROJ7602T)
Project Management for the Office Professional (ADMB7011D)
Intermediate and Specialized Courses:
Earned Value Management via GS Connect (PROJ8500A) *
Earned Value Management (PROJ8297D)
Fundamentals of IT Management and Capital Planning
PMP® Exam Preparation Online (PROJ8395A) *
Preparing for the PMP Exam (PROJ8295D)
Project Communications Management (PROJ8294D)
Project Cost Management (PROJ8292D)
Project Management Fast Track--PMP® Prep
Project Quality Management (PROJ8296D)
Project Risk Management (PROJ8293D)
Project Scope Management (PROJ8299D)
Project Time Management (PROJ8291D)
Requirements Analysis and Documentation (PGMT8300)
Requirements Communication, Solution Assessment and Validation (PGMT8310)
Requirements Planning, Elicitation and Management (PGMT8320D)
Diversification:
Basic Contract Administration (ACQI7500D)
Comprehensive COTR Workshop (ACQI7523D)
Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools and Best Practices (ACQI8721D)
COTR Refresher (ACQI7513D)
Fundamentals of Best Value/Tradeoff Source Selection™ (ACQI8719D)
Leading Teams and Groups (TDEV8200D)
Performance-Based Service Acquisition (ACQI8002D)
Performance-Based Statements of Work (ACQI8517D)
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