Building Project Management Skills

Friday, March 11, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Includes coffee break.
Saturday, March 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Includes lunch and coffee breaks.

Seminar participants will:		highlights
Gain a comprehensive and practical overview of the essential stages of project management. Be prepared to manage projects and programs that meet or exceed customers' quality, schedule and cost expectations. Learn project management skills. Create a competitive project study.		Project Management Stages of project management Types of projects Project Definition Creating a new project Operational and financial requirements Project Planning and Scheduling Charts and networks Project optimization Project Implementation and Control
Who should attend?
Private-sector managers and project team leaders Government support contractors Public-sector administrators HR professionals Any manager of projects
Registration and fees		Hands-on Approach
Registration Deadline – Monday, March 7, 2005 $450 for members of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce and of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) $475 Nonmembers $425 each for three or more participants from the same organization Download the registration form>> For more information contact Mark Safferstone at 540/286-8013, toll-free 888/492-4968, or msaffers@umw.edu. *The fee includes refreshments, Saturday lunch, a notebook of templates, exercises, and business cases, and a certificate.		Participants will use templates, exercises, and business cases from private and public sectors during the seminar and afterward as on-the-job resource.
Location of College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Near Fredericksburg in Stafford on Route 17 three miles north of Interstate 95 exit 133 north. Directions>>