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Measure Your Improvement

PM Flight School is the first program of its kind to SHOW you the value of this training program through a unique measurement system included as part of the course. Participants take a Project Flight Test prior to the course to baseline their current knowledge and then re-take the test at the end of the course to measure their progress. Individual and aggregate results are provided to the student and the organization.

PM Flight School Fast Facts

Duration: Five consecutive days (Monday-Friday).

Location: Held onsite at your facility, led by a PMP®-certified PM College senior instructor.

Class Size: Generally ranges from 12-20 participants per course to maximize the team-based learning environment.

Structure: 45% facilitated instruction and 55% team-based and individual activities.

Completion: Graduates earn 35 contact hours toward PMP certification or 35 Professional Development Units (PDUs) towards PMP re-certification, and 3.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). A set of PM Flight School wings and a Certified PM Top Gun certificate will also be awarded during a special graduation ceremony on the last day of the program.

Pricing: $1995 USD per participant. Volume pricing available.

Organizational Enrollment: Call PM College toll-free at 888-619-2819 for scheduling.

PM College is a Registered Education Provider (REP) of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Project Management Flight School

Five days of concentrated onsite training and hands-on learning designed to accelerate your project management performance

Project managers "earn their wings" once they prove they have the knowledge to lead projects effectively and consistently. PM Flight School is an onsite, instructor-led program that prepares full-time project managers for the rigors of project management. Application of concepts is key...and participants enjoy an enthusiastic, interactive environment while sharpening their project management skills and abilities.

This accelerated program is designed for practicing project managers looking for a framework of best practices and techniques that will strengthen their core PM knowledge and prepare them for the PMP® certification exam.

Top Gun Content

Covering all nine knowledge areas of Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide, the PM Flight School curriculum educates by involvement. The week-long program emphasizes project leadership and uses a blend of realistic project simulations, exercises, lectures and discussion to help participants develop the necessary skills to effectively manage any size project from beginning to end.

Quickly become proficient in all areas of the PMBOK® Guide including:

  • Integration Management
  • Scope Management
  • Time Management
  • Cost Management
  • Quality Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Communications Management
  • Risk Management
  • Procurement Management
Each of the five core project process groups (initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing) are extensively covered throughout the course.

Become a Project Management "TOP GUN"

After completing the PM Flight School program, individuals will come away with concrete techniques to immediately improve project performance. Organizations will benefit by developing a senior cadre of high performing project managers.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

  • Exercise-Bridge Building Project

Module 2: Project Management Concepts and Context

  • Concepts Pop Quiz
  • Basic concepts of project management defined

Module 3: Project Initiation

  • Overview of strategic linkage of projects
  • Business case concepts
  • Project selection strategies
  • Financial considerations for projects
  • Project initiation documentation
  • Case study-Project Selection

Module 4: Project Planning

  • Video: The Four Hour House
  • Project Leadership
  • Relationship Awareness® Theory/Strength Deployment Inventory
  • Exercise: What is it like in your world?
  • Team Leadership Concepts
  • Case Study: Team Charter
  • Project Scope Definition
  • Project Planning Overview Document (POD)
  • Case study-Project Planning Overview Document
  • Work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Case study: Work breakdown structures
  • Project cost estimating
  • Defining project resources
  • Case Study: Creating the project cost estimate & resource requirements
  • Project Schedule Concepts
  • Pop Quiz-Project Schedule
  • Case Study: Project schedule
  • Project procedures
  • Procurement management
  • Case study: Make or buy?
  • Risk Management
  • Case study: Risk Management
  • Change management
  • Quality management
  • Communication Management
  • Case study: Project Procedures

Module 5: Executing and Controlling the Project

  • Large project kickoff
  • Case study: Project Kickoff
  • Performance monitoring
  • Earned Value management
  • Case study: Project Review
  • Project Control
  • Team behavior concepts
  • Exercise-Team behaviors

Module 6: Project Closeout

  • Project closeout procedures
  • Case study: Project Closeout


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