Overview of the Foundations of Project Management, Bellevue, WA / Seattle Metro - Instructor-led, Guaranteed-to-Run Training

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Overview of the Foundations of Project Management

Class Objectives: Learn process groups and get a broad view of project management. Learn how the processes flow within the project groups; the roles, tasks and responsibilities of the project managers, and how to do some of the tools & techniques. This is a great class for those beginning a career in project management or if you are on the project team and you want to understand more about how projects are managed.

Audience: Any person who is joining a project team that needs familiarization with how project management works from a Start To Finish overview. Or if you need to hone your skills in this area, you will acquire industry best practices by taking this training class. So start off on a good footing in project management with this foundation class. This class may also be use for partial fulfillment of training towards the 35 Contact Hours of PMP® requirements or towards the 23 hours of CAPM® requirements for Certification training. You can pre-schedule this class for a group via Live Video Conference Training or onsite in Bellevue WA or Tysons Corner or your, if your company is local to one of our training centers, your location.

This is a one day class or can be taught over two evenings.

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Location: Bellevue - SmartPath LLC Consulting & Training, 2018 156th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98007.

This is an instructor led class. It is an introductory class that outlines key elements of the project management body of knowledge. In this class, the students learn the foundation fundamentals of project management discipline according to industry best practices and standards.

Purpose: It establishes a comfortable knowledge of what project management is, how a project is executed, explains the roles and responsibilities of a project manager and associated project processes and knowledge areas.

The class contents include the overview of:

• Review SOW, Meet with Sponsor
• Develop Project Charter
• Identify Stakeholders
• 1st Kick-off meeting
• Plan Communications Management
• Collect Requirements, Plan Scope Management, Define Scope, Create WBS
• Plan Schedule Management
• Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations
• Plan Stakeholder Management
• Manage HR Plan
• Plan Procurement
• Plan Quality Management
• Plan Risk Management
• 2nd Kick-off Meeting
• Direct & Manage Project Work
• Perform Quality Assurance
• Acquire Project Team, Develop Project Team, Manage Project Team
• Manage Stakeholder Engagement
• Monitor & Control Project Work, Perform Integrated Change Control
• Control Scope
• Control Schedule
• Control Cost
• Perform Quality Control
• Control Communications
• Control Stakeholder Engagement
• Control Risks
• Validate Scope
• Close Procurements
• Close Project


Learning Objectives

• Understand the difference between a project and operations
• Comprehend the value of a SOW, a Contract, an Assignment or a work order
• Be able to differentiate process groups and knowledge areas
• Understand stakeholders and their expectations
• Know the value of a project kick off meeting
• Comprehend Project Team Role Assignments, Project Contingency Reserves, Risk Management Reserve
• Understand the process of requirements collection
• Understand the purpose of monitoring and controlling
• Comprehend the knowledge of project management


You will receive:

A total of 7 hours of training

A certificate for the completion of 7 hours in project management training. Your hours of training are accumulative towards 35 contact hours of formal education required by the PMI® organization to receive approval for the PMP® Exam or toward the 23 hours required for the CAPM® Exam.

Class handouts
Free coffee, tea, hot chocolate,
Some small free snacks
Free parking - Parking is also easy


Directions to SmartPath LLC, 2018 156Th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98007.



Coming from the West

Take 520E towards Redmond
Take Exit 148th Ave South
Turn left onto NE 20th St
Left on 156th AVE NE
Turn right into first driveway

Go straight up the hill to the first stop sign. It's the next building on the left after the STOP sign. You can park to the right of the STOP sign or in front of the building. There is always plenty of parking and it's easy. We are in the Regus building in the QBE Park. Parking is free.

Note: All names of processes mentioned in this outline are in Italics.