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Mission, Vision, and Values Our Mission – Why we exist We challenge organizations and individuals in all areas of the economic and social activity in adopting professionalized practices of excellence in Organizational Project Management, thereby allowing them to increase their level of maturity, productivity and competitiveness in the realization of change and innovation strategies based on projects, programs and portfolios.
Our Vision – Where we want to be Be recognized and respected as a leading organization and as a reference of excellence at the international level in the area of professionalized Organizational Project Management.
Our Values – What we believe in
Work with Openness, Ethics and Integrity – because we foster trust
Work as a Team – because achieving the extraordinary is more important than wanting to be extraordinary
Innovation, Expertise and Excellence – because we evolve in the forefront of knowledge
Efficiency and Performance – because we solve your problems in the best possible way
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Alexandre Rodrigues, Eng. Ph.D. Prof. PMP Exectuive Partner PMO Projects Group
Dear Client, Considering the increasing uncertainty around the global economy, the years ahead will be particularly challenging for all organisations around the world. At PMO Projects we face these challenges with ambition, as we recall ourselves that consolidated success is never a matter of circumstances – vision, values, innovation, commitment and perseverance, are always at the foundation. We will therefore continue to embrace the various challenges that emerge from the globalisation and internationalisation of our services. Our business project continues to be an evolving endeavour, focused on a high value mission and characterized by unique results — the proven facts of success and the actual achievements, not just good will, differentiate PMO Projects Group in various markets.
Settled in 2001, PMO Projects presents the following distinctive characteristics: • An exclusive dedication to the area of organizational project management • Delivering “know-how” to a wide range of Clients in the international market • Covering a wide range of industry sectors and application areas • A highly advanced “know-how” in organisational project management • In some occasions, we even train our own competitors • We trained and certified a large number of PMP® professionals in various countries
We are pleased to leave you with our catalogue of training services, filled with unique offerings which are both useful and in the forefront of knowledge and field practice.
We challenge organizations to pursue the vanguard of knowledge in organizational project management and stay with a leading company, precursor of professionalized and modern Project Management in different parts of the world.
Training Catalogue 2016 – South Africa
Project Management
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Portfolio of Services
Evaluation of Competences
Profissional Certification
PMP® (PMI)
Profissional Training
Executive Workshop
CAPM® (PMI) Competency Evaluation Models and Tools
PgMP® (PMI)
PMI-SP® PMI-RMP®
Organizational Units PM Offices (PMO) BA Offices (BAO)
PMO Training Road Map®
PfMP® (PMI) Competency Management Systems
PMP-BP® Program
PostGraduation
PMI-PBA®
PPP Management
Parametric Models
Cost Engineering
Business Analyses
OPM3®
Benefits Management
CEP® (AACEi) Complete Business Analyst®
EPM/PPM Systems
EPM/PPM Integration
Microsoft
Financial System
CA Clarity
Primavera
BA Process
Data Quality Management Independent Audit (QA/QC)
Project Management and Delivery
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Human Resources Management System Workflow Systems
HP PPM
Earned Value Management
CMMi ®
CBAP-BP® Program
Tools (IT)
Artemis Knowledge Management
CBAP® (IIBA)
CCP® (AACEi)
Methodologies
Maturity Assessment
MBA
EVP® (AACEi)
Project Management
Processes
Human Resources Definition of Career Path Models
Software Engineering
Support Systems to the Business Analysis Process
Support Systems to the Software Process
BPM Systems
Business Analysis
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PMI Training Road Map® - Certification & Post-Graduation Evaluation for attaining the MBA in Advanced Project Management
PfMP® Examination Preparation
The Standard for Portfolio Management
Portfolio Evaluation and Optimization
Continuous Improvement Based on the OPM3®
Portfolio Based Management by Objectives
The Standard for Program Management
Dynamic Risk Management (PMI-RMP®)
Advanced Earned Value Management for Programs
Advanced Seminars on Business Management Related Topics
Case-Study Project Report (3 months)
PMP® Examination Preparation
AACE®
Project Human Resources and Stakeholder Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Communications Management
in Project Management
Business Case Project Report (6 months)
Evaluation for attaining the Diploma of Post-Graduate Studies in Project Management
PgMP® Examination Preparation
Managing Multiple Projects (PMI-SP®)
Advanced International Seminars
MBA
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management
PMP Best Practitioner Program® Project Quality Management
Earned Value Management (EVP®)
Complete Project Management® Scope, Cost, Time and Integration
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Training Courses in b-learning Complete Project Management® Code Duration Areas (PMI) Processes (PMI)
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Technical File
b-CPM36 36 hours (PDUs) Scope, Cost, Time and Integration Management All
Course Outline INTRODUCTION
• Brief History of Project Management • The importance of Project Management and the business model of management by projects • Standardization of Project Management: the Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and the library of PMI standards including OPM3® and PMCDF® • Sources of information: professional organizations, literature and websites. REVIEW OF THE PMBOK® Guide
• Definitions and foundational concepts: what is a project and project management?, project types and their classification, project objectives vs. project risks, the project stakeholders • The context of Project Management: life cycles and organizational systems and influences • The Process Groups (continuous activities): initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, closure • The Knowledge Areas of Project Management: integration, scope, cost, time, quality, human resources, communication, risk, procurement, stakeholders. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIFE CYCLE – PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES
• • • •
Conception: top-down preliminary estimates and project evaluation Definition: detailed initial planning and the project baseline Implementation: product realization Operation: acceptance, benefits monitoring, initiation of new projects.
Destined to
Recommended Literature:
• • • • • • • •
• PMBOK Guide® (PMI) • Advances in Project Management (Gower)
Project Managers Project Team Members Project Management Offices Staff Program Managers Portfolio Managers Project Sponsors Directors Top Managers
MAIN TECHNIQUES
• Project selection methods: scoring models and economic models; • Estimating parametric models: the production of reliable estimates at the beginning of the project life cycle, before detailed planning • Scope Statement (PBS), WBS, PDM, CPM, Resource Loading / Levelling / Over-allocation: development and optimisation of the detailed execution plan • Risk Analysis: the Risk Register, PERT and Monte Carlo Simulation • Project Control: the Earned Value Management (EVM) method, use of SPI, CPI, and other performance indexes • Group exercises: (1) building evaluation and estimation models in MS Excel, (2) development of a detailed execution plan in MS Excel and MS Project, (3) implementation of an EVM control model in MS Project. CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Throughout this training course several exercises will be conducted through the development of the following models: • MS Excel: models for evaluating the project; parametric models of preliminary estimation; models for planning the scope of the project • MS Project: detailed execution plan of a project - model for defining the scope (WBS), project network diagram (PDM); project schedule (CPM), and resource histograms. • Monte Carlo simulation for risk analysis.
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All practical exercises carried out during the course will be supplied. A manual will be offered at the end of the course.
Objectives • To understand the concept of “a project”, knowing to identify and define the scope boundaries of a project in real life situations • To understand the context of project management best practices and project management competency under an organisational perspective, knowing thereafter to adopt a “project oriented” way of working and of doing business • To understand and know how to apply the project management framework according to the international standard PMBOK® Guide from the Project Management Institute (PMI) • To master the main project management techniques applied in the processes of initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure of a project, including: project evaluation methods, scope statement (PBS), WBS, CPM, parametric modelling, Critical Path Analysis, Monte Carlo analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM), and lessons learned, among others.
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Training Courses in b-learning PMP® Code Effort Areas (PMI®) Processes (PMI®)
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Intensive Preparation Technical File
b-PMPBP35 35 hours (PDUs and Contact Hours) All All
Course Outline INTRODUCTION: INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS, STUDY PLAN AND APPLICATION TO THE PMP® EXAM FROM PMI®
• Initial diagnosis assessment test • Development of study plan • The Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification • The exam application process • Undertaking the PMP® / CAPM® Exam THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis
Prepares effectively for the Professional Certification PMP® and CAPM® of PMI®
Target Audience: • Project Managers • Project Management Team Members • Project Management Office Staff • Program Managers • Portfolio Managers • All project management professionals interested in attaining the PMP® certification from PMI®
PROJECT PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis PROJECT HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis
PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis
PROJECT INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis
Recommended Literature: • The PMBOK® Guide (PMI)® • Project Management Lexicon (PMI)®
The course also includes the execution of exam simulation questions via an e-learning platform provided.
OBJECTIVES • Know and understand the current role of Project Management as a key competency for the organisations’ business models • Understand the trends and importance of professionalization in Project Management • Know the professional certification program from the Project Management Institute® • Know the benefits and goals of the PMP® and CAPM® certification for the various organisational stakeholders • Know the requirements and application process of the PMP® / CAPM® certification exam
• Be effectively prepared to undertake successfully the PMP® / CAPM® certification exam from the Project Management Institute®
PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis PROJECT TIME MANAGEMENT
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
INTEGRATED SIMULATION OF THE PMP® CERTIFICATION EXAM
• PMP® exam integrated simulation questions and diagnosis • Evaluation and preparation of the trainnees for the exam FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUPPORT (ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE)
• Overall assessment of the level of preparation for the exam • Recommendations for the day of the exam
• Theoretical concepts • PMP® exam simulation questions and diagnosis
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PMP® / CAPM® Exam Application Process As an integral part of the scope of our services, PMO Projects will provide all the necessary support to the trainees regarding the submission to PMI® of the exam application. Upon request, PMO Projects may conduct the whole application process on behalf of the trainee, who will only be providing the necessary information regarding qualifications and professional experience as required by the PMI® for the application process.
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Training Courses in b-learning PMI-SP® Exam Preparation Code Effort Areas (PMI) Processes (PMI)
Technical File
: b-PMISP40 : 40 hours (PDUs and Contact Hours) : Time Management (primarily). Also: Scope, Cost, Risk, Communications Stakeholder. Some: Procurement, Quality. : Planning, Monitoring / Controlling (primarily). Some: Initiation, Closing.
Target Audience:
Recommended Literature:
• • • •
• Practice Standard for Scheduling (PMI) • PMBOK Guide® (PMI)
Project Planners / Schedulers Scheduling Engineers / Specialists PMO Specialists involved in Scheduling EVM Practitioners / Specialists
• Project Management professionals, practitioners, including consultants, educators, academics, interested in attaining the PMI-SP® Certification Exam.
Course Outline
PHASE III – Final Exam Simulation and Diagnosis
PHASE I – Initial Diagnosis and Planning
• Aim: to undertake a final integrated and overall assessment of the level of preparation for the exam, and further improve the understanding via exam simulation questions and diagnosis.
• Aim: to assess the current level of knowledge, as required for the PM-SP® exam, of the trainee and develop a subsequent self-study plan • Activities: • Execution of a battery of 50 exam questions > trainee:1 hour • Scoring and proposal of self-study plan > instructor and trainee: 1 hour
PHASE II – Supported Self-Study • Aim: to study (according to the plan developed) in order to acquire or review all the knowledge required for the PM-SP® exam in all domains and tasks, assess the learning, and further improve the understanding via exam simulation questions and diagnosis. •Activities: • Self-study of concepts in each domain > trainee: 18 hours • Execution of exam questions per domain > trainee: 4 hours • Scoring and diagnosis of questions > instructor and trainee: 8 hours • Domains to be studied, tested and diagnosed: • Schedule Strategy • Schedule Planning and Development • Schedule Monitoring and Controlling • Schedule Closeout • Stakeholder Communications Management
• Activities: • Execution of full exam question simulation > trainee: 3.5 hours • Scoring and diagnosis of questions instructor and trainee: 4.5 hours
SUMMARY • • • •
The course also includes the execution of exam simulation questions via an e-learning platform provided.
Hours of interaction with the Instructor Hours of testing by the trainee Hours of self-study by the trainee Total effort
• Number of Exam Simulations • 2 simulations of the full exam • 5 simulations, one per domain
: 13.5 hours : 8.5 hours : 18.0 hours : 40.0 hours : 7 simulations
TRAINING MODEL and TOOLS • The course is delivered by remote communications and interactions via the internet: a good quality internet connection is advisable • The exam simulations are executed on-line via an internet platform provided • The interaction with the trainer takes place live via a voice and image/file sharing system provided
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Objectives • To know and understand the theoretical and practical concepts of Project Scheduling, as described in the PMI Practice Standard and according to the PMI-SP® Exam Content Outline, being able to translate these concepts into specific real-life situations of Project Management and Scheduling • To be prepared to pass successfully the PMI-SP® Examination
Schedule and Duration: • The course is delivered individually and in a flexible schedule agreed upfront with the trainee. • Each direct interaction with the trainer will last between 1 and 2 hours. • Once the start date is agreed with the trainee, an overall period of 1 month to 3 months is recommended or undertake the course, during which the exam should be scheduled
• We may support or undertake the actual application to the exam at no extra cost, should the trainee require.
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Technical Director Alexandre Rodrigues, Eng. Ph.D. Prof. PMP CAP Degree in Engineering (5 years) and Ph.D. in Management Sciences (specialised in Project Management) Over 25 years of professional experience in Project Management in different parts of the world Founding President of the PMI Portugal Chapter Mentor of PMI Chapters in Europe (2005-2007) Member of the team that developed the PMBOK® Guide (3rd edition) and OPM3 ® (1st edition) Member of the Core Team of PMI that developed the 2nd edition of the Earned Value Management practise standard Senior Conlutant for the Cutter Consortium (USA) PM Forum (USA) Correspondent for Portugal (2007 – 2011) Visiting lecturer in several Universities in Europe Supervisor and member of jury for several master and doctorate research studies in Project Management Named PM Ambassador in Portugal by the PM Forum International (EUA) (2009 – 2011) Named EVM Ambassador in Europe by the Earned Value Management Europe Association (2012)
Alexandre Rodrigues is Executive Partner of PMO Projects Group delivering advanced project management training and consulting services to clients across Europe and other parts of the world. Throughout his career Alexandre has been delivering services for a wide range of international organizations, like Wolkswagen, Motorola, Microsoft, BHP Billiton in Australia and Africa, NATO in Brussels and Holland, Vodafone in Germany and BAe Systems and GEC-Marconi in the UK, VALE and Rio Tinto in Africa, Casas Bahia and Telefonica in Brazil. He has been leading the implementation of Earned Value Management Systems for project and program control in multibillion US dollars, specially in the mining sector. He is also a Senior Consultant with the Cutter Consortium (US), belonging to the Agile Project Management Practice. He has over a decade of teaching experience, having lectured on Project Management and System Dynamics modelling related topics at several universities in Europe. He has supervised several Master and Doctoral students in the area of Project Management. Dr. Rodrigues worked for several years in Project Management for the military and consulting industries in the UK and the US. He has several years of industry experience as a software engineer and publishes regularly articles in business and refereed scientific journals, having presented as a guest speaker at several international conferences. In 1996 he has co-organized a NATO Advanced Research Workshop dedicated to the theme "Managing and Modelling Complex Projects", which took place in Kiev (Ukraine) having gathered a wide range of international experts from the US, Europe and the Eastern block. He was guest Editor of the April 2001 issue of the Cutter IT Journal (Chaired by Edward Yourdon), dedicated to the theme "Multicultural Project Management". He was also invited to publish an article on the 2003/04 Year Book of the Association for Project Management (UK), dedicated to the theme "Earned Value Management in the International Scene. Alexandre Rodrigues holds a five-year "licenciate" degree in Systems and Informatics Engineering and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences specialized in Project Management and System Dynamics. Dr. Rodrigues was an international correspondent for the international PMForum in Portugal. He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). He was also a Chartered Member of the Portuguese Association of Engineering. Dr. Rodrigues was founding president of the PMI Portugal Chapter and was a PMI Component Mentor for the EMEA region during 2005-2007. He was an active member of the PMI teams that developed the 3rd edition of the PMBOK Guide® and the 1st edition of the OPM3® model for organizational project management maturity assessment. He served for two consecutive years in the Congress Project Action Teams (CoPAT) for the EMEA PMI Global Congresses that took place in Prague (2004) and Edinburgh (2005). In 2009, Alexandre was named PM Ambassador in Portugal by the PMForum, having joined the international PM Ambassadors speakers’ bureau created by this international organization. He was invited in late 2009 by the PMI to join the core team that developed the second edition of the PMI Practice Standard for Earned Value Management. He was also invited by Gower Publishers to write two books dedicated to the application of Earned Value Management to Projects, Programs and Portfolios. In 2012 he was invited to become EVM Ambassador in Europe by the Earned Value Management Europe Association. PMP, CAPM, PMBOK, PMI and PMI Registered Education Provider logos are trademarks registered Project Management Institute, Inc.
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Excellence and Quality Guaranteed Trainers of Excellence
The quality of our training courses is proven at the international level meeting the quality standards of the most demanding markets. This quality is reflected not only in the contents of our courses but also in the experience of our trainers. Ranging from the United States, the UK, Germany, Benelux (NATO) and Australia, passing through South America, Asia and the African Continent, our courses and our trainers have always been very well received. It is this know-how and proven competence that we make available to all our clients.
All our courses are characterized by a strong orientation towards practical implementation in the field of the methodologies, techniques and tools. We never separate theory from practice and we prime to assure that both elements the theoretical knowledge and practical implementation are effectively integrated. This results not only from the fact that our trainers hold a large field experience, but also from the fact that PMO Projects holds many years of consultancy experience in the the filed-adoption of project management best practices.
Internacional Quality
Practical Courses
PDUs Guaranteed
Acquire ECTs
We offer a most experienced and highly qualified team of trainers, all experts recognized by their knowledge and competence in the international market. Holding the necessary qualifications coupled with a vast experience in the field, we contribute to the development and continuous improvement of knowledge and practice of Project Management and Business Analyses, including our participation in the development of the international standards of the Project Management Institute.
For those who are already PMP® certified by the Project Management Institute and wish to maintain this prestigious professional credential, our courses offer the necessary Professional Development Units (PDUs) required by the PMI. We note that the PDUs can only be gained by already certified professionals and are not a requirement for the application to the PMP® certification exam. In case you have any questions or concerns regarding the PDU program do not hesitate to contact us. Through our partnerships with highly prestigious academic institutions, our courses of Post-Graduation and Executive MBA offer you the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits that provide recognition and equivalence by any other higher education institution in the European Union and in many other countries worldwide. Offering ECTS credits in our courses reflects the quality of our partnerships.
International associations certifying in the area of Project Management and Business Analyses demand candidates to hold in their curriculum a minimum of contact hours of educational activity. This is the case of the Project Management Institute that requires a minimum of contact hours for the application to the PMP® certification exam (we note that this requirement should not be mistaken with PDUs, which are aimed at professionals already holding the PMP® credential)
No arguments against facts: since 2001 we have been offering to the international market training in Project Management with a quality that has been consistently and recurrently evaluated over the years by our trainees: the objective statistics from the satisfaction surveys. The impact of our training in the field is also an objective fact: we are responsible for a vast majority of certified professionals in some of the markets where we offer our services. As a result of our practical training, subsequent interventions of consultancy follow to support in the implementation of the methodologies.
Acquire Contact Hours
Proven Results and Satisfaction
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Our Clients in Europe
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Our Clients in Europe
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Our Clients in Africa
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Our Clients in Latin America, Asia and Australia
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International outreach The internationalization of PMO Projects represents much more than just a natural expansion of our business across borders around the globe. Beyond, it reflects the quality, the in-depth, the vanguard and the global outreach of our knowhow, which we proudly disseminate to the “four corners of the world�. If, on the one hand, we play a role of ambassadors of Project Management and Business Analyses best practices, it is that same know-how, accepted worldwide that we make available to our Clients in the various markets where we operate.
Offices International Partner Clients
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