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Project management training comes in many types, sizes, and flavors. Project Management is very popular topic at the organizational as well as professional level today, and thus project management training has become ubiquitous to support both the organizations and individual professionals. Choosing the right project management training among the plethora of options has thus become a challenge – and project - unto itself!
Author: John Reiling
Date: May 26, 2009 - 12:19:23 AM
This article provides information to help professionals
concerned with choosing project management training at the organizational
level.
It also provides ideas for individual
professional project managers who are seeking the ideal form of project
management training to advance their careers.
Here are some ideas for identifying the most appropriate
project management training for an organization
or individual:
1. Align Project Management Training to Current Challenges
Organizations must be clear on where they are on the project
management maturity continuum and match
Project Management
Training to individuals to accomplish overall objectives.
For individual professionals, looking at
specific challenges, such as gathering clear requirements for a project, can be
the best place to start.
In the case of
an organization, care must be taken to determine if project management training
on a particular project management methodology or framework is appropriate, and
individuals must likewise determine whether this strategy at the individual
level might help them contribute to their organizations.
2. Select Best Delivery Methods
As a second step, it is necessary to consider preferred delivery
methods for project management training.
The typical delivery methods include classroom, audio, and online
project management training.
Classroom training
Classroom-based project management training enables students
to give full, undistracted attention to learning.
Within an organization, it can also serve as a
team building exercise!
For individuals,
it can provide in-person access to the instructor and students for both
learning and networking.
On the down
side, classroom training is expensive, often involves travel, requires loss of
work time, and must be scheduled. Students must
participate in ALL topics, which may not be a good use of time for those
with good skills in certain areas.
Audio project management training
Audio Project Management
Training is
becoming more
popular for its convenience.
Audio
project management training can also be a good
supplement to other training.
Sometimes the visual aspect is missing, but
more visual learning is being incorporated as in PDA-based programs.
The ‘anytime, anywhere’ aspect of audio
project management training for situations such as walking or driving a car, assuming
that the audio alone is still effective, is very attractive.
Online project management training
Online
project management training has many desirable aspects.
Some online project management training is instructor
assisted, and some is simply pure, or ’on-your-own’, online training.
For instructor facilitated online project
management training, the training is live and over the internet at a scheduled
time.
Such training usually includes the
ability to interact online with the students and instructor during the
class.
Pure, unassisted, ’on-your-own’
online training, by contrast, is self-contained, is available 24x7, and the student
can filter for topics of greater interest.
Often online project management training includes an on-demand online mentor
to contact for help.
Both organizations
and individuals can benefit from the cost savings and variety of online project
management trianig.
3. Project management training topics
There are many appropriate topics for project management
training.
For example, Microsoft Project
training might be a good topic for project managers who need to learn about a
project management tool.
A new PM with a
technical background might like project management training on transitioning
from more technical functions to project management.
Others in the IT field, for example, might
enjoy IT project management training. There are many other project management
training topics, especially in the soft skills areas like leadership and management,
and where a Project Manager can find just the right course at the right time to
take skills to the next level.
4. Taking Action right Away
For an individual, once the choice is made, it is beneficial
to take the selected project management training as soon as possible to have
the maximum impact!
Realizing the
benefit from project management training lies in applying the knowledge right
away, and this also makes that knowledge one’s own for the long haul.
This is true at the organizational level
also, but the timeframes are realistically more extended.
In summary, the way to get the most out of project management training is to choose a topic or approach closely related to personal or organizational interest, ideally something that will produce the highest benefit quickly. Picking from among classroom, online, audio, self-paced, or other courses involves a number of considerations, and it may be best for individuals and organizations to choose a combination. The most important thing, however, is giving full focus and attention to the project management training and its intended benefits!
John Reiling, PMP, PE, MBA is an experienced Project Manager and certified Project Management Professional. John's web site,
Project Management Training provides online project management training for beginning managers and for PMP exam prep and PDUs. John also writes regularly in his blog, PMcrunch.com (http://pmcrunch.com).
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