Option 1/5:  PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE – A Blended Approach – Track 1

This blended course meets the educational requirements of The Project Management Institute to apply for the Project Management Professional – PMP® - certification exam by earning the participant 42 ‘contact hours’ / ‘PDUs’ (actually exceeding the 35 ‘contact hours’ required). It offers a blended approach of online pre-work and post-work assessments as well as classroom workshops where the participant will practice and strengthen key areas in the discipline of project management focusing on how to best prepare for and pass the exam.

The PMP® Preparation Review will convene for seven (7) powerful three- hour sessions.

Limited Seating: 10 participants limit | First come, first served basis

Registration/Cancelation Timeline: Starts: May 4th, 2011|Ends: May 16, 2011

Location: Residence Inn/Marriott – Mount Laurel at Bishop’s Gate – Route 38 E. (Exit 40 off of I-295) – Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Dates: Track 1 – Wednesdays from 6:30pm to 9:00pm – Last class meets on Tuesday

May 18; May 25; June 1; June 8; June 15; June 22; and  June 28, 2011

Pricing
$1,499 or Special Discount (as advertised)
Payment installments|Individual discounts|Group discounts - Please contact us at info@abc-advantage.com

Materials include:

PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.)

Classroom Workbook – The Preparation Review Workbook includes study notes, activities, exercises, PMP questions, techniques and best practices.

Online PMP® Prep Course – The online material is accessible to the participant for 90 days; it includes exam tips and strategies; ten comprehensive learning modules and quizzes; two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the PMBOK® Guide areas of knowledge. (Note: One of the exam is used as a ‘final exam’ and the other is used as a self-study exam.)

Application Tips – Participants will also receive Exam application tips and files via email.

Learning Objectives: After completing this course, the participant will be able to::

1. Understand the structure of the certification exam, the types of questions, and the best-practice, test-taking techniques.
2. Understand the framework processes of project management.
3. Explain the various types of organizations
4. Understand how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed.
5. Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and understand how these stages can overlap in time.
6. Understand how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant.
7. Understand the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes.
8. Understand how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed.
9. Display near mastery of specific topics such as: Critical Path Management; Earned Value Management; Risk Management; Quality Theories and Quality Management.
10. Understand how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders.
11. Understand the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project.
12. Understand how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.) can be used in practice.
13. Understand the PMP® Examination Application.
14. Understand the power of Mind-mapping and Memorization techniques.

15. Understand other related PM knowledge that is tested but not identified in the PMBOK® - Professional / Social Responsibility.

 

Prerequisites: Learners should have some experience in project management and will need to have access to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).

Target Audience: This course is designed for adult learners interested in preparing to take the PMP® Certification Exam.

Level: Intermediate

$999.00

Summer Special

Option 2/5:  PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE – A Blended Approach – Track 2

BLENDED ONLINE and CLASSROOM WORKSHOPS 

This blended course meets the educational requirements of The Project Management Institute to apply for the Project Management Professional – PMP® - certification exam by earning the participant 42 ‘contact hours’ / ‘PDUs’ (actually exceeding the 35 ‘contact hours’ required). It offers a blended approach of online pre-work and post-work assessments as well as classroom workshops where the participant will practice and strengthen key areas in the discipline of project management focusing on how to best prepare for and pass the exam.

The PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE will convene for seven (7) powerful two-and-a-half-hour sessions.

Limited Seating: 10 participants limit | First come, first served basis

Registration/Cancelation Timeline: Starts: May 4th, 2011|Ends: May 16, 2011

Location: Residence Inn/Marriott – Mount Laurel at Bishop’s Gate – Route 38 E. (Exit 40 off of I-295) – Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Dates: Track 2 – Thursdays from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

May 19; May 26; June 2; June 9; June 16; June 23; and June 30, 2011

Pricing
$1,499 or Special Discount (as advertised)
Payment installments|Individual discounts|Group discounts - Please contact us at info@abc-advantage.com

Materials include:
PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.)
Classroom Workbook – The EXAM PREP Workbook includes study notes, activities, exercises, PMP questions, techniques and best practices.
Online PMP® Prep Course – The online material is accessible to the participant for 90 days; it includes exam tips and strategies; ten comprehensive learning modules and quizzes; two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the PMBOK® Guide areas of knowledge. (Note: One of the exams is used as a ‘final exam’ and the other is used as a self-study exam.)

Learning Objectives: After completing this course, the participant will be able to::
1. Understand the structure of the certification exam, the types of questions, and the best-practice, test-taking techniques.
2. Understand the framework processes of project management.
3. Explain the various types of organizations
4. Understand how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed.
5. Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and understand how these stages can overlap in time.
6. Understand how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant.
7. Understand the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes.
8. Understand how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed.
9. Display near mastery of specific topics such as: Critical Path Management; Earned Value Management; Risk Management; Quality Theories and Quality Management.
10. Understand how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders.
11. Understand the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project.
12. Understand how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.) can be used in practice.
13. Understand the PMP® Examination Application.
14. Understand the power of Mind-mapping and Memorization techniques.
15. Understand other related PM knowledge that is tested but not identified in the PMBOK® - Professional / Social Responsibility.

Prerequisites: Learners should have some experience in project management and will need to have access to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).

Target Audience: This course is designed for adult learners interested in preparing to take the PMP® Certification Exam.

$999.00

Summer Special Limited Seating

Option 3/5:  PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE – A Blended Approach – Track 3

BLENDED ONLINE and CLASSROOM WORKSHOPS 

This blended course meets the educational requirements of The Project Management Institute to apply for the Project Management Professional – PMP® - certification exam by earning the participant 42 ‘contact hours’ / ‘PDUs’ (actually exceeding the 35 ‘contact hours’ required). It offers a blended approach of online pre-work and post-work assessments as well as classroom workshops where the participant will practice and strengthen key areas in the discipline of project management focusing on how to best prepare for and pass the exam.

The PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE will convene for seven (7) powerful two-and-a-half-hour sessions.

Limited Seating: 10 participants limit | First come, first served basis

Registration/Cancelation Timeline: Starts: May 4th, 2011|Ends: May 16, 2011

Location: Residence Inn/Marriott – Mount Laurel at Bishop’s Gate – Route 38 E. (Exit 40 off of I-295) – Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Dates: Track 2 – Thursdays from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

May 21; May 28; June 4; June 11; June 18; June 25; and July 2, 2011

Pricing
$1,499 or Special Discount (as advertised)
Payment installments|Individual discounts|Group discounts - Please contact us at info@abc-advantage.com

Materials include:
PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.)
Classroom Workbook – The EXAM PREP Workbook includes study notes, activities, exercises, PMP questions, techniques and best practices.
Online PMP® Prep Course – The online material is accessible to the participant for 90 days; it includes exam tips and strategies; ten comprehensive learning modules and quizzes; two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the PMBOK® Guide areas of knowledge. (Note: One of the exams is used as a ‘final exam’ and the other is used as a self-study exam.)

Learning Objectives: After completing this course, the participant will be able to::
1. Understand the structure of the certification exam, the types of questions, and the best-practice, test-taking techniques.
2. Understand the framework processes of project management.
3. Explain the various types of organizations
4. Understand how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed.
5. Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and understand how these stages can overlap in time.
6. Understand how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant.
7. Understand the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes.
8. Understand how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed.
9. Display near mastery of specific topics such as: Critical Path Management; Earned Value Management; Risk Management; Quality Theories and Quality Management.
10. Understand how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders.
11. Understand the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project.
12. Understand how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.) can be used in practice.
13. Understand the PMP® Examination Application.
14. Understand the power of Mind-mapping and Memorization techniques.
15. Understand other related PM knowledge that is tested but not identified in the PMBOK® - Professional / Social Responsibility.

Prerequisites: Learners should have some experience in project management and will need to have access to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).

Target Audience: This course is designed for adult learners interested in preparing to take the PMP® Certification Exam.

$999.00

Summer Special Limited Seating

Option 4/5:  PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE – A Blended Virtual Coaching Approach

BLENDED ONLINE and 11 VIRTUAL 1-ON-1 COACHING SESSIONS

This blended course meets the educational requirements of The Project Management Institute to apply for the Project Management Professional – PMP® certification  exam by earning the participant 35 ‘contact hours’ / ‘PDUs’. It offers a blended approach of online pre-work and post-work assessments including tests as well as 11 60-minute coaching sessions during which the participant will discuss and strengthen key areas in the discipline of project management focusing on how to best prepare for and pass the exam.

Value Proposition:
Accountability – An ‘Individualized Progress Checklist/Report Commitment Form’ is signed and dated by the learner and for the coach
Flexibility – This course is self-paced; your assigned coach will work to best accommodate your schedule.  You can begin at anytime and complete the program within 90 to 180 days.
Convenience – Learners set their agenda to complete the program requirements from the comfort of their home or office within a 12-to-24-week timeframe.
Virtual – Coaching sessions are conducted via Skype, phone or any other webmeeting platform.
Value – A quality online platform combined with one-on-one coaching instruction from qualified and certified practitioners.

Materials Included:
Online PMP® Prep Course – The online material is accessible to the participant for 180 days; it includes exam tips and strategies; ten comprehensive learning modules and quizzes; two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the PMBOK® Guide areas of knowledge. (Note: One of the exams is used as a ‘final exam’ and the other is used as a self-study exam.)

Lesson Handouts – Each lesson handout includes study notes, activities, exercises, questions, techniques and best practices.

Application Tips – Learners will also receive exam application tips.

11 Coaching Sessions
The program consists of 11 one-hour coaching sessions:

• Coaching Session #1                   Introduction
• Coaching Session #2                   FRAMEWORK (Basics of Project Management)
• Coaching Session #3                   PROCESSES (PM Responsibilities) & Integration
• Coaching Session #4                   SCOPE (Scope Requirements & Definition)
• Coaching Session #5                   TIME (Time Illustrated & CPM)
• Coaching Session #6                   COST (Basic Cost & EVM)
• Coaching Session #7                   QUALITY (Plus)
• Coaching Session #8                   (HR Highlights) & COMMUNICATIONS Plus 
• Coaching Session #9                   RISK & Procurement
• Coaching Session #10                   INTEGRATION
• Coaching Session #11                   Test-taking Strategies; MAP; Application

Prerequisites

• Learners must purchase a copy of PMBOK® Guide [A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).]
• Learners should be able to document three-to-five years of project management experience.

Target Audience

• This program is designed for the busy and active adult learners interested in preparing to take the PMP® Certification Exam.

Assigned Coach
A qualified and certified coach will:

• guide the learner through the entire program
• monitor the learner’s online activity in order to assess progress
• provide timely feedback in assessing the learner’s performance
• facilitate online learning activities
• answer the learner’s questions as related to the study materials
• assist the learner with the exam application process
• share key tips in finalizing preparation for the exam
• share his/her experience as a student, practitioner and instructor

Pricing
$1,799 or Special Discount (as advertised)
Payment installments|Individual discounts|Group discounts - Please contact us at info@abc-advantage.com

Passing Requirements
In order to receive a ‘Pass’, you are required to:
1. Ccomplete all PMBOK® Guide Reading/Online Assignments as assigned on your suggested schedule
2. Complete all Guided Reading Assignments (for each coaching session – forwarded by your Coach)
3. Attend all scheduled ‘Coaching Sessions’ per suggested schedule
4. Average a Score of 75% (overall score for all quizzes and final exam)

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

1. Understand the structure of the certification exam, the types of questions, and the best-practice, test-taking techniques.
2. Understand the framework processes of project management.
3. Explain the various types of organizations
4. Understand how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed.
5. Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and understand how these stages can overlap in time.
6. Understand how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant.
7. Understand the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes.
8. Understand how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed.
9. Display near mastery of specific topics such as: Critical Path Management; Earned Value Management; Risk Management; Quality Theories and Quality Management.
10. Understand how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders.
11. Understand the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project.
12. Understand how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.) can be used in practice.
13. Understand the PMP® Examination Application.
14. Understand the power of Mind-mapping and Memorization techniques.
15. Understand other related PM knowledge that is tested but not identified in the PMBOK® - Professional / Social Responsibility.

 

Prerequisites: Learners should have some experience in project management and will need to have access to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).

Target Audience: This course is designed for adult learners interested in preparing to take the PMP® Certification Exam.

$1,549.00

Summer Special Limited Seating

Option 5/5:  PMP® EXAM PREP COURSE – Online / Self-paced Approach

ONLINE / SELF-PACED
This completely online and self-paced thirteen-module project management program builds successful project managers at all levels of the organization. It provides a comprehensive preparation for the PMP® certification exam including exam taking tips, ten comprehensive module quizzes, and two full-length, 200-question practice exams covering the PMBOK® Guide areas of knowledge.

Pricing
$699 or Special Discount (as advertised)
Payment installments|Individual discounts|Group discounts - Please contact us at info@abc-advantage.com

Learning Objectives: After completing this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Understand how enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets affect how projects can be managed.
2. Explain the five stages of a project life cycle and understand how these stages can overlap in time.
3. Understand how to create a project management plan with subsidiary plans for each of the knowledge areas and explain how progressive elaboration and integrated change management can keep these documents effective and relevant.
4. Understand the overlapping nature of project activities and practice Project Integration Management to coordinate the various project management processes.
5. Understand how a project's various baselines (including scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, procurement, and others) are determined, planned for, and managed.
6. Understand how to effectively manage human resources and communicate with all stakeholders.
7. Understand the key methods used to estimate project schedule and cost at the beginning of a project and to forecast cost and schedule variances at any time during the project.
8. Understand how the project management knowledge contained in the PMBOK® Guide (4th ed.) can be used in practice.

This course will provide you with 35 ‘Contact Hours’/PDUs and will be accessible for 180 days. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate of completion.

A unique login and password will be assigned to the participant as included in the confirmation letter. For Option 2 and Option 3, please register at any time.

Materials:
Participants are responsible to purchase their own PMBOK® Guide – 4th ed.
Participants will also receive Exam application tips and files via email.
Prerequisites: Learners should have some experience in project management and will need to have access to the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).
Estimated time to complete: 35-40 hours of online course work
Target Audience: This course is designed for adult learners interested in preparing to take the PMP® Certification Exam.

$499.00

Summer Special Limited Seating

Online Leadership Behavioral Profile Assessments

RightPATH Resources, Inc.’s RightPATH® 4 and RightPATH® 6 Behavioral Profiles are administered online in less than 30 minutes and are designed to help users gain a better understanding of themselves and the people they interact with every day. Feedback is immediate and results are labeled with an easy-to-remember blended profile name. Reports include information on typical strengths and struggles. This individual validated assessment tool can be compared between coworkers, examined on a team basis, or formulated into a benchmark for a particular job or position. These combined assessments dig into the nuances of a person’s behavioral preferences and offer many details of what motivates a person and their behavior. On an organizatonal basis, these assessments can be used for all your development needs; from hiring and team building to diversity training and conflict resolution seminars, to emotional intelligence and leadership applications. Path 4/6 are typically sold as a pair for $95.

ABC Consulting Group International, LLC. is an authorized reseller and certified facilitator.

Time Waits For No One! Prioritize to change your life!

“Time just seems to fly…”; “I’m just so busy…”; “I’m always running out of time…” These few statements are a simple reflection of how chaotic our lives can be. Indeed, our lives can literally be jam-packed with so much activity that we are failing to accomplish anything of lasting value… Well, it doesn’t have to be so! This book is designed to accomplish one main objective: guide us to discover and choose what is essential – what will work to our benefit; our advantage. It will put a strong emphasis on priceless strategies and principles designed to result in a perspective shift that will, in turn, bring about the changes that we are looking for in restoring a healthy balance in managing our most precious commodity: Time.

This package will include:

Book – Time Waits For No One!

Templates – TIP List™

Priority-Ranking Matrix

Time-Tracker Assessment

Processing and Organizing Requests

Vision to Strategies

This book will equip and empower you to breakdown long-term visionary goals into short-term strategic projects while keeping your projects in alignment with your organizational vision as it relates to your family, your career, your finances, your vocation, etc. It is important because the sum of all your short-term strategic projects is the fulfillment of your dream... You see... everything you endeavor must be done as a result of and in support of the vision.

This package will include:

Book – Vision to Strategies

Templates – V2S System™

Memo-jogger

Software Application (upon request only & at an additional negotiated cost)

Project Management Life Cycle Illustrated

“A picture is worth a thousand words!” From the Project Charter to Project Closure, take a visual walk-through the project management life cycle. This small book refers to the 32 Project Management Process™ as the basis for its content and is only intended to demonstrate the process of project management.

This package will include:

A small workbook providing short explanations of the process

The 3² Project Management Process™ Memo-jogger

Leveraging Software Applications in Project Management

This book will refer to the 3² Project Management Process™ as the basis for its content and will take you on a guided tour of MS Project®, MindManager® and other support applications as it provides a practical project example. Additionally, you will also be encouraged to understand not only HOW these software applications work but also WHY they work the way they do in support of your project management initiatives.

Leadership Case Study

-- For Training and Development Facilitators ONLY --

If ‘efficient’ is doing things right and ‘effective’ is doing the right thing, then efficient project management and effective project leadership are the two key ingredients to ensure the success of any given projects. Leadership is an intangible quality; however, this case study will clearly demonstrate what it looks like and how anyone with influence can immediately begin applying key leadership concepts and experience a positive impact.

Note: The material is sold as a package and is Copyrights of Franck J. Gérard, PMP, Founder and President of ABC Consulting Group International, LLC. – All rights reserved.

This package will include:

A 90-minute coaching session with instructional designer

Participant’s Workbook/Handout – Quantities: 12

Facilitator’s Guide (incl. Outline; Timeline; and complete Debrief Notes).

PowerPoint SlideShow

MAP – Maximum Action Plan

Other components (as required) for Case Study delivery

Project Management Recovery Case Study

-- For Training and Development Facilitators ONLY --

What to do when your project is in trouble? This practical case study will allow participants to assess where the trouble comes from and the subsequent steps required to ‘fix’ the real issue(s). This case study will leverage the participants’ experience to introduce the implementation of ‘Best Practices’ to mitigate potential issues in the early phases of project management; it is bound to make an immediate impact on how any organization will manage projects going forward.

Note: The material is sold as a package and is Copyrights of Franck J. Gérard, PMP, Founder and President of ABC Consulting Group International, LLC. – All rights reserved.

This package will include:

A 90-minute coaching session with instructional designer

Participant’s Workbook/Handout – Quantities: 12

Facilitator’s Guide (incl. Outline; Timeline; and complete Debrief Notes).

PowerPoint SlideShow

MAP – Maximum Action Plan

Other components (as required) for Case Study delivery

Leadership / Project Quality Management Case Study

-- For Training and Development Facilitators ONLY --

This impactful case study will not fall short of illustrating the importance of process quality and its impact on product quality; it will demonstrate in a very practical seven lessons on quality. Participants will renew their commitment to leadership, project management and quality and in so doing, begin incorporating the lessons reinforced in this case study.

Note: The material is sold as a package and is Copyrights of Franck J. Gérard, PMP, Founder and President of ABC Consulting Group International, LLC. – All rights reserved.

This package will include:

A 90-minute coaching session with instructional designer

Participant’s Workbook/Handout – Quantities: 12

Facilitator’s Guide (incl. Outline; Timeline; and complete Debrief Notes).

Four Puzzles (Wooden Cubes

PowerPoint SlideShow

MAP – Maximum Action Plan

Other components (as required) for Case Study delivery