LCSI develops and delivers project management training in both individual and group settings.  All seminars feature exposure to modern project management techniques, providing a "best practices" orientation.

"PMP® Certification Exam Prep" (with Guarantee)  - $1,197.00

Two-Day Seminar - (17.0 PDUs)

Competent project managers can expedite projects to completion, enhance quality, and save their companies money.  This intensive seminar gives participants the opportunity to gain practical skills and useful tools that help them lead and motivate project teams, meet deadlines, cope with various project management constraints, assess risk, implement change, link tasks to resources, work across functional boundaries, document and report project status effectively, and much more.

Who Should Attend
    New project managers
    Project team members
    Professionals with project management responsibilities
    Team leaders with diverse project staff to influence
    Professional working with multi-functional teams
    Candidates for PMP Certification

Key Topics Addressed within a Comprehensive Preparation for the Certification Examination:

	Project Initiation Determining project goals Determining deliverables Determining process outputs Documenting project constraints Documenting assumptions Defining project strategy Identifying performance requirements Determining resource requirements Defining project budgets Providing comprehensive information
	Project Planning Refining project requirements Create WBS documentation Developing resource management plans Refining time and cost estimates Establish project controls Developing project plans Obtaining plan approval
	Project Execution Committing project resources Implementing project plans Managing project progress Communicating project progress Implementing quality assurance procedures
	Project Control Measuring project performance Refining control limits Taking corrective action Evaluating effectiveness of corrective action Ensuring plan compliance Reassessing control plans Responding to risk event triggers Monitoring project activity
	Project Closing Obtaining acceptance of deliverables Documenting lessons learned Facilitating closure Preserving product records and tools Releasing project resources
	Professional Responsibility Ensuring integrity and professionalism Contributing to knowledge base Enhancing individual competence Balancing stakeholder interests Interacting with team and stakeholders

Key Benefits

    Learn how to set project goals to meet customer expectations
    Explore ways to motivate project team members and support staff
    Understand how to successfully work across functional boundaries
    Examine tools for coping with time, cost, and performance constraints
    Study concepts and techniques to reduce stress in meeting project deadlines
    Learn how and when to implement change in project scheduling

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AGENDA for Day One

  8:15a -  8:30a  “Arrival and Sign-In”

 8:30a - Noon    Applying for PMP Certification

                        Preparing for the PMP Exam

                        What is a Project?

                        Creating Project Charters

  Noon - 12:30p         "Lunch"

  12:30p -  4:45p  Developing Scope Statements

                        The WBS and Communicating

                        Risk Planning Processes

  4:45p -  5:15p    Day One Review and General Q&A

Note:  Each topic will include review of the key material and group practice
with discussion and feedback on 20 sample questions.

AGENDA for Day Two

  8:15a -  8:30a  “Arrival and Sign-In”

  8:30a - Noon    Resource Planning

                             Schedules and Budgets

                             Developing the Project Team

 Noon - 12:30p         "Lunch"

12:30p -  4:30p  Measuring & Controlling Project Performance

                             Controlling Change

                             Closing Out the Project

                                    Professional Responsibility

  4:30p -  5:00p         Day Two Review and General Q&A

Note:  Each topic will include review of the key material and group practice
with discussion and feedback on 20 sample questions.

Program Leader - David Lanners, MBA (Harvard)

As an executive consultant and President of LCS International, David Lanners specializes in helping senior executives and business owners build successful project-driven organizations.  He has refined his skills through more than two decades of delivering executive consulting services and seminars in operations management, new product development, engineering administration, and project management.  Before founding LCSI, he held technical, senior advisory and managerial positions with several major high-tech companies.  He served on the Industry Advisory Council for SMU’s School of Engineering and on the Program Advisory Council for LeTourneau University.

Mr. Lanners received his project management professional certification from the Project Management Institute in 1993 and served three terms as president of the 2,500+ member Dallas Chapter where under his leadership more than 1,000 local members earned their professional certification and the Chapter tripled in size in less than three years.  Mr. Lanners is certified as a quality auditor, quality engineer, and quality manager by the American Society for Quality.  He is also certified at the fellow level in production and inventory management and certified in integrated resource management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.  Mr. Lanners was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma national business honor society and is a member of Mensa and Intertel.  He received an A.E.S. degree from Normandale College, a B.S.B. degree from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard.

Competent project managers can expedite projects to completion, enhance quality, and save their companies money. This intensive seminar gives participants the opportunity to gain practical skills and useful tools that help them lead and motivate project teams, meet deadlines, cope with various project management constraints, assess risk, implement change, link tasks to resources, work across functional boundaries, document and report project status effectively, and much more.  This seminar is designed to provide you with practical skills that improve project processes and outcomes.