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Project Management/Business Analyst

We offer courses in the following areas:

• Project Management Evening Certificate Program

  This certificate program guides professionals in any field who need to manage or lead projects or operations using flexible, tailorable methods addressing what matters: RESULTS. The program empowers and educates through multiple learning channels including direct team-based project experience, best practices discussion, adapting processes to fit every situation, lectures, exercises, graphics, homework, provided and tailored templates, and frequent presentations complete with multiple feedback channels.

  Each real-world homework assignment is designed to bring experienced professionals through at least one full project life cycle. Our approach reduces the forms, processes, and other low-value activities, allowing practitioners to focus on actionable efforts leading to immediate improvements in team and process performance. Attendees experience effective discussions leading to quick consensus and planning for risk and variance outcomes that enable fast and low conflict adjustments to processes and priorities.

  Participants work in teams to perform key project processes, including creating an integrated project presentation that serves as a best practice template and addresses one of the biggest challenges leaders face: motivating others to perform unfamiliar processes. This focus fosters higher levels of accountability. Each attendee brings back real-world, proven templates and processes to apply immediately on the job. In addition, the course includes one complementary PMP Exam application review and one on-the-job document or process review under non-disclosure.

• Foundations Project Management
  
  • Project Management Fundamentals
  • Project Estimating and Scheduling
  • Project Management Evening Certificate Program
• General Project Management
  • Project Risk Management
  • Project Acquisition (Supplier) Management
  • Interpersonal Skills for Project Managers
  • Measurement and Analysis
• Government Project Management
  Coming in March 2008
• IT Project Management
  
  • Project Management Fundamentals for the IT Professional
  • Requirements Management for IT Profesionals
  • Software Configuration Management
  • Software Testing Techniques (coming soon)
• Project and Portfolio Management Tools
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Project Server (April 2008)
  • Microsoft Sharepoint Server
• Project Management Daytime Certificate Program
  
  In today’s business environment it has become essential for organizations to develop project managers who can complete projects on time and within budget.  It is even more critical to develop an organization that can leverage its project management capability into a key competitive advantage.
  
  Our in-depth Project Management Day Certificate Program addresses this need by developing the advanced skills needed, across the organization, to execute business strategies effectively. Participants receive guidance and practical instruction on the processes, organizational structure and tools that assure that project work yields the desired business results.
  
  Students who complete a total of six courses, including five core courses will receive the St. Edward’s University Day Project Management Certificate.  Courses may be taken at our center or on-site at your organization. We highly recommend that all students take Project Management Fundamentals as their first course, as it introduces the framework for all the other courses in the program.
  
  Key Elements:

  • Core courses (required):
  • PM 101 – Project Management Fundamentals Workshop
  • PM 102 – Project Estimation and Scheduling Workshop
  • PM 103 – Project Leadership and Communication Workshop
  • PM 104 – Project Quality Management
  • PM 201 – Project Risk Management Workshop
    
  • Electives - choose at least 1 of the following:
  • PM 202 – Project Procurement Management Workshop
  • PM 203 – Requirements Management Workshop

  Certificate Requirements of the Project Management Daytime Program

  • Demonstration of capability is performed in each course, as part of the student projects and homework
  • Exams are given at the end of each course, and a participant must pass each exam to qualify for a certificate.  
  • Throughout the program, a minimum of 80% attendance is required for each course.

  Upon demonstration of completing all requirements, a participant receives a Certificate in Project Management from St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center.

• PMP Exam Preparation Course
  St. Edward’s is proud to host the PMP® Prep course offered by the Austin Chapter of PMI.  Learn more.
  

  ® Project Management Professional and PMP are the registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute.

St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center business analyst training can help you structure, simplify, and succeed with requirements development. Our program combines industry best practices with a proven, practical approach and engaging delivery.

We help link business and technology with our focus on:

• The fundamental skills business analysts and project managers need to be effective
• Why a process for analyzing and managing business requirements is essential for developing quality products
• How to gather complete business requirements quickly and thoroughly – without burdening your stakeholders
• How to translate business requirements into industry-standard documents
• How to document and analyze business processes and how to improve and reengineer them

Key Elements

• Core courses (required):
• BA101 – Requirements Planning and Management for Business Value (3 day)
• BA102 – Requirements Elicitation and Documentation (3 day)
• BA103 – Requirements Review and Inspection Techniques (1 day)
• Electives - choose at least 3 days from the following:
• BA104 – Use Case Workshop (2 day)
• BA105 – Business Process Modeling (3 day)
• BA106 – Testing Practices for Business Analysts (2 day)

Certificate Requirements of the BA Program

• Demonstration of capability is performed in each course, as part of the student projects and homework
• Exams are given at the end of each course, and a participant must pass each exam to qualify for a certificate.  
• Throughout the program, a minimum of 80% attendance is required for each course.

Upon demonstration of completing all requirements, participants receive a Certificate in Business Analysis from St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center, Austin, Texas.

We provide customized training to focus concentrated knowledge on your most critical topics. Our team of subject matter and curriculum design experts will create time-efficient and cost-effective solutions to help you maximize your investment in information technology.

We can also provide on-site training using our mobile notebook labs.