Essentials of Project Management
Live Masterclass | Our renowned 2-day, limited enrollment course on the essentials you need to transform your ability to lead and deliver.
Masterclass Overview
Our renowned 2-day, limited enrollment course on the essentials you need to transform your ability to lead and deliver.
Join hungry learners from around the world in this live, virtual Masterclass. Start your path towards earning your PMP or CAPM Certification!
Enrollment already limited.
Who is this Essentials Masterclass for?
This Essentials of Project Management Virtual Masterclass helps you improve your ability to lead your team and deliver your projects while you transform your work and life habits to accelerate your career and pass the Project Management Institute's PMP® or CAPM® Certification Exam.
4 Things You Need to Know about the Essentials:
- If you are pursuing your PMP® or CAPM® certification, this course is the first in the series. We recommend you sign up for the entire Masterclass Series to save money!
- You'll have incredibly practical takeaways that you can use immediately following each session
- You hate boring, monotone, project management lectures? So do we! This live, virtual Masterclass course was created specifically for your max learning and interactivity.
- Your title doesn't matter! If you are responsible for leading and delivering initiatives, this course is for you. We've helped all sorts of roles, including project managers, program managers, team leads, business analysts, salespeople, administrative assistants, engineers, lawyers, and more level up their ability to lead and deliver.
Course Dates
Here are the upcoming dates:
Spring
- Thursday's, 2/20/25 and 2/27/25
Summer
- Thursday's, 6/19/25 and 6/26/25
The full-day classes run from 8:30am - 4:30pm Central time in the US.
For the Full Day classes, we take a full hour break over lunch and there are other breaks during the morning and afternoon.
We have taught leaders around the world how to improve their ability to lead teams and deliver projects. Now you can get that same teaching in this Live Masterclass!
This course is the first of three courses in our Masterclass series. If you are considering project management certification, sign up for the entire series. Click here to learn more about the series.
All three courses will be led by Masterclass Program Instructor Andy Kaufman, PMP, PMI-ACP, or his colleagues Barrett Kaufman, PMP, Ashleigh Clark, PMP, Jeremiah Hammon, PMP, and Molly Beran, PMP.
This Essentials Masterclass qualifies as 14 contact hours toward the Education component of your project management certification application.
Bottom line: If you lead or deliver projects, this Masterclass is for you.
Join Essentials Masterclass | $525
Delivering projects on time and budget with the desired scope is no small order. Statistically speaking, the odds are not in your favor. The margin for error with projects has all but shrunk in most organizations. We just cannot tolerate projects that don't deliver. So, how do we successfully deliver more consistently, in the real world where there are no 5 Easy Steps to Successfully Delivering Projects? Our Essentials of Project Management workshop is a practical way to get your organization on track to consistently deliver successful projects!
Reviews
An amazingly insightful, practical & masterfully taug...
Joey Perry
Although my immediate intentions do not include preparing for the PM certification, I received immense value from walking through this Essentials of Project ...
Read MoreAlthough my immediate intentions do not include preparing for the PM certification, I received immense value from walking through this Essentials of Project Management virtual masterclass. The concepts & ideas taught, while certainly helpful toward preparing for the exam, offer a wide range of applications including but not limited to: being an administrator, an entrepreneur, a leader in a volunteer-based organization and even as a husband and father. Andy's professional, friendly and positive demeanor makes all the difference and he was able to really break down the concepts in a way I could easily understand. This was a great class that I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to attend.
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Jamie Davis
The information is jam-packed full of quotes, group and individual activities, as well as containing test prep information. Great class!
The information is jam-packed full of quotes, group and individual activities, as well as containing test prep information. Great class!
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Rogelio Guzman
I just finished taking this virtual masterclass with Andy Kaufman. I highly recommend it!! Andy has a way of keeping you engaged and explains the information...
Read MoreI just finished taking this virtual masterclass with Andy Kaufman. I highly recommend it!! Andy has a way of keeping you engaged and explains the information well.
Read LessRenata Lyon
Thank you!
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Ann Marie Johnson-Beegun
Very informative, great teachers.
Very informative, great teachers.
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Andy Kaufman
Andy has worked with leaders on every continent, except for Antarctica (still working on that one!). He has taught this course for administrative professionals around the world and can't wait to share the learning with you!
Course curriculum
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1
Welcome!
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Overview of the Program
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What To Do Now?
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Introduce Yourself!
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Download the Participant Guide and "Gold Sheet"
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Program Bibliography: Additional Resources to Further Your Learning
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Part 1: Introduction, Key Concepts, Introduction to Agile, Initiating, and Planning
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(Before the Webinar) People Styles Questionnaire
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(Before the Webinar) Discussion: What are some factors that make it more challenging to deliver your projects?
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(Before the Webinar) What Questions Do You Have About Project Management Certification?
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(Before the Webinar) Summary Roadmap of the Project Management Process
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(Before the Webinar) Project Charter and Project Scope Statement Worksheets for case study exercises
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Part 1: First full day or first two half days
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(After the Webinar) Discussion and Assignment: People Styles
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(After the Webinar) Follow-up and Summary of Assignments
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(After the Webinar) "Finger tapping" exercise
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(After the Webinar) Scrum in Under 10 Minutes
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(After the Webinar) Your Feedback
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Part 2: WBS, Estimating, Sequencing, Scheduling, Critical Path, Risk Management, and Closing
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(Before the Webinar) What do you Do When Closing a Project?
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(Before the Webinar) How Does Your Team Currently Manage Risks?
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(Before the Webinar) Introduction to Miro
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Part 2: Second full day or last two evenings
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(After the Webinar): Demo of XMind
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(After the Webinar) Demo of Trello
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(After the Webinar): Demo of Asana
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(After the Webinar) Sequence Activities Demonstration
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(After the Webinar) Discussion: What Questions Do You Have?
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(After the Webinar) Templates and Tools for Developing Schedules
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Summary of the "Quote" Slides
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4
Certification Resources
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What You Need to Know About Earning Your Certification
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Spreadsheet to help consolidate your project experience
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Review of Critical Path
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How to Calculate Critical Path on the PMP® or CAPM® Exams
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5
Wrap-Up
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Assignment: Your Personal Action Plan
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Your Feedback About the Program
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This is for the virtual Essentials Masterclass only.
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