Management of Software Project Teams Online and Onsite

Course #	EN05072
Date(s)	May 2 - June 3, 2005 Five Sessions, One Session per Week
Times	Course may be taken online or on-site with classes on Tuesdays from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
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Course Fee(s)	Register on or before April 4, 2005 $1,500.00 Register after April 4, 2005 $1,550.00 DIR Registration Fee $1,335.00
CEUs	4.0
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Program Description

Management of Software Project Teams is a five-week course comprised of five sessions. It is a component of the Software Quality Institute's Software Project Management (SWPM) Certificate Program . SWPM itself contains six courses: this course, Management of Software Project Teams, plus five others. All six courses are required for certification, but any course may be taken as a stand-alone course. The courses may be taken in any order.

SWPM offers a thorough view of the most up-to-date software best-practices, taught by expert practitioners from industry. With a focus specifically on software, the Managing Software Project Teams course results in a working knowledge that incorporates quality, applicability, profitability and timeliness.

Course Description

In the Management of Software Project Teams course, we study the complex role of todays software project manager. Global competition, downsizing, resource limitations, and time-to-market are but a few of the challenges facing todays software project manager. Companies, learning agility in the face of these dynamic changes, turn to making the most of their most valuable resource: people. Technical and administrative skills are no longer sufficient for the effective organization; managers must become social architects capable of inspiring teams to understand each members operating style and methods of contribution. Managers are, at once, resolvers of conflict, delegators, empowerers, marketers, communicators, and leaders.

Sessions included in the Management of Software Project Teamscourse are:

• Team Management & Personalities -- Leverage opposite styles of communication for faster, more comprehensive problem solving
• Negotiation Techniques & Conflict Management -- Determine conflict resolution methods
• Technical Presentation Skills -- Practice the major elements of effective presentations
• Project Reporting & Communicating How to achieve 'true' communication.
• Leadership and Human Resource Management How to achieve the role of leader on a software project

About the Course

Students should be prepared to devote eight to ten hours of time to each session. Participation in the course is team-based and includes completing team and individual exercises as well as weekly conference calls. Students will have the opportunity to work with fellow team members on real-world projects.

Use of an online courseware tool allows students to virtually perform all work within a single application. Participants of the course will receive textbooks, the cost of which is included in the registration fee.

The Program Mentor: You've Got a Friend!

A program mentor, who is an experienced software project manager, guides the individual students and team members through the learning process, in addition to collecting program deliverables and giving feedback to the teams.

Course Benefits

The student who completes these five sessions will be able to:

• Draw on individuals type differences to pace and balance change management
• Identify groups of people with which the software project manager may need to negotiate or resolve conflict
• Compare and contrast bargaining versus negotiation
• Describe when to bargain (or use negotiation, or dont play)
• Identify 'good' project and end user documentation
• Describe the basic communication model, and how it works
• List and describe Tufte's principles of information and data display
• Describe the purpose and contents of a Project Communications Plan
• Describe four typical kinds of meetings, and the technology best suited to each
• List typical organizational structures and the advantages/disadvantages of each
• Describe the Situational Leadership model, and how it works
• Describe a team model and discuss team development
• Describe team building activities to be performed by the software project manager
• Define and describe the role of leader in a software project
• Describe motivational behavior models
• Describe the importance and the roles and activities of a project sponsor

SQI is an approved Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.). Students who are PMP's will earn 35 PDU's for successful completion of this course. Additionally, this course satisfies PMI's 35-hour project management education requirement for students who choose to take the PMI certification examination. Please visit the PMI web site to learn more.

This course qualifies for 4 continuing education credits.

Register today to reserve your seat!

Sign up today for the May 2 - June 3, 2005 offering. The registration fee is $1,500 per person if registered on or before April 4, 2005 and $1,550 per person if registered on or after April 4, 2005.