Help Your Project Managers Complete their Skill Set
Ready to reduce profit-draining, resource-stealing scope creep?
Looking for a more efficient process to manage multiple projects despite limited control over resources?
Need a project manager who's prepared to take on international work?
Build Engineering-Focused Project Management Skills
Looking to retain promising talent? Or prepare key staff for new responsibilities?
Help them develop into confident, forward-thinking project management professionals with a course that looks beyond their current project experience.
that accelerate your PM's value ...
... You don't have to tell us. We know that the sharper and more qualified your managers are, the more your business benefits.
Beginning with a skill level review – including the basic tools and techniques staff should already be using, Advanced Skills for Superior Project Managers: Challenges, Proficiencies, Techniques moves briskly into the challenges and risks PMs face daily to help your managers become more responsive, valued members of your firm.
Beginning with a skill level review – including the basic tools and techniques staff should already be using, Advanced Skills for Superior Project Managers: Challenges, Proficiencies, Techniques moves briskly into the challenges and risks PMs face daily to help your managers become more responsive, valued members of your firm.
Combines the convenience of flexible online learning with live and lively weekly discussions
Advanced Skills for Superior Project Managers: Challenges, Proficiencies, Techniques provides a convenient and cost-effective way to build project management expertise - with little or no disruption to billable staff time.
This 9-module course combines the scheduling ease of video learning and the immediacy and intensity of a live classroom.
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Access recorded lectures anytime via computer, tablet, or smartphone
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Attend live discussions with instructor and classmates weekly via WebEx
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Take quizzes and work together on group assignments
A minimum of 18 PDHs will be offered to participants who attend all classes and complete all assignments.
-Meet Your Instructors-
Howard Birnberg
- President of Birnberg & Associates, Monterey, CA
- Executive Director, Assn for Project Managers
- Former lecturer at Harvard University, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern University, and University of California, Berkeley
- Author of Project Management for Designers and Facilities Managers, 4th ed.
- Former columnist for Civil + Structural Engineer magazine
- President of Birnberg & Associates, Monterey, CA
- Executive Director, Assn for Project Managers
- Former lecturer at Harvard University, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern University, and University of California, Berkeley
- Author of Project Management for Designers and Facilities Managers, 4th ed.
- Former columnist for Civil + Structural Engineer magazine
An Interactive Project Management Training Course
What if I miss a weekly discussion?
Each live discussion will be recorded and available to watch later if you're unable to join us live.
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Frequently Asked Questions
ACEC Webinar Attendee
Project Manager in Training
"I have enjoyed signing in to each live discussion as well as networking with my group to gather ideas on the case studies. I especially like the case study aspect of the course as some of the studies are eye-openers!"
Module 1
Course Structure & Operation
Module 2
Skill Assessment Part 1: Management Concepts & Client Needs
Module 3
Skill Assessment Part 2: Defining Project Managers & Responsibilities
Module 4
Why Projects Fail
Module 5
Managing People & Client Relationships
Module 6
Managing Multiple Projects
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How much time should I set aside for this class?
You can expect to spend about 2 hours each week watching pre-recorded presentations, completing the case study, and participating in the live discussion.
What if I have questions outside the weekly online discussion time?
You're welcome to reach out to the instructors via phone and email with any questions during the 9-week class.
What attendees say about
the online course format
the online course format
SUPERIOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT STARTS WITH SUPERIOR MANAGERS
Tuition: $1,045 ACEC Members | $1,345 Non-Members
Course Begins September 9 through November 8, 2019
Registration Limited to 25 Participants
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Module 7
Controlling Design Costs & Scope Creep
Module 8
Working Internationally
Module 9
Managing Project Risk
Barry LePatner
- Founder of LePatner & Associates LLP, New York, NY
- 30+ years of advising on business and legal issues affecting the real estate, design, and construction industries
- 30+ years of advising on business and legal issues affecting the real estate, design, and construction industries
- Author of Too Big to Fall: America’s Failing Infrastructure and the Way Forward
- Author of Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America’s Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry
- Co-Author of Structural and Foundation Failures
- Co-Author of Structural and Foundation Failures
Andrew Mendelson, FAIA
- Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Management Officer at Berkley Design Professional, Chicago, IL
- Design industry leader in the area of risk management and contracts
- Nearly four decades of experience as a licensed architect and firm principal
- Since 2013, Mendelson has directed Berkley Design Professional’s efforts to provide design professionals with leading-edge, risk and practice management resources, tools and training
- Nearly four decades of experience as a licensed architect and firm principal
- Since 2013, Mendelson has directed Berkley Design Professional’s efforts to provide design professionals with leading-edge, risk and practice management resources, tools and training
Pedro Amaral
- Managing Director, EFD - Engineered and Fully Developed, Lisbon, Portugal
- Portuguese / Canadian
- Portuguese / Canadian
- 30+ years international experience
- Worked as a manager top US & UK consulting firms and US infrastructure owners
-$20b of project experience in North America, Europe, and Middle East
How will the small groups be organized?
Groups will be anywhere from 3-6 people and will be organized by time zone to make meeting easier to schedule.
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Is participation in ACEC’s Laying the Foundation for Superior Project Managers required to take this course?
While it does build on Laying the Foundation for Superior Project Managers, there are no class or experience requirements to enroll in this course. Even new or aspiring project managers will greatly benefit from the material presented.
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Hear from instructor Howard Birnberg about
the course structure and why this isn't your typical webinar.