Master The Microsoft PPM Tools & Program Management Training With EPMA's Instructor Led Courses

Project schedules are at the heart of project management. Being able to properly leverage Microsoft Project is essential to the quality of the information collected, the ability to assess risks and issues, and analyze project lifecycles. Open yourself up to the capabilities of the #1 scheduling tool, Microsoft Project. Whether you have experience with Project or you are brand new user, you will leave with more confidence to better manipulate this powerful solution.

Once you have a firm base knowledge of Microsoft Project, you are ready to scale your capabilities and learn more advanced skills to better utilize the tool in your practice. This course will provide insight into the nearly endless customizations and options within Project

Learn how to leverage Project Server and Project Online to gain better visibility into your portfolio of projects and resources. This course assumes you are already familiar with the basics of Project Pro, and dives into the details of how everything interconnects, so your team and organization can rely on a centralized solution for all your work.

Learn the skills needed to configure a Project Server or Project Online environment and administer the application on a continuing basis. Taught by the implementation and administration experts from EPMA. Leave this 4 day course with the confidence to better support your organization’s system.

Power BI is a business analytics solution that lets you visualize your data and share insights across your organization or embed them in your app or website. You can connect to hundreds of data sources and bring your data to life with live dashboards and reports. In this course, we’ll show you how to capture your data, publish reports and dashboards, and share insights inside and outside of your organization.

During this two-day course, attendees learn the importance of mastering Business Agility in order to thrive in the digital age and gain insights they can use to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise by leveraging the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

The course begins by exploring the SAFe principles, derived from Lean product development, Agile development, DevOps and systems thinking. Following this, the attendees will discuss how to establish Team and Technical Agility and organize around the flow of value. The course then focuses on the importance of adopting a customer-centric mindset and applying Design Thinking as part of the Agile Product Delivery core competency, and provides an opportunity to experience a PI Planning event.

Attendees also gain insights and recommendations for building a Continuous Delivery Pipeline and instilling a DevOps culture. Finally, the attendees will gain an understanding of Lean Portfolio Management and the steps needed for implementing this function in their Enterprise.

Build the skills needed to become a high-performing team member on an Agile Release Train (ART)—and learn how to collaborate effectively with other teams—by becoming a SAFe® 5 Practitioner (SP). During this two-day course, attendees gain an in-depth understanding of the qualities of high-performing Agile Teams, the ART and how it delivers value, and what they can do to effectively perform their role using Scrum, Kanban, and XP.

Attendees also learn how to write Stories and break down Features, plan and execute Iterations, and experience a PI Planning event. Finally, attendees learn about the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, the importance of a DevOps culture, how to effectively integrate with other teams on the ART, and what it takes to continuously improve.

In this two-day course, attendees gain an understanding of the role of a Scrum Master in a SAFe enterprise. Unlike traditional Scrum Master training that focuses on the fundamentals of team-level Scrum, the SAFe Scrum Master course explores the role of the Scrum Master in the context of the entire enterprise, and prepares attendees to successfully plan and execute the Program Increment (PI), the primary enabler of alignment throughout all levels of a SAFe organization. This includes learning the key components of Agile at scale development, how Scrum is facilitated throughout the enterprise, and how to execute Iteration Planning.

Attendees discover how to build high performing Agile teams by becoming a servant leader and coach, and how to coach those teams to deliver the maximum business value at scale. SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) certification signifies that people are prepared to perform the role of Scrum Master in a SAFe environment, increasing their value to teams and organizations that are implementing SAFe.

Project management essentials provides a foundation for managing a successful project.  This training is designed to teach basic project management from project in-take to completion.  Each section will have discussion, template review, and an exercise to practice what was learned.  At the end, the project manager will rate their current projects and document key learnings, so they can provide immediate value when returning to their current work.