Training Leaders Who Deliver
We pride ourselves on providing practical training that can be immediately applied.
Training for the Climb
OUR PHILOSOPY
At Pinnacle PM, we believe that successful project management starts with the right knowledge and skills. Our comprehensive training programs are designed to equip you and your team with the tools needed to excel in every phase of project management. Whether you want to enhance your team’s capabilities or built your own skillset, we offer practical, impactful training that you can implement immediately. While we strongly believe the best training is always in person, we understand that sometimes online training is better than no training at all, so we offer both options. Our goal is always to exceed your expectations.
OUR INSTRUCTORS
All of our instructors have years of experience, both as successful project managers and as highly rated trainers. These project management experts offer a wealth of knowledge and provide dynamic, engaging training sessions.
STANDARD TRAINING
We offer a wide variety of trainings to meet all of your project management needs, from the basics through the ins and outs of program management. Whether you are brand new to project management,
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING
Need something more specific? We can tailor an existing course to meet your organization’s unique needs and provide targeted training that addresses your specific project management challenges. We can also design a completely new training program just for you. We work closely with you to design and deliver a curriculum that aligns with your goals and industry requirements.
TRAINING FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
We also offer specialized training geared for those in the legal profession, designed and taught by an attorney.
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Empowerment Basecamp: Building Resilience
Our introductory courses on both traditional and Agile project management provide a basic understanding of project management and the skills necessary to deliver successful projects. We focus on people, processes, and tools—and how to put them together to fit the needs of each specific project. Designed to help you build a strong foundation, these courses will enable you to manage projects with confidence and allow you to reach new career heights.
• Fundamentals of Project Management
• Fundamentals of Agile
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Trailblazing Strategies: Navigating Your Path
Our intermediate courses guide you through the various complexities of project management with customized strategies that clear the path to success. These expert-led trainings help you gain a deeper understanding of the art and science of power skills, technology to communicate and manage your projects, and how to deliver strategic value. These courses help you stay on course, no matter how steep the climb.
• Stakeholder Management & Engagement
• Benefits Realization Journey
• Effective Project Pre-Work
• How to Be an Effective Project Sponsor
• Emotional Intelligence in Project Management
• Project Recovery
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Summit Skills: Mastering the Peak
Our comprehensive training programs are designed to help you ascend to the highest levels of project management expertise. Whether you want to earn your PMP certification or need to master program management, we can help.
• PMP Certification Prep
• Program Management
Course Offerings
Project Management Fundamentals
This project management course offers a fundamental look into the key best practices of project management. We deliver the course over two days with in-class activities. Participants learn how to plan a project and then lead the project to a successful delivery. Whether you are new to project management or have some experience, everyone will leave with new insights, tools and techniques to implement immediately.
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Understand how to:
· Take a project from start to finish
· Set a project up for success
· Communicating effectively with Stakeholders
· Determine the work needed to be done
· Create a Project Schedule
· Effectively managing project resources
· Identify and manage Risks
· Prepare for the Execution of your plan
· Successfully manage your project during Execution
· Close out the project and improve your processes
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· Why projects fail
· How communication is the key to success
· Key project management terms
· Overview of the Project Management Lifecycle
· Pre-project Work and Initiation
· Needs Analysis
· Business Cases
· Benefits Management Plan
· Project Charters
· Creating a Project Objective Statement
· Issue and Assumption management
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· Stakeholder analysis
· Project Plan details
· Confirming the Project Objective
· Work Breakdown Structure
· Creating a Project Schedule
· Estimating task durations
· Determine the sequence of work
· Calculating total project duration and the Critical Path
· Project Management Information Systems
· Determining resource needs
· Assigning resources
· Leadership principles for projects
· Team development
· Risk Management
· Identifying Risks
· Analyzing Risks
· Management of Risks
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· Setup controlling processes
· Establish Change Control process
· Final Plan review and approval
· Executing the Project Plan
· Ensuring work occurs
· Monitoring and Controlling the Plan
· Taking corrective actions
· Project Status Reports
· Close out of the project
· Finalizing project contracts
· Determine if benefits are realized
· Celebrating success
· Learn from the project
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2-Day Course
Price: $499.00
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What’s New with PMBOK®, PMP® and PMI®
The world of project management is constantly changing. If you earned your PMP credential prior to 2021, this course is for you. This seminar will explore recent changes to the PMBOK and the new Practices Guides that emerged, changes to the PMP exam, and updates on the emerging world of modern project management.
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· Review the timeline for the exam change
· Understand the changes to the exam
· Review of the PMP prep course
· Explore how PMI’s StudyHall app is also supporting test takers
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· Review of the evolution of the PMBOK
· Understand the changes that have transformed the 7th Edition
· Explore the implications to expanding the knowledge base
· Consider the implications of these changes for project managers and organizations
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· Explore how the recent changes at PMI have created a new framework
· Look at the totality of change strategically
· The future of AI within PMI and project management support systems
· Understand how to leverage these changes for your personal and organization’s benefit
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½ Day Course
Price: $99.00
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Project Management Fundaments for Legal Professionals: The Art of Getting Things Done!
This course is designed specifically to cover concepts applicable to legal professionals supporting projects, whether in law firms, legal organizations, court systems, or corporations. From starting a project to finalizing and delivering the results, the course will provide you with tools, techniques, and strategies that you will be able to implement immediately.
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This course will help you apply the modern project management principles in a practical and effective way. You will learn the best practice ideas for managing your own projects and supporting the projects you work on for your clients so you can work smarter and maximize your productivity.
Learn from a practicing attorney certified in project management best practices who has 35+ years of experience supporting projects for business, industry, and government agencies.
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· Best practices in project management
· Core principles of how to deliver a project effectively
· Modern project management frameworks, including predictive, adaptive, and hybrid
· Tools, techniques, and processes for managing a project from start to finish
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½ Day Course
Price: $199.00
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