Where can I find information about project management courses?
There are thousands of places to find training all around the world, including in-classroom, online, DVDs etc. A good resource to consult is PMI’s Registered Education Provider Registry, which is a searchable list of PMI-accredited training providers. Of course at Key Consulting, we have our own project management courses.
This month we visited Legal Project Management (www.legalprojectmanagement.info). The blog’s owner and main writer is Paul C. Easton, Managing Director Global Colleague’s Asian division.
Legal Project Management is devoted to sharing information about legal project management, including relevant seminars and presentations, courses (both classroom and online), and books and publications.
The posts are largely informative in nature, although Easton does make editorial comments from time to time, sharing his own thoughts and opinions. When he does, his comments are generally brief but insightful. As an example, a recent posting discusses a survey regarding legal project management staff roles, in which he notes the survey’s omission of numbers of respondents, but nevertheless finds the results worth consideration. (Legal Project Management Staff Roles Survey, September 15, 2011.)
LegalProjectManagement.info appears to be a helpful tool for those who manage legal projects. Easton keeps abreast of the most current topics relating to legal project management, and has a good handle on the resources available in this field.
Jeff Hodgkinson is the Associate VP of Credentials and Certifications for the Phoenix PMI Chapter, and the manager of the PgMP Credentialed Networking Group. The group has nearly 1600 members and ten (10) subgroups, with the ‘PgMP Credentialed Only’ subgroup having 340 of the current 500 PgMP’s as members.
He is starting a study group for PgMP applicants – probably an audio bridge for 2 hours every week to answer specific questions on anything that PgMP applicants might ask. (He did this a year ago for a few people per request of the LinkedIn group and it was very successful.)
The plan is to begin in mid-January. The study group isn’t intended to be a sole solution, but a supplement to existing studies, and a vehicle to discuss books and study materials. (A lot of question simply come up on successfully completing the application and follow-up processes.) Contact Jeff directly if you are interested.
