Free Project Management Course – Drawing for online Graduate Course announced

July 20, 2011 - PRLog -- Dallas, Texas, USA — PMForum has announced that the next project management course registration to be given away through its PM GiveAways™ Program will be for another seat in Project Management: Perspective, Planning and Implementation, an online graduate-level short course offered by Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management in South Africa. PMForum’s PM GiveAways™ Program, a series of drawings for free project management books, courses, events and software was announced in a breaking news article on 10 July 2010.

Project Management: Perspective, Planning and Implementation is a comprehensive short course covering the fundamental tools and techniques of project management offered by Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management.  The course caters to both professional project managers and other professionals who wish to master the essentials of management.  This course also serves as the first module in Cranefield’s Advanced Diploma learning program, the first module towards the Master’s Degree in Project Management.  Contents include modules on General Principles of Management; Project Management Overview; the Project Manager, Teams and Organizations; Project Planning, Monitoring and Control; Scope Management; Procurement; Projects Accounts; Resource Planning; and Project Risk Management

The course is available to any person in any country, and can be started at any time. Materials are dispatched on the next available dispatch date after receipt of the tuition fee (normally within one to two weeks).  Regardless of where the student is based, the course should take around two to four months to complete.  A Certificate is awarded at completion.  

Winner can use this course as first step in Cranefield’s Master’s Degree program, or can claim minimum of 24 PDUs for PMP recertification.  Regular international price for the course: £575.00 (approx $920 USD).  More information about the course can be found on the course webpage. DRAWING for ONE lucky winner will be held on 17 October 2011.  For rules and to register, click here.

According to PMForum’s Managing Editor, David Pells, “This course was a PM GiveAways prize in January and attracted quite a lot of interest.  Cranefield College is again offering this graduate-level short course, the first step towards their master’s degree, as a drawing prize.  We are pleased with this new offer, a valuable prize for anyone considering a master’s degree in project management.”

PMForum’s PM GiveAways™ Program is based on periodic DRAWINGS for free educational and professional project management products and services.  PM GiveAways™ will include project management courses, books, conference passes, software and other valuable items.  Drawings will be held at least monthly, with the products and services to be given away announced in breaking news articles ahead of time and on PM GiveAways™ web pages.  To learn more or to register for drawings for free project management stuff, visit http://www.pmforum.org/PMGiveAways/PMGiveAways.html.

About Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management
Cranefield College is registered with the Department of Education (RSA) as a Private Higher Education Institution, and its academic programs are fully accredited. It provides strategy-centered leadership and management education that enables organizations to progress towards a learning culture and performance excellence. The college offers web-based project management short courses, as well as a classroom-based Advanced Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma and Master's Degree in project and programme-based value chain management. More information at www.cranefield.ac.za

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About PMForum
PMForum operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and still one of the most popular online sources of project management news and information. PMForum also produces the monthly PM World Today eJournal where articles, reports and stories about projects and project management around the world can be found; free subscriptions at www.pmworldtoday.net.

SOURCE: PMForum, Inc.
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