Project Managers Network, based in Sydney, Australia, is a project management consultancy that provides training, assessment, project rescue and other project services to ensure that your project and program teams  work to international standards and best practices, whatever your industry. 

For the past 10 years, we have partnered with with the Centre for Continuing Education of the University of Sydney, Australia, to offer public courses in project management, stakeholder management and business case development to the business community within the greater Sydney area.

Courses offered in conjunction with the University include:

• Project Management - The Complete Guide (3 days)

• Project Management Essentials (2 days)

• Managing Projects with Microsoft Project (2 days)

• Making the Business Case (2 days)

• Stakeholder Management (1 day).

Note.  Courses scheduled for Sydney University can be booked online via the CCE web site - click here to enquire and enrol.

Project Managers Network is a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute, and our courses are endorsed by the Australian Institute of Project Management.

We also run regular in-house courses in Sydney and other Australian cities, and offer our courses throughout the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and China in association with local companies or as requested by global organisations.

We have always aligned our courses to world best practices, but our endorsement by the PMI, the world's largest project management professional society, and the Australian Institute of Project Management, is your guarantee of our professionalism.  Through our endorsements, attendees can obtain PDUs and CPD points to maintain their accreditations with the US and Australian Institutes.

Training For Organisations

Use us to satisfy your future in-house training needs for your IT and your business project teams.   We specialise in training courses aligned with the Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge standards, but add to this foundation the practical emphasis resulting from our principals' personal experience on projects.  Please download this summary of our full range of courses. You can download brochures for each of our courses after reviewing the above summary 

All our courses are fully aligned with the US Project Management Institute's PMBOK™ Guide as well as the relevant levels of Australia's National Competency Standard for Project Management (NCSPM).

Each of these courses is offered in-house to groups ranging in size from 6 to 16 attendees.  We provide comprehensive workbooks, a case study and sample solutions to many team activities that take your staff through the entire range of skills required to manage projects competently. 

We can also provide assessment services to assist your project managers gain accreditation with the Australian Institute of Project Management or mentoring to prepare for the Project Management  Institute's PMP^® exam.  In association with other accredited training organisations (RTOs), we can conduct assessments to help candidates obtain a government recognised Certificate IV or Diploma in project management.

 

Training For Individuals

We also cater to individuals by offering our major project management courses to the general public in Sydney, Australia, through the University of Sydney's Centre for Continuing Education, with whom we have worked for the past 10 years. 

The University provides an efficient way in which you can register for our regular two day course, Project Management Essentials, and our advanced 3 day course, Project Management - the Complete Guide, which is ideal for those preparing for accreditation with the PMI or AIPM.   The University also offers our Microsoft Project, Stakeholder Management, Project Risk Management and Making the Business Case workshops for those requiring more specialised skills.

Refer to the Sydney University CCE web site (www.cce.usyd.edu.au) and select the Business and Management option from their main menu.  You will find our course  training schedule, fees and enrolment details listed under the categories of Project Management (MS Project, project management and business case courses) and Leadership and Organisational Development (Stakeholder Management).

Please note that all bookings and cancellations are handled exclusively by the University.  Courses offered by the University are exactly the same as those offered by us in-house and are conducted by our company's principals or our experienced associates.  PMI members can receive PDUs by requesting a course code from their presenter.

Our Services

We train, counsel, mentor and advise organisations in all aspects of project management.  In particular, we assist in the setup of Project Management Offices, conduct project reviews, rescue troubled projects and assist with the preparation of project and program business cases.  To find out more go to the Services Page.

Using Our Web Site

We achieve this through using very experienced practitioners to deliver:

· Practical training workshops conducted in-house with regular follow-ups

· Assistance with project initiation, team structures, plan development and reporting

· On-going project reviews and post project workshops

· Project rescue - trouble shooting projects that have encountered serious delays or overruns

· Sound project management practices by implementing standards and mentoring project staff

· Project or Program Management Office establishment or review

· Project rescue for run away projects which are severely over time or budget

· Project Governance

This site aims to provide some useful resources to our clients and to those project managers who have attended our courses, including book reviews, and to give some information about our other  consulting services. 
 
Among the resources in this site, you will find links to other project management sites, including Australian and international Project Management organisations and competency standards.  Please also check What's New for a quick update on new articles, book reviews or news about profession project organisations in our home city, Sydney. 

We hope you will find our capabilities in Project Management consulting and training of interest. 

We are constantly adding resource material to this Web site, so please return here often.

Note: 
PMP and PMBOK are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Last updated:  30 March 2010 .