Course Details
 

Credit - 8 CEUs or 80 PDUs

Cost - $3,710.00 USD

Start Date - The certificate program is available online and you can start the course as soon as your payment is processed.

Duration  - 80 hours - You can complete this certificate program in as little as two weeks.  However, we recognize that you may be juggling a career and family so we give you up to three months from the date you register to complete the certificate activities. If you need an extension to finish this course, you can purchase an additional week for 1/4 the list price of the course.

Course Location - Online

Access - Instructions provided when you register.  

Course Material -  This Certificate Program includes three course texts; Cheetah Project Management, Project Management Body of Knowledge - Third Edition, and MS Project Step by Step (with free demo CD to use during the program).  Texts will be shipped to you once your registration is complete and full payment has been received.

Accreditation - PMI® R.E.P., IACET

Guaranteed - Successfully lead Government IT projects

Purpose

Develop skills to competently and consistently lead Government IT projects with the Cheetah Project Management Certificate for Government IT Professionals Program.  This certificate program is recommended for anyone aspiring to achieve GS13-14 classification or it’s equivalent level at the state and local government level. 

Government Requirements are Changing.  Are You Ready?

In 2004, the Office of Management and Budget released requirements for 2005 that specified accredited Project Managers should manage government projects. States around the country are passing similar legislation. You could be one of the ones certified to run these projects!
 

Learning Objectives

• Know how to use your innate talents to improve your project management efforts.

• Understand the fundamentals of project management and how to put them to work on Government IT projects.

• Understand how to best interact with other people to initiate, plan, execute, monitor & control, and close out your projects.

• Learn how and when to use Microsoft Project with managing your projects.

• Understand what other people consider success with projects by having project participants complete a Scorecard rating your PM performance.

Program Details

• The course includes a Myers-Briggs Type "personality styles" self-assessment to determine your innate strengths and challenges as a project manager.  It is based on the work of Barbara Barron-Tieger and Paul Tieger, authors of Do What You Are.

• You have up to three months to complete all the course activities. The program is designed to be completed in 80 hours. You can complete this program as fast as two weeks if you have an IT project you can complete in two weeks. However, we recommend you take the full three months to complete the activities to get the most out of this certificate program.      

• In order to get the full credit for the course, you will have to complete all the activities to the satisfactory completion of your instructor. 

• We offer a 100% results guarantee - if you cannot lead a Government IT project after you have completed this program, and been awarded your Project Management Certificate for Government IT Professionals, we will fully refund your money.