Education Program

The PMINYC Education Program invites members and non-members to courses that help you Learn, Earn and Advance. Please click the link or contact us at Education-Team@pminyc.org for more info.

Education Offerings

The following classes / workshops have links below:

- CAPM, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CSM, CSPO

- Jira (Fundamentals and Intermediate)

- Scrum at Scale Practitioner (S@SP)

- Change Management: for Professionals; Boot Camp

- Leadership, Transformation, Planning and Soft Skill events

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CAPM certification class for (10/02/23-10/20/23)

Attaining the entry-level CAPM certification shows your capability to work as part of a project team, with demonstrable knowledge of project management best practices. The CAPM certification ensures that the certified individual has the fundamental knowledge of project management and its associated processes.

This course applies a combination of traditional lecturing of key concepts, discussion of cases, review of important artifacts, sharing of experiences and access to the PgMP Exam Simulator, which contains over 1,800 questions.

Leading SAFe (10/30/23-10/31/23)

Leading SAFe® offers you an introduction to the foundations of SAFe v6, and provides the principles and practices to drive your Lean-Agile transformation with confidence. The course also offers the guidance and tools you need to lead effectively in remote environments with distributed teams.

Take a Leading SAFe course to discover how companies can build business agility, and how to make SAFe work inside your organization.

Jira fundamentals training is targeted for team members and those in an oversight role for technology delivery and sustainment programs. The hands-on training teaches students how to use Jira to manage and track their work in an immersive environment that simulates a large, diverse organization. The course covers Jira fundamentals such as how to create and search for issues, as well as how to use popular Agile methods Scrum and Kanban while putting them in a practical context.

Jira Intermediate (12/6/23-12/7/23)

Jira intermediate training is targeted for team members and those in an oversight role for technology delivery and sustainment programs. The hands-on training teaches students how to use Jira to manage and track their work in an immersive environment that simulates a large, diverse organization. Thoughtfully configured and enhanced with a carefully curated set of plugins, the training highlights lessons learned and best practices, demonstrating how effortless Jira can be.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Course (09/12 - 09/15 )

In working toward creating an agile culture, it’s about finding the right path and support. This CSM course provides a comprehensive review of everything scrum. It deep dives into the scrum framework, covering its history from origins to principles to how to apply it in practical settings If you’ve ever wanted to know everything about scrum, this is the course for you. The experienced instructor will deliver invaluable information and engage you with interactive learning activities. By understanding all the components of scrum, you’ll be able to apply agile techniques to your product development.

In working toward creating an agile culture, it’s about finding the right path and support. One role that will be influential in your transformation is the product owner. This course provides product owners the foundational tools and knowledge to master the responsibilities of product ownership.

You will learn how to build and manage a team, and to plan, execute, and complete a project that is aligned to the business environment. You will learn the tools and techniques to create a high-performing team, plan, manage and execute a project, keep the team on track and assess the project work.

The PfMP Bootcamp applies a combination of traditional lecturing' discussion of cases, review of important artifacts, and sharing of experiences. The course includes access to the PfMP Exam Simulator, which contains over 1,700 questions.

Participants learn how to successfully plan and execute organizational change including "how to apply behavior to trigger, action and reinforce change" and "how to mitigate and manage change risks such as readiness, resistance, and saturation"

Change For Project Professionals (7/11/23)

This training focuses on key moments that matter from the lens of a project professional to drive change and improve project outcomes. It helps answer the question “what is the value of change and what is the role I need to play to help accelerate change”.

Stop Trying to Improve Customer Perception (8/24/23)

Learn why IT Departments should stop trying to improve their customer's perceptions. Why it's more important to figure out your team's role in Improving Customer Satisfaction, Employee Satisfaction, and Profitability. Develop a "Team Brand" that MATTERS to your people and your customers and drives the behavior you need, to achieve the necessary and expected outcomes.

Understand the differences between a leader and being a boss, with a fundamental understanding of the benefits of using leadership over authority. Learn and practice leadership skills rooted in empathy, purpose, and serving people. Articulate the differences and benefits of Enterprise Project Management, Agile/Scrum, Change Management, Program Management, and Portfolio Management. Identify and articulate a common purpose and goal that brings diverse stakeholders and team members together. Leverage the collective IQ in collaboration and community with Transformational Leadership Program cohort, while growing your professional network and influence. Learn why IT Departments should stop trying to improve their customer's perceptions. Why it's more important to figure out your team's role in Improving Customer Satisfaction, Employee Satisfaction, and Profitability. Develop a "Team Brand" that MATTERS to your people and your customers and drives the behavior you need, to achieve the necessary and expected outcomes.

Getting Transformation Done – The Role of Brand (10/3/23)

Learn difference between a boss and a leader. Practice the psychology of getting great results with "communicate to lead" skills. Develop "Crazy Good Leadership Skills" by taking responsibility for what is heard. How to establish the need for change – Start with Why, not How. The secrets to delivering powerful feedback. How to distill why your team matters to your customers, the real problem you solve, the future you want to create.

Transformational Program and Portfolio Leadership That #GSD – The Role of Brand (8/8/23)

In the ancient days of quality control, when we needed humans to "DO" rather than "THINK" to get a product to market, governance might have been the perfect solution. But today Governance is the enemy.

Eliminating governance means that PMO’s need a new playbook. And, just renaming them Agile Management Office isn’t going to do it. Executives are realizing they don’t need governance, but they do need Program and Portfolio Leaders that can effectively rob from the rich and give to the poor projects so that all of their business-critical initiatives make it to market within the financial constraints.

The Art of Leading Meetings (6/13/23)

There are 25 million meetings per day in the U.S. yet 50% of meetings are a waste of time. And worse, more than $37 billion per year is wasted on unproductive meetings. A good meeting moves teams forward to deliver the necessary and expected outcomes. here's the rub, good meetings don't just happen. You can't wing it. They must be led. In this talk, we'll unveil the art of leading meetings that gets stuff done.

Build a Culture of Accountability (6/29/23)

Our ideas about accountability have been ingrained in us since childhood. When we reach for the hot stove, our hand gets slapped. And as we grow older, we think of accountability as punishment. But that's not what it should be.

The truth is, accountability stifles autonomy and promotes negative reinforcement. It's the opposite of leadership. People want to do a good job and win, but being cynical about that fact only breeds distrust.

Smartsheet for Project Leaders that GSD (5/24/23 - 5/25/23)

Learning outcomes from the workshop:

- Learn how to define a Project with Smartsheet and get BUY-IN effectively.

- Learn why approval is NOT the same as BUY-IN.

- Work with a breakout group to develop CRISP Assumptions, Risks, and Constraints

that aren’t BS.

- Learn how to use Smartsheet to plan a project and eliminate 99% of the avoidable Risk.

The Art of Navigating Risk and Change (9/27/23 - 9/28/23)

If Projects always went according to plan, Project Leaders would have nothing to do. They would be able to lead projects forward in two hours per week. At team check ins, members would give universal thumbs-ups, and Project Leaders would publish status reports with nothing but good news. Since that never happens, it’s time to admit;

"RISKS & ISSUES ARE NOT JUST FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS".

Essential Negotiating Skills (6/15/23)

After this workshop participants will be able to:

- Receive the presentation deck and an E-Book.

- Apply the ten "Negotiator's Rules".

Scrum at Scale Practitioner (8/07/23 - 8/08/23 )

The 2-day S@SP course teaches the responsibilities of the Product Owner, Scrum Master, individual Scrum teams, and enterprise leadership in a variety of large-scale contexts.

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