Courses

Project Management Methodology

• Scheduling and Planning Level I · Course Schedule
  This course provides a thorough introduction to scheduling and planning processes and best practices, and provides knowledge on the application of various scheduling tools.  more...
  
  
• Scheduling and Planning Level II · Course Schedule
  The prerequisite for this course is Scheduling and Planning Level I or the equivalent experience. This course is designed for analysts who need to review WBS and schedule information to determine risk, schedule viability, and logical activity flow.  more...
  
  
• Earned Value Level I · Course Schedule
  This course provides a complete, introductory understanding of earned value management systems, including the relationships among the schedule, work breakdown structure and earned value techniques. Explanations of variance terms and calculations, as well as project status estimating techniques, will also be covered.  more...
  
  
• Earned Value Level II · Course Schedule
  The prerequisite for this course is Earned Value Level I or equivalent experience. The Earned Value Analysis Level II course is designed for Project Managers who need to interpret technical progress, cost and schedule information to determine actual project status, meet government EVMS reporting requirements, and prepare for Integrated Baseline Reviews.  more...
  
  
• Project Management Essentials · Course Schedule
  The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental attributes concerning the management of discrete efforts known as projects. Projects are the way in which business organizations develop products, services, and the capabilities for internal investments for customers. Project management is the planning, budgeting, monitoring, and controlling of a well defined effort in terms of scope, schedule, resources, and cost. Project management is a people oriented discipline designed to take a team through the evolution of a project. The people orientation of project management represents the most challenging aspect of this discipline.   more...
  
  
• Project Planning, Monitoring, and Controlling · Course Schedule
  Students delve deeper into the aspects of planning, monitoring, and controlling projects using various methods to explore resource and cost planning processes, development of a time phased control account plan, and project summary reports. The course also covers time phased resource allocation methods, direct rates, and compounded burden allocations.  more...
  
  

Product Training

• Dekker TRAKKER® Applications Workshop · Course Schedule
  This course is designed specifically to train new users on the fundamentals of Dekker TRAKKER®. Typically, it is the first course users will take when implementing TRAKKER.  more...
  
  
• Dekker TRAKKER® Intermediate Workshop · Course Schedule
  This course is for TRAKKER users that either have recently completed the TRAKKER Applications Workshop or are already familiar with the basic functionality of the product.  more...
  
  
• Dekker TRAKKER® Sort, Select, and Summarize with Excel · Course Schedule
  This course provides students with an understanding of how to maximize the custom reporting capabilities of TRAKKER and how to use Microsoft® Excel to enhance their reporting outputs.  more...
  
  
• Online Dekker TRAKKER® Applications Workshop · Course Schedule
  This is a web-based training course that provides the same learning experience as the classroom TRAKKER Applications Workshop.  more...
  
  
• Enterprise Reporting for Project Management Balanced Scorecards · Course Schedule
  This course provides instruction on how to use TRAKKER with Microsoft® Excel to create enterprise-level balanced scorecards with drill-down capabilities.  more...
  
  
• Microsoft Project® Server Integration · Course Schedule
  This course provides instruction on how to use the convenience and accessibility of Microsoft® Project Server with the entire suite of Dekker’s Project Management Information System (PMIS).  more...
  
  
• Microsoft® Project and Dekker TRAKKER® Workshop · Course Schedule
  This course provides best practices with the use of Microsoft® Project and TRAKKER. Students will learn how to maximize Microsoft® Project’s potential while gaining the added functionality of TRAKKER.  more...
  
  
• Dekker iPursuit® Applications Workshop · Course Schedule
  This is an introductory course to Dekker iPursuit®. Students will learn their way around the product and receive an introduction to the capabilities of Dekker's Sort, Select, and Summarize (SSS) technology.  more...
  
  
• Online Dekker iPursuit® Applications Workshop · Course Schedule
  This is a web-based training course that provides the same learning experience as the classroom iPursuit Applications Workshop.  more...
  
  
• Balanced Scorecards and Digital Dashboards · Course Schedule
  This course provides a comprehensive perspective on the versatility and power of balanced scorecards and digital dashboards. Students will learn how to define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and how to use them to gain insight into project portfolios.  more...
  
  
• Project Portfolio Management Analysis with Dekker iPursuit® · Course Schedule
  This course provides students with an understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and how they are typically used for project portfolio management (PPM). This course also provides instruction on tools and techniques that can be used to develop a PPM System.  more...
  
  
• Dekker iPortfolio® Applications Workshop · Course Schedule
  This course provides an introduction to the Web-publishing and document collaboration features of Dekker iPortfolio®.  more...