Professional Development

PBA Fast Track Business Analyst Exam Preparation Course, 10 AND 17 July 2018

6 HOURS 

Industry accepted and acknowledged in over 208 countries

Massive discounts for PMI Sydney members!

This comprehensive workshop will prepare you for the PBA® examination and help you make the most of your limited study time.  The Professional Business Analyst (PBA®) certification is recognised as a milestone achievement in the career of the business analyst.

PMI’s PBA® credential recognises the advanced experience and skill of a professional business analyst.  Recognised and demanded, the PMI-PBA® demonstrates your proven competency to evaluate an organisation’s needs, identify and manage requirements, and arrive at a solution to ensure business benefit.

Recruitment of BA roles is estimated to increase by 22% by 2020 - increasing demand for a professional and recognised certification.  PMI-PBA® is that certification.

PMI-PBA® credential holders use their disciplined analytical skills to elicit needs, manage  requirements, assess risk, explore complexity, specify change, engage stakeholders, and deliver effective communications.  PBAs successfully identify and plan for scope and define Agile project backlogs (features) for the success of a program or project.

Transform Your Meetings with Silvia de Ridder

People in organisations are spending more of their time in meetings but do we get the results we want?

Does your meeting produce a measurable and positive impact on performance? Generate better ideas, solutions or have the cetainty of decisions being made? More importantly are your meetings recognised for their participation and interaction where everyone feels they have equally contributed?

Silvia de Ridder works with organisations in the areas of leadership and people development as well as organisational change. She combines her own experience and insights with formal studies in coaching, leadership, positive psychology, non-violent communications and neuroscience to introduce a fresh approach to meetings called the Thinking Environment approach.

Come experience, what others have come to appreciate:

‘Silvia was fabulous, calm, respectful, clear and very organized. The group really got some the amazing

learning. The tone was clearly set by how Silvia ran the session, learning in action, Thank you. Very, Very

Helpful’ – Urban Theatre Projects

Improve your worth in your company and to your clients, be recognised for holding effective and valued meetings.

Project Management 101 (PMBoK) - Take the Lead

25 May 2019 - 9:30am to 17:00

Did you know over 2.9m use PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge - PMBoK? This informative and interactive introductory workshop familarises you to the world's leading approach to project mangement in an easy-to-understand and practical way. You can start applying project management straight away - in fact the course is designed around you applying your project management skills on a real project at work.  Don’t worry if you don’t have your own project right now - we’ll provide a simulated project environment so you can enjoy the benefits of practicing those new skills and knowledge.

Who should attend?

Do you know someone over-seeing a project but have little formal project management training? Do you need to understand the professional project manager in your workplace? Whether you are a senior manager, business manager, supervisor, or business assistant, this course is for people who need to know how to plan, organise, supervise or deliver projects.  It's for anyone who requires the knowledge to be able to manage tasks to realise benefits. Anyone new to project management will find value in this course.  Anyone brought into a project as a part time project officer or project team member can also benefit in learning the fundamental and practical skills required to manage small business and technical projects in the workplace. Impress your professional PM co-workers with an expanded core understanding of Project Management.

Project Management Professional (PMP®) and

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)

TWO EVENINGS FAST TRACK EXAM PREPARATION - 6 HOURS

The Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) certifications are the gold standard in professional project management recognition. PMP® and CAPM® credentials acknowledge your advanced experience and skill of being a professional project manager.  Recognised and demanded, the PMP® and CAPM® demonstrate your proven competency in project management to deliver business benefits.

This two x 3 hour evening course prepares you for the PMP® and CAPM® examination and helps you focus your limited study time. Learn how to prepare for the PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification examination and review key areas of the PMBoK essential for success, as well as tips and techniques for the exam. Take the opportunity to get to know other project managers seeking the PMP/CAPM certification with the possibility of forming a study group to share knowledge and exam techniques within fellow group members.

Who should apply?

If you have commenced your preparation for the PMP® or CAPM® exam, this is an ideal course to refresh the concepts and gain exam practice. Designed for individuals that have been performing self-study of PMBoK with an intent to sit the CAPM or PMP exam, and wish to get an overview of the important material combined with an overview of the exam and techniques and areas on which to focus.  

Also suitable for those individuals newer to project management and PMBoK who want an overview of the CAPM & PMP certification and exam content.  This course will be conducted at a relatively fast pace and is not suitable for absolute starters in project management.

The Neuroscience of Conversation with Silvia de Ridder

Communication is key to our interactions - professionally as well as personally. Each of us speaks an average of over 10,000 words per day. Just how many make a difference in a positive way? Research shows that that 9 out of 10 conversations miss the mark.

Advances in neuroscience are providing us with information as to what is going on when we communicate. What we now know is that conversations are not just about words but included is a hidden language of trust and that conversations trigger neurochemical reactions that positively or negatively impact on relationships.

The Neuroscience of Conversations gives us insight into:

• how our brain responds during conversations?
• how conversations activate the trust or distrust networks in our brain
• how to understand and architect conversations that create healthy thriving relationships