Instructor: Margaret Van Note

Margaret Van Note
Biography:

Margaret Van Note, PMP, WCP has worked as a project manager to implement business services and technical solutions in healthcare and financial services both nationally and internationally. She has established Project Management Offices in a variety of business settings. She is currently the PMO Director for the MEMIC Group and is responsible for Project and Release Management frameworks. She also manages the Project Manager and Business Analyst Teams, and outside of MEMIC she is a standing member of PMI and PMI Maine. Margaret was born overseas and resided in Chile, South Africa, El Salvador and Washington, D.C. until high school. Her Bachelor of Arts degree is from Wellesley College and she has lived in Maine for over thirty years.


Classes by this instructor


Contact Hrs/CEUs: 21/2.1

 

You are responsible for organizing and managing a multifaceted activity involving people from differing specialties to create something brand new. Quality is essential, resources are limited, and time is of the essence-a classic scenario. This course provides the practices, tools, and skills required to manage such an enterprise. The process starts with scoping the project, moves through identifying tasks and estimating resources, and concludes with setting schedules and completing a plan. Working individually and in groups, you will apply and extend your workplace expertise and integrate project management competencies. Tools acquired during this course will be applied in the next certificate course, Implementing Project Management.

  

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April 24, 2024 to May 22, 2024, Online

Contact Hrs/CEUs: 21/2.1

   

This course is the third in the USM Project Management certificate series. It is designed to help project leaders more fully integrate the discipline of project management into their organization. This course provides the concepts, practices, and skills required to face the common workplace project challenges with success.

  


June 5-26, 2024, Online

Contact Hrs/CEUs: 14/1.4



Project Management is the application of skills, methodologies, tools and techniques to achieve goals while navigating the uncertainty, risk, and constraints that inevitably impact project work. This program orients individuals considering the field, functional managers running projects, and assigned project managers to the practice of Project Management. Through discussion and team exercises, participants will obtain an overview of frameworks and tools to support project and organizational success, share experiences about common risks and mistakes, and identify key skills and competencies for successful individual practice to apply in their own work settings.

 

Online classes will be interactive and include a mix of pre-work assignments and live-online class discussions. You may participate in active dialogue, reflection, explore real-life scenarios, or group activities to demonstrate your understanding and share meaning. Come prepared to engage and explore new ways of learning and relationship-building.     

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September 11-25, 2024, Online