Quick Start Program

The ProChain Quick Start Program is a hands-on training program designed to provide you with the knowledge, methodology, and software tools needed to create realistic, credible project plans. You will also learn to manage the week-to-week execution of those plans, providing team members with a clear, prioritized lists of their assignments and providing leadership with honest, credible project status.

Being a project manager doesn’t have to be that hard. Using our critical chain methodology, supporting software tools, and a real-world case study with hands-on simulations, our experienced implementers will teach you how to:

  • Develop realistic, credible project plans;
  • Identify week-to-week which tasks are truly “key” to successful project completion;
  • Get your  team to focus on those priority tasks;
  • Conduct credible what-if analyses to enable proactive project leadership; and
  • Report honest status and progress to your team and your management.
Project Management Institute

Earn 30 PDUs/
Contact Hours!

Quick Start Program
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Our field-tested Quick Start program includes

  • Three preliminary web sessions;
  • Four days of dedicated classroom instruction;
  • Three follow-up web sessions;
  • Three months of access and support for one person for our desktop ProChain Project Scheduling software;
  • Three months of access and support for up to ten people for our cloud-based ProChain Enterprise software, with options to purchase more; and
  • The materials you’ll need to teach and manage your projects using ProChain’s critical chain methodology.

Class sizes are small (6-10 students) and all of our instructors are highly experienced critical chain implementers.

Upcoming classroom dates in Woodbridge, Virginia:

August 21-24, 2018 Class Closed
  • Early-Bird Registration ends July 10, 2018!
  • Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time, July 31, August 7 and 14.
  • Classroom Sessions: 8:30am – 5:00pm Eastern time (8:30am to 3:00pm on the last day).
  • Post-Classroom 1-on-1 Web Sessions: by appointment, 1 and 6 weeks after on-site class.
  • Post Classroom Web Session: 2:30 – 3:30pm Eastern time, September 4.
October 16-19, 2018 Class Closed
  • Early-Bird Registration ends September 4, 2018!
  • Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time, September 25, October 2 and 9.
  • Classroom Sessions: 8:30am – 5:00pm Eastern time (8:30am to 3:00pm on the last day).
  • Post-Classroom 1-on-1 Web Sessions: by appointment, 1 and 6 weeks after on-site class.
  • Post Classroom Web Session: 2:30 – 3:30pm Eastern time, October 30.
December 4-7, 2018 Class Closed
  • Early-Bird Registration ends October 23, 2018!
  • Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time, November 13, 20, and 27.
  • Classroom Sessions: 8:30am – 5:00pm Eastern time (8:30am to 3:00pm on the last day).
  • Post-Classroom 1-on-1 Web Sessions: by appointment, 1 and 6 weeks after on-site class.
  • Post Classroom Web Session: 2:30 – 3:30pm Eastern time, December 18.
January 29-February 1, 2019
  • Early-Bird Registration ends December 18, 2018!
  • Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time, January 8, 15, and 22.
  • Classroom Sessions: 8:30am – 5:00pm Eastern time (8:30am to 3:00pm on the last day).
  • Post-Classroom 1-on-1 Web Sessions: by appointment, 1 and 6 weeks after on-site class.
  • Post Classroom Web Session: 2:30 – 3:30pm Eastern time, February 19.
April 9-12, 2019
  • Early-Bird Registration ends February 26, 2019!
  • Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time, March 19 and 26, April 2.
  • Classroom Sessions: 8:30am – 5:00pm Eastern time (8:30am to 3:00pm on the last day).
  • Post-Classroom 1-on-1 Web Sessions: by appointment, 1 and 6 weeks after on-site class.
  • Post Classroom Web Session: 2:30 – 3:30pm Eastern time, April 30.
June 18-21, 2019
  • Early-Bird Registration ends May 7, 2019!
  • Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time, May 28, June 4 and 11.
  • Classroom Sessions: 8:30am – 5:00pm Eastern time (8:30am to 3:00pm on the last day).
  • Post-Classroom 1-on-1 Web Sessions: by appointment, 1 and 6 weeks after on-site class.
  • Post Classroom Web Session: 2:30 – 3:30pm Eastern time, July 9.

Open Quick Start programs are offered in Woodbridge, Virginia, or we can set up a dedicated course at your location. In order to facilitate open communication with your ProChain coaches, we also recommend putting in place a bilateral confidentiality agreement. For further information, please call us at 703-490-8821 or contact us through this web site.

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What previous attendees have said about the Quick Start Program

Week-to-week Quick Start execution – this is when people stop thinking of themselves as a ‘me,’ and start thinking of themselves as a project team member.

I'd recommend this course to all regular project leaders, and certainly to the whole higher management, in particular marketing directors and VPs.

I'd like to use CCPM for all major development projects.

The goal will be to use the approach presented 100% and ongoing.

This is the first tool I've used that really addresses the challenge of resource leveling effectively.

I will recommend this course to others, not just in our company.

Excellent! This is how project management should be taught.