The ProChain Quick Start Program is a virtual 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 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 A⁵ project management system, critical chain methodology, supporting software tools, and 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 “critical” to successful project completion;
- Get your team to focus on those critical tasks;
- Conduct credible what-if analyses to enable proactive project leadership; and
- Report honest status and progress to your team and your management.
Earn 30 PDUs/
Contact Hours!
Our field-tested Quick Start program includes
- Two preliminary web sessions;
- Six days of virtual classroom instruction;
- Six weeks of 1-on-1 telephone and web session follow-up support by the instructors;
- 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 or ProChain Fusion 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 virtual classroom dates:
Check out our flexible schedule hours! Six five-hour days allow you time to learn without falling behind on critical office work.
- All sessions are done remotely using video web meetings.
- Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: October 25 and November 1, 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time.
- Virtual Classroom Sessions: November 8-10 and 15-17, 11am-4pm Eastern time, with breaks from 12:30 to 1 and 2:30 to 3.
- Post-Classroom Coaching and Mentoring: by appointment up to 6 weeks after classroom sessions, up to 6 hours duration.
- All sessions are done remotely using video web meetings.
- Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: January 17 and 24, 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time.
- Virtual Classroom Sessions: January 31, February 1-2 and February 7-9, 11am-4pm Eastern time, with breaks from 12:30 to 1 and 2:30 to 3.
- Post-Classroom Coaching and Mentoring: by appointment up to 6 weeks after classroom sessions, up to 6 hours duration.
- All sessions are done remotely using video web meetings.
- Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: March 7 and March 14, 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time.
- Virtual Classroom Sessions: March 21-23 and March 28-30, 11am-4pm Eastern time, with breaks from 12:30 to 1 and 2:30 to 3.
- Post-Classroom Coaching and Mentoring: by appointment up to 6 weeks after classroom sessions, up to 6 hours duration.
- All sessions are done remotely using video web meetings.
- Pre-Classroom Web Sessions: April 25 and May 2, 11am – 12:30pm Eastern time.
- Virtual Classroom Sessions: May 9-11 and May 16-18, 11am-4pm Eastern time, with breaks from 12:30 to 1 and 2:30 to 3.
- Post-Classroom Coaching and Mentoring: by appointment up to 6 weeks after classroom sessions, up to 6 hours duration.
Open Quick Start programs are currently offered virtually, or we can set up a dedicated course at the times you choose. 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.
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.
Quick Start Attendee
I'd recommend this course to all regular project leaders, and certainly to the whole higher management, in particular marketing directors and VPs.
Quick Start Attendee
I'd like to use CCPM for all major development projects.
Quick Start Attendee
The goal will be to use the approach presented 100% and ongoing.
Quick Start Attendee
This is the first tool I've used that really addresses the challenge of resource leveling effectively.
Quick Start Attendee
I will recommend this course to others, not just in our company.
Quick Start Attendee
Excellent! This is how project management should be taught.