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Our training is fun and gives you the immediate experience of doing the things you are learning. Our techniques are based on the many ways that adults prefer to learn.
"In this intense and informative OPM3 workshop, the instructor did a great job explaining OPM3's value and purpose which also included fundamental, intermediate, and advanced topics. In addition, based on his extensive experience he was able to share insight and techniques regarding how to assess and communicate findings, standardize metrics and how to overcome various cultural and resource challenges. The instructor did a great job articulating how to use the OPM3 model to assess our organization. I actually walked away with an initial plan regarding what to do next. In addition, I was so impressed with the OPM Experts consultant's ability to simplify something that appeared to be so complex that it validated that these are the guys to call if I need any assistance. The instructor definitely proved to attendees that he was an expert and not just knowledgeable. Because he exhibited passion, professionalism, experience and patience, I would highly recommend him for the job!!!!" – Director, Global Strategies at R.L. Polk & Co.
"I had some prior knowledge of OPM3 and was impressed by the instructor's thorough knowledge of the details, interrelationships, and implications of the material. His presentation was thoughtful, organized and met the objectives. Of particular value was the exercises regarding right-sizing the scope of the organization and right-sizing the scope of the standards to use. His demonstrated experience using the OPM3 model to assess our organization and establish a roadmap to maturity was evident." - IT Director, Nationwide Insurance
"I found the OPM3 Workshop to be extremely well-structured, challenging, and engaging, and it provided me with a very solid understanding not only of OPM3 fundamentals and implementation, but intriguing insight into the basis and creation of the model. The exercises forced us to not only retreive information from the presentation but to apply knowledge in real-time. It was a worthwhile investment of my time and energy." – Senior Manager, Global PMO at Alcatel-Lucent, Developer and Instructor for Project Management Certification programs
OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ from OPM Experts
The current global economic climate has ushered in an era of uncertainty that throws the importance of Organizational Project Management (OPM) maturity into sharp relief. It is critical for organizations to renew their ability to create cost efficiencies, economies of scale, and agility to adapt to the changing business environment through projects. The Project Management Institute's OPM3 Standard can help you to build an organization that is resilient through capable Project, Program, and Portfolio Management.
There is no teacher like experience, and OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ from OPM Experts gives you a total immersion experience as an OPM3 Assessor in order to develop organizational capabilities that result in Best Practices through repeated assessments. Those who wish to get the most out of OPM3 will benefit from practical guidance and experience from real-world applications, use cases, and lessons learned from successful implementations. While you need no prior experience with OPM3 in order to undergo OPM3® BOOT CAMP™, this workshop takes you beyond the fundamentals of OPM3 and through exercises designed to give you deep insight into the planning of OPM3 engagements, execution of maturity assessments in organizations of all sizes and types, and key implementation conversations with OPM3 stakeholders.
The OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ from OPM Experts is customized OPM3 training that gives trainees hands-on experience of assessing their own organization. To do this, we combine the training with an assessment that leverages assessment activities for training purposes while leveraging training activities for assessment purposes. This helps you meet entrance criteria for OPM3 ProductSuite Certification training, and saves time while delivering added value. OPM Experts LLC has a proprietary method for doing this, which is very effective. We have found that this makes the training much more relevant to the organization and more useful for the assessment, and has the added value of providing to your organization an OPM3 assessment that is certified by an external PMI licensed OPM3 ProductSuite Consultant and which lists OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ participants as members of the assessment team in the certified assessment report. Research shows that this training approach is more effective than purely lecture-based training, and it is the way that most adults prefer to learn.
From Theory to Practice - Experience Your Competence using OPM3!
The OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ from OPM Experts is unlike any other OPM3 training on the market. By including an actual assessment (as opposed to a simulated assessment) in the training, the trainees experience their competence as assessors immediately, and they will be better prepared to conduct additional assessments within their organization on their own. In this way, the training is not theoretical, and it is customized to fit the immediate assessment needs of the organization. The classroom participants get actual experience helping to conduct a real assessment. Both training and assessment activities are combined to reinforce each other, which optimizes learning, increases assessment accuracy, creates ownership of results, and imprints best practice assessment techniques in the behaviors of personnel. Trainees receive lectures on OPM3, and then they put the concepts into practice immediately themselves. This is followed by facilitated discussions among the participants regarding what they just experienced and how it will impact their behavior going forward.
The Fastest Way to Develop OPM3 Expertise!
Through total immersion, a relatively short training experience can result in deep expertise quickly in key aspects of OPM3. This has the added benefit of enabling trainees to learn more than OPM3 assessment methods (pertaining to OPM3 Assessors), and to focus on using assessment results to plan OPM3 improvements or implementation activities (pertaining to OPM3 Consultants). This emphasizes the fact that the purpose of an assessment is to help cause meaningful and value-added improvements to the organization. You will be amazed by the insights you develop regarding assessing your own organization, an experience you will bring with you to every OPM3 Assessment you conduct going forward.
OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ Helps You Get PMI OPM3 Certified!
You may know that PMI offers an OPM3 ProductSuite Assessor Certification (OPM3-CA) and an OPM3 ProductSuite Consultant Certification (OPM3-CC). Certified assessors and consultants are licensed by PMI to use the ProductSuite, which is a robust toolset for assessing and benchmarking your organization to institutionalize Project, Program, and Portfolio Management. In order to be licensed to use ProductSuite, the client’s personnel must earn the OPM3-CA and OPM3-CC ProductSuite Certifications through PMI, which requires training that PMI provides, and which requires applicants to meet entrance criteria for the certification training. Entrance criteria include knowledge of OPM3 and prior assessment experience. Specifically, one of the criteria that applicants may satisfy in order to be accepted to undergo PMI’s OPM3 ProductSuite Certification training is a minimum of 500 hours (six months) of Assessing, Auditing, or Consulting experience over the past three years, with a minimum of 50 hours in each discinpline. Another criterion is that applicants complete an OPM3 self-assessment of their own organization. OPM Experts LLC’s OPM3 Boot Camp workshop helps clients to meet these entrance criteria for PMI’s OPM3 ProductSuite Certification training. Personnel will receive their training by helping to conduct an actual OPM3 ProductSuite assessment under our guidance.
Invite Stakeholders from your Organization to Visit you in OPM3 Boot Camp!
During the training, client personnel will be asked to represent the organization being assessed, specifically to answer assessment questions on behalf of their organization, e.g. 1) Does the organization have any Project Management policies? 2) Are Project Management processes documented? 3) Are these processes performed consistently in the organization being assessed? In OPM3 ProductSuite, the use of proxies in this manner is called a Desk Assessment because the person(s) answering assessment questions sit together with an assessor “at a desk” and act as proxies speaking on behalf of the entire organization. In comparison to a Desk Assessment, the other alternative in OPM3 ProductSuite is a Rigorous Assessment, in which Project Management practitioners (e.g. Project Managers) are also interviewed and Project Management artifacts are collected. The client may engage a small number of participants for a Desk Assessment or include other practitioners and key stakeholders in order to expand the Desk Assessment into a Rigorous Assessment.
Cover the Full OPM3 Lifecycle!
The training explains how the assessment is one step within the lifecycle of capability development resulting in the achievement of Best Practices through repeated assessments. The implementation cycle is repeatable at any scale, and is designed to cause learning and productivity gains when repeated at increasing scales. Our training approach begins with preparation for the assessment, including validation of the scope of the organization and personnel to be assessed, analysis of stakeholders, configuration of assessment tools, and scheduling of interviews of personnel within the organization. While the OPM3 basics will be reviewed, this workshop includes more advanced topics like scoping assessments vertically and horizontally to create momentum, including the right people, getting buy-in to results, dealing with politics, artifact review techniques, and assessment interviewing tips. The workshop addresses details of assessing and developing process capabilities including governance, policies, training, compliance functions, metrics, and control systems. It also explains how to use OPM3 to orchestrate organizational change, transform the Project Management culture, and to implement or advance a PMO.
Get trained by the Experts in OPM3!
The OPM3® BOOT CAMP™ from OPM Experts incorporates the use case study method made famous by Harvard University and other leading educational institutions, and utilizes OPM3 implementation case studies written by clients of OPM Experts LLC. When comparing our training to other OPM3 training options, ask how many actual OPM3 implementations the instructors have done and for whom. The principals of OPM Experts LLC led the original development of OPM3 on PMI's behalf, and then were hired by PMI to help develop the OPM3 ProductSuite Certification training and examinations. We have led more OPM3 engagements in more places than anyone else in the world. Check out endorsements from our clients here.
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