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    Building Successful Business Partnerships with the U.S.

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    The U. S. is increasingly relying on outsourcing and expanding into new global markets. Differences in communication, business methods, culture and work environment means successfully partnering with U. S. businesses is a challenge. This course gives you the background you need to succeed when partnering with the U. S., either as vendor, service provider or client. Learn the business tactics, cultural expectations, and skills of negotiating and communicating that would take years of experience to learn.
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    Defining and Sustaining Quality: Developing ISO 9000 compliant quality assurance programs

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    Delivering product quality is critical to customer satisfaction, to staying on budget, and to delivering a product that meets organizational goals. Yet Standish reports that 24% of projects failed outright last year, and KPMG revealed that 70% of projects didn't meet time, cost, and quality goals. The challenge to do better than most has never been more important: Today's economy won't tolerate mistakes, poor quality products, or unhappy customers. This course emphasizes the application of quality assurance systems and how to overcome problems throughout all phases of a project. Covering ISO 9000:2005 in detail, students learn the fundamentals of quality management systems. During comprehensive discussions of practical issues, emphasis is placed on application, operation, organization, and control of quality processes for software, manufacturing and service products.
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    Effective Project Management: Successfully delivering on-time and on-budget

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    This industry leading project management course aligns a streamlined approach to the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI's PMBOK® Guide) with clear and unambiguous guidance on project management practices. In so doing, it provides an excellent preparatory course for PMP® certification. This outstanding course gives students and professionals a profound understanding of project management, diving deep into the strengths and weaknesses of differing methodologies, tools, and techniques, including Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Earned Value Management, Burndown measurement, traditional metrics, and all nine PMI project management knowledge areas, and all five process groups.
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    Outsourcing in the BRIC: Being successful in global projects with Brazil, Russia, India and China

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    Today’s global businesses need to effectively manage multinational, multicultural teams spread across the globe. Differences in work ethics, communication, culture, and language present barriers that few companies successfully master — and in today’s economy, the pressure to perform keeps businesses moving quickly. This course gives you the background you need to succeed with international business essentials and the cultural intricacies of international teams. You’ll gain insider information that would take managers and executives years to learn. It’s your essential guide to real world solutions and successfully managing an outsource relationship.