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PRESS RELEASE
Minneapolis, MN - February 17, 2005
Watermark Learning announced the launch of its new Business Certification Program which, upon completion of a series of college courses, will award business professionals with Masters Certificates in Business Analysis and Project Management.
“The Watermark Learning Masters Certificate in Business Analysis not only addresses analysis and modeling techniques,” said Richard Larson, PMP and Principal, Watermark Learning. “It also demonstrates how to effectively clarify roles and responsibilities, respond to varied agendas and influence outcomes with confidence.”
The Masters Certificate in Business Analysis can be obtained in as little as twelve days in a series of integrated courses.
Required courses include:
• Consulting Skills to Solve Business Problems
• Rapid Requirements Analysis Techniques
• Business Process Analysis
• Use Case Modeling, and
• Project Management Essentials
Business Analysis students are required to participate in one of the following elective courses:
• Mastering Requirements Using UML & Use Cases
• Data Modeling
• Facilitation Skills Workshop, or
• Software Testing for Business Analysts
“Many Project Management professionals feel they are managing too many projects with too little time, too few resources and lack of executive support,” said Elizabeth Larson, PMP and Principal, Watermark Learning. “As a result, projects can spin out of control and grind to a halt.”
The Watermark Learning Masters Certificate in Project Management is designed to help business professionals achieve business goals by learning how to more effectively solve business problems, accurately communicate project needs in a timely manner as well as plan and estimate appropriately.
The Watermark Learning Masters Certificate in Project Management can be obtained in as little as nine days. To obtain the certificate, students must participate in these required courses:
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Gathering Business Requirements: Whose Project is it Anyway?
• Estimating sand Scheduling Projects
Project Management students must choose one of the following elective courses:
• Facilitation Skills Workshop
• Iterative Project Management: Plan your Risks or Risk your Plan
• Risk Management
• PMP Certification Preparation
• Microsoft Project for Project Managers
Students will receive continuing education credits (CEUs) for each class in which they participate. Classes can be taken as public courses in Minnesota or Arizona or are available as private, customized offerings through onsite corporate training.
About Watermark Learning
Watermark Learning is a business analysis and project management skill development company. Watermark Learning offers training and mentoring on Project Management, Business Requirements Analysis, Leadership, and Software Development including UML training. Clients include professionals from Wells Fargo Bank, 3M, GMAC/RFC, Cargill, Inc., Securian (formerly Minnesota Life), ING/Reliastar, MetLife, State of Minnesota, and other Fortune 1000 organizations. Watermark Learning maintains training facilities in both Minnesota and Arizona. For more information call 800.646.9362.
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While
you're earning a Masters Certificate in Project Management,
you'll also be earning CEUs and PDUs!
Students will receive continuing
education credits (CEUs) from Auburn University and
Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project
Management Institute, for each class in which they participate.
Classes can be taken as public courses in Minnesota or Arizona
or are available as private, customized offerings through
onsite corporate training.
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