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Many companies use a combination of both traditional and Agile PM methods to implement requirements. Additionally, Agile is a focus area on the PMP® Certification exam. Developed specifically for the local job market, this course features Agile methodology, highlighting Scrum and Kanban; both used widely by Technical Project Managers.
Learn the Agile process, explore roles and responsibilities of the Product Owner, ScrumMaster and team. You will develop User Stories, Product and Sprint Backlogs, and build “fun” products using the methodology. Our goal is to prepare you to enter an Agile environment and succeed.This course is a partnership with Green River College.
Testbooks (available through Amazon)
Recommended
The PMBOK® Guide - 7th Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2021, ISBN-13: 978-1628256642

Meet the Washington State DSHS Adult Family Home Administrator education requirement for Adult Family Home business owners (provider) to become licensed as an Adult Family Home (AFH) provider or to be employed as a resident manager. Learn the concepts and principles of adult home management. Examine the roles and responsibilities of a licensed provider, the licensing process, business operations of the home, staff management, resident care issues, and resident rights. Students will be assessed on their proficiency prior to the start of class in English, reading, writing, and math. You must have a 6th grade level (ABE 3) in English and a 4th grade Level (ABE 2) in math. Basic computer skills are also required including accessing the internet, MS Word and MS Excel.

Meet the Washington State DSHS Adult Family Home Administrator education requirement for Adult Family Home business owners (provider) to become licensed as an Adult Family Home (AFH) provider or to be employed as a resident manager. Learn the concepts and principles of adult home management. Examine the roles and responsibilities of a licensed provider, the licensing process, business operations of the home, staff management, resident care issues, and resident rights. Students will be assessed on their proficiency prior to the start of class in English, reading, writing, and math. You must have a 6th grade level (ABE 3) in English and a 4th grade Level (ABE 2) in math. Basic computer skills are also required including accessing the internet, MS Word and MS Excel.

This seven-week intensive course will prepare students to take the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) examination - "the FS Exam". Concepts and topics covered over the seven weeks will include: the Public Land Survey System (i.e. section, township, and quadrangle layout, single and double proportioning, closing corners, meander lines), easements, title, deeds, descriptions, evidence, simultaneous conveyances, records research, rules of construction, riparian rights, order of operations, quadratic equations, triangles, degree to decimal degree conversions, bearing to azimuth conversions, magnetic declination, horizontal and vertical curves, area calculations, intersection of lines/slope, photogrammetry, statistics and probability, field measurements and corrections, differential level loops, geodesy, state plane coordinates, grid/ground calculations, least squares and traverse adjustments.

Syllabus

Course Text: Fundamentals of Surveying: Exam Study Manual (2nd Edition) - Dane Courville, PLS

Microsoft Project should be one of the most frequently used tools in your project management toolbox. Learn the basics of Project; create a project from scratch; work with task types, scheduling options and constraints; set-up resources, resolve conflicts and pool them for sharing; manage the schedule consistent with the critical path and project baseline; consolidate projects; print project dashboards, views and reports and much more. Prerequisite: good working knowledge of Windows, Word and Excel. Level 1 and Level 2 textbooks included. Note: Attendance of the first session is mandatory. This course is a partnership with Green River College. 
Access to a computer or laptop and good internet connection is required for this course. You will not be able to work in the MS Project application via your smart phone or tablet.
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines will be utilized for this course.
Required:
Microsoft Affiliated Email Address

Apply the knowledge acquired from previous courses as you manage an end-to-end simulated project. You will gain an understanding of the key tools and techniques used in all phases of the project, and you will be challenged to think stragically as various scenarios threaten to throw your project off-track. In the end, you and your team will develop a comprehensive project plan that you can utilize in your real-world environment. This course is a partnership with Green River College.

Prerequisite: Completion of all Project Management Certificate program required courses.
Recommended Textbook (available through Amazon)
The PMBOK® Guide - 7th Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2021, ISBN-13: 978-1628256642