for your success

Dear Participants ,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of Baku Higher Oil School, let me warmly welcome you all here.

Baku Higher Oil School is extremely pleased to have as our partner, Twenty Eighty

Strategy Execution Company, involved in the delivery of the training courses with a

mission to develop our country’s human resources in the sphere of project

management. Participants to this training program will gain a competence and

knowledge of the key control issues.

Designed by George Washington University, one of the world’s leading universities,

the program is facilitated by highly experienced practitioners who offer first-hand

knowledge and experience in training and a good insight into budget and risk

management, leadership, quality in project, and bargaining skills; thus, eventually

preparing you to get PMP certificates.

Additionally, this program provides an interactive forum for the participants to share,

explore, establish and expand their professional network both locally and globally. I

am convinced that the knowledge, skills, and contacts obtained from the training

program will contribute to the development of your future career.

Thank you all and I wish you a very successful training course.

Elmar Gasımov

Rector of Baku Higher Oil School

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From the Rector...

School of Project Management

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TwentyEighty Strategy Execution (Stratex) and The George Washington University (GWU)

Stratex and PMI

Baku Higher Oil School

BAKU HIGHER OIL SCHOOL (BHOS) - was

established according to the Decree, as of

November 29, 2011, issued by Ilham Aliyev,

the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,

with the view of meeting the needs of the

national industries and SOCAR, in highly-

qualified specialists trained in English with

contemporary curricula and brand-new

teaching technologies.

The George Washington University School of

Business is dedicated to excellence in its

teaching and research about management

within the United States and internationally.

For nearly 30 years, Stratex and The George

Washington University have worked together

as academic partners. Through this

partnership, Stratex's students are ensured

rigorous, practical coursework and rewarded

with impressive professional certificates that

set them apart as experts in their field.

In addition to earning a wide variety of

certificates, STRATEX students can also

earn credit toward GWU's Master of Science

in Project Management. The university will

award advanced standing to those students

who earn an Stratex/GWU Master 's

Certificate within five years of starting the

Master's degree programme.

Stratex has helped people around the world

improve the way they manage their projects,

contracts, requirements and vendors. Since

1981, STRATEX has worked with more than

1000 c l ien ts wor ldwide to deve lop

customised on-site training, public training,

e-training, assessments and consulting

programmes. Our clients include many

global Fortune 500 corporations such as BP,

Barclays, Cisco, GlaxoSmithKline, ABB,

Ericsson, and many more. Stratex's

extensive choice of project management and

business analysis courses are available in

d i f fe ren t de l i very fo rmats a l low ing

organisations to select the type of training

that matches their needs.

With almost 300,000 members in 172

countries from various industries, PMI® is the

largest project management association in

the world.

Beyond academic credentials, certification

by the Project Management Institute (PMI®)

as a Project Management Professional

(PMP®) is the industry foremost credential

and is a benchmark for many of the world's

largest corporations for the advancement

and employment within project management.

To achieve PMP certification, each candidate

must satisfy all educational and experiential

requirements established by PMI and must

demonstrate an acceptable and valid level of

understanding and knowledge about project

management that is tested by the Project

Management Professional Certification

Examination. This exam is held by PMI itself

and is not associated to SPM. SPM shall only

be responsible to prepare each “student” for

this exam – as of today, the pass rate for

Stratex-taught “students” worldwide who have

undertaken the full PM curriculum is 98%.

https://www.strategyex.com/

https://www.pmi.org/

BHOS has partnership relations covering

various aspects of specialist training with

international companies such as BP, Statoil,

Schlumberger, ABB, Emerson Process

Management, Baker Hughes, Total E&P

Azerbaijan, Halliburton, E.ON, Microsoft,

Confidence Capital, Schneider Electric,

AVANDSIS Group, Maire Tecnimont,

VIETSOVPETRO Joint Venture, DAAD and

British Council, as well as with about twenty

universit ies from Norway, Germany,

Slovakia, France, Bulgaria, Poland, USA,

Austria, Turkey, Russia, Greece, etc. BHOS

is the member of the Black Sea Universities

Network and collaborates with Federation of

the Universities of the Islamic World.

Engineering Faculty consisting of the

relevant Departments offering study

programmes on the abovementioned majors,

as well as Lifelong Learning Faculty

imp lement ing va r ious p rogrammes

facilitating distribution of contemporary

knowledge, Training and Research Center

on Renewable Energy Engineer ing,

Microsoft Academy and Internet of Things

Laboratory are functioning at BHOS.

BHOS was awarded ISO9001 (Quality

Management Systems), ISO 14001 (Ecology

Management System) and OHSAS 18001

( L a b o r P r o t e c t i o n a n d T e c h n i c a l

Management Systems) and ISO 10002

(Customer Satisfaction and Complaints

Handling) Certificates.

For more information about

Baku Higher Oil School please visit:

www.bhos.edu.az

You will Learn how to:

Ÿ Use a practical, eight-step process to manage

project risk

Ÿ Identify threats and opportunities and weigh their

relative value in their project

Ÿ Control multiple risks using limited strategies

Ÿ Overcome psychological barriers to risk in

stakeholders and team members

Ÿ Make risk and opportunity integral components of

their next project plan

The Curriculum

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Ÿ The SPM Curriculum can lead to two globally recognised certifications: the “PM Professional” certificate, awarded by the Project

Management Institute (PMI), and the “Master's Certificate in Project Management”, awarded by The George Washington

University (GWU).

Ÿ The SPM Curriculum consists of seven core courses, each of which are, 3 or 4 days in duration, delivered over a period of 10 to 12

months. Students will be required to attend every full 8-hour day of classroom training. At the end of each course, students will be

required to pass an exam and, in doing so, will be awarded a course certificate.

Ÿ Upon completing the 7 courses, students have been fully trained with the knowledge required to take and pass the PMP Exam. At

this point, it is the student's decision to continue on and take the PMP exam, or not, subject to meeting PMI eligibility criteria

Ÿ All courses will be taught in English language by Stratex's qualified instructors.

Participants will get a solid understanding of project management methods with this

comprehensive introductory course. They will gain practical experience in proven

project management techniques and discover a wealth of valuable, flexible tools that

they can use immediately to ensure the success of any project in any type of

organisation.

Managing Projects gives participants the foundation, experience, techniques and tools

to manage each stage of the project life cycle, work within organisational and cost

constraints, set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the most from the project

management team, and utilise state-of-the-art project management tools to get the

work done on time and within budget.

In this Risk Management course, participants will work through the proactive approach

to threat and opportunity—based on a clear understanding of the powerful nature of

both qualitative and quantitative approaches to risk management.

Risk Management examines threat and opportunity from both a topdown and bottomup

perspective using Stratex's proven eight-step risk management process. Using

effective tools, including Stratex's highly regarded risk assessment model, participants

will learn how to evaluate and respond to risk at the project and task levels.

Risk Management

Ÿ Master fundamental project management skills,

concepts and techniques

Ÿ Link project goals and objectives to clear,

compelling stakeholder needs

Ÿ Develop work breakdown structures

Ÿ Set realistic, measurable objectives and ensure

positive results

Ÿ Estimate project costs and schedules using simple,

proven techniques

Ÿ Establish a dependable project control and

monitoring system

You will Learn how to:

Managing Projects

You will Learn how to:

Scheduling and Cost Control

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You will Learn how to:

Ÿ Integrate project quality management into the entire

project life cycle

Ÿ Use five steps to plan effectively for project quality

management

Ÿ Use five steps to assess and improve your

organisation's current quality capabilities to ensure that

projects will meet specified quality standards

Ÿ Ensure customer satisfaction by monitoring results

using project quality control tools

Ÿ Apply project quality management tools and techniques

to “real world” project management situations

This interactive course is designed to provide a solid foundation in key leadership

competencies and to afford participants the opportunity for a truly transformational

leadership experience. Participants will complete a self-assessment of their leadership

skills, then master the basics of these leadership competencies: setting direction,

aligning people, motivating and inspiring, leading teams, communicating, building

Relationships, facilitating ethical conduct, negotiating and leading change.

They will learn how to empower themselves and other team members through more

effective negotiation based on an understanding of the differences between competitive

and collaborative negotiation approaches – and they will gain an appreciation of the

importance of a collaborative “win/win” negotiation process.

This course is not just about quality - it brings to the forefront the essentials of quality

management and its vital link to business success, with a focus on the essentials of an

effective quality management programme that works for your organisation, regardless

of your industry. It traces the history of the quality movement, focuses on modern

business trends and what it means to be a world-class quality organisation and

prepares the project manager to be a positive force in using quality management

programmes to help ensure project and business success.

Participants will learn about the philosophy and principles of quality management and

learn how to translate these concepts into specific actions that are key to successful

improvement efforts. They will practice concepts, tools and techniques using an

integrated case study that requires application of skills learned.

Quality for Project Managers

Ÿ Lead project teams through more effective

communication

Ÿ Identify motivational value systems to improve

productivity and cooperation

Ÿ Recognise the role of business and personal ethics

in leadership

Ÿ Describe predictable change stages and identify

appropriate leadership strategies for each stage

Ÿ Utilise a powerful four-stage collaborative negotiation

process

Ÿ Create a Leadership Development Plan to

implement when they return to work

You will Learn how to:

Project Leadership Management and Communications

Ÿ Use the work breakdown structure to develop a

network diagram

Ÿ Calculate schedules using PERT/CPM

Ÿ Identify, assign, and tabulate resource requirements

Ÿ Predict costs and work time using specific levels and

estimate types

Ÿ Plan for contingencies and anticipate variations

Ÿ Predict future project performance based on

historical data

Ÿ Monitor changes and close out projects on time

Participants will develop effective measures for scheduling and controlling projects as

they put the tools of project management to work.

In this course participants will focus on managing the constraints they face in any project:

limits on time, human resources, materials, budget, and specifications. Participants will

discover proven ways to work within the identified constraints, without letting predefined

limits curtail creativity or innovation.

From the opening morning, participants will get hands-on experience, practising their

skills in building project requirements and the work breakdown structure.

They will learn a sound, logical framework for scheduling and controlling project activities.

They will master techniques for estimating, forecasting, budgeting, monitoring,

controlling, analysing, and reporting costs and interpreting the meaning of earned-value

data.

You will Learn how to:

Project Management Applications

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Beyond academic credentials, certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI®)

as a project management professional (PMP®) shows the world that you've mastered

essential project management skills and knowledge. To earn PMP® credential from the

PMI®, participants must demonstrate the required “longterm commitment” to project

management professionalism and pass a rigorous, 200-question exam covering the

five project management processes and nine knowledge areas in PMI's project

management body of knowledge (PMBOK®).

This 7th module is a 4-day preparation course for the exam for obtaining Project

Management Professional's (PMP®) certificate from the Project Management Institute

(PMI®) – world's biggest professional association of professional Project Managers.

To achieve PMP certification, each candidate must satisfy all educational and

experiential requirements established by PMI and must demonstrate an acceptable and

valid level of understanding and knowledge about project management that is tested by

the Project Management Professional Certification Examination. This exam is held by

PMI itself and is not associated to SPM. SPM shall only be responsible to prepare each

“student” for this exam – as of today, the pass rate for Stratex-taught “students”

worldwide who have undertaken the full PM curriculum is 98%.

Ÿ Reduce your study time in half by focusing only on

relevant exam topics

Ÿ Test taking strategies to help answer any questions

correctly

Ÿ Turn double negatives into simple statements easily

Ÿ Create a Leadership Development Plan to

implement when they return to work

You will Learn how to:

PMP Exam Preparation

Ÿ Select the level of staffing, resources, and

management support required for a project

Ÿ Assemble a project team and gain commitment on

project objectives

Ÿ Assign tasks based on work breakdown structure

Ÿ Estimate time and costs and present a project

plan to team members and stakeholders

Ÿ Create a project binder documenting each stage

of the project and lessons learned

Watch basic concepts come to life in this course, a comprehensive synthesis of core

project management principles designed to reinforce skills learned throughout the core

curriculum. Participants can build on their new competencies and test their skills as they

work in teams to complete an extensive, realistic, week long project case study.

Participants will propose, plan, and execute a full-scale project under typical

organisational constraints. Follow the project through the life cycle, resolving issues of

performance, scheduling, and control as they address questions of leadership and

management. Each team member will take a turn as project manager, defining

objectives and performing tasks and producing deliverables critical to the project's

success.

Upon completion of the required 6 courses, participants should complete either PMP Exam Preparation or Negotiation Skills.

You will Learn how to:

Negotiation Skills for Project Managers

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Admission

Ÿ Use competitive and collaborative negotiation

strategies with success

Ÿ Recover a stalled negotiation using breakthrough

techniques adjust your negotiating style to match

the preferences of the other party

Ÿ Deactivate the impact emotions and focus on

finding agreement

Ÿ Apply negotiation skills for efficient cost and

schedule performance

Ÿ Plan strategies to effectively develop and manage

collaborative relationships critical to your project

Negotiation is an invaluable skill for any project manager. Not only do you negotiate

agreements with vendors and contractors, but also with stakeholders, customers and

team members throughout the project life cycle. Highly interactive, this course covers

the dynamics, processes and techniques of internal and external negotiation. Learn

how to analyse your own and the other party's negotiation style, diffuse conflict and

negotiate for effective cost and schedule performance. Experience one on one and

team negotiations and receive coaching and feedback

Eligibility

In order to be accepted to the SPM program applicants should meet following criteria:

• Advance knowledge of English Language

• working experience as a project manager or in project roles, or be nominated by company as a project manager in the future

For more information please contact:

Narmin Ahmadova

Program Manager,

School of Project Management

Baku Higher Oil School

Address: School of Project Management,

Baku Higher Oil School, Khojaly ave. 30, Baku

GSM: +994 (50) 843 30 62

Phone: +994 (12) 521 00 00 (ext. 33062)

e-mail: n.shirinova@spm.az

Website: www.spm.az

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