Monday, February 19, 2007

New Visual Studio Offerings: Visual Studio 2005

Visual Studio 2005

2543 Core Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
4/9/07-4/13/07 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

2544 Advanced Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
4/14/07-4/15/07 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

3201 Developing Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Web Applications
5/7/07-5/9/07 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

2546 Core Windows Forms Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
6/11/07-6/15/07 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.


To register for any of these classes, please contact your solutions consultant:

New Horizons-GTG
5555 San Felipe, Suite 1500
Houston, TX 77056

Office: 713.552.1414
Fax: 713.552.0632

Online Schedule: NH-Houston Course Schedule
Visit us online: http://www.nhhouston.com/
NHHBlog: http://nhhouston.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Project Management for Professionals


Project Management for Professionals
Learning Method: Instructor-led Classroom Learning

Duration: 5.00 Day(s)

Overview:
In this course, students will apply the generally accepted project management best practices recognized by the PMI® to successfully manage projects.

Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for experienced project managers who desire to increase their project management skills, apply a standards-based approach to project management and apply for Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI®) Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- initiate a project
- plan project work
- develop project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets
- plan project quality, staffing, and communications
- analyze project risks
- plan project procurement
- execute project work
- monitor and control project work
- monitor and control project schedule and costs

Pre-requisite(s):
Project 2000 - Level 1Project 2000 - Level 2Project Management FundamentalsWord 2000 - Level 1Word 2000 - Level 2

Lesson 1: Initiating a Project
- Apply Project Management Processes
- Create a Project Charter
- Develop a Preliminary Project Scope Statement

Lesson 2: Planning Project Work
- Develop a Project Management Plan
- Create a Scope Management Plan
- Create a Scope Statement
- Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Lesson 3: Developing Project Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Budgets
- Create an Activity List
- Create a Project Network Diagram
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Estimate Activity Durations
- Identify the Critical Path
- Develop a Project Schedule
- Estimate Project Costs
- Establish a Cost Baseline

Lesson 4: Planning Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
- Create a Quality Management Plan
- Document Roles, Responsibilities, and Reporting Relationships
- Acquire Project Team
- Create a Communications Management Plan

Lesson 5: Analyzing Risks and Planning Risk Response
- Create a Risk Management Plan
- Identify Project Risks and Triggers
- Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Develop a Risk Response Plan
Lesson 6: Planning Project Procurement
- Prepare a Contract Statement of Work
- Prepare a Procurement Document

Lesson 7: Executing Project Work
- Direct and Manage Project Execution
- Perform Quality Assurance
- Develop Project Team
- Information Distribution
- Request Seller Responses
- Select Sellers

Lesson 8: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
- Monitor and Control Project Work
- Manage Changes to Performance Baselines
- Review Deliverables and Work Results
- Control Project Scope

Lesson 9: Monitoring and Controlling Project Schedules and Costs
- Control the Project Schedule
- Control Project Costs

Lesson 10: Monitoring and Controlling Project Quality, Staffing, and Communications
- Perform Quality Control
- Manage Project Team
- Report Project Performance
- Manage Stakeholders

Lesson 11: Monitoring and Controlling Project Risk and Contracts
- Monitor and Control Project Risk
- Administer a Contract

Lesson 12: Closing the Project
- Close a Project
- Close a Contract



New Horizons w 5555 San Felipe, Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77056 w 713-552-1414 w https://owa.nhhouston.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nhhouston.com

Thursday, February 01, 2007

New Vista Courses at New Horizons

5047 Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Overview
In this course, students who are new to Exchange Server will learn how to configure and manage a messaging environment in accordance with technical requirements.

Who Should Attend
IT Professionals, IT generalists, and help desk professionals who want to learn about Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 are the audience for this course. IT Professionals, IT generalists and help desk professionals should have at least 3 years experience working in the IT field—typically in the areas of network administration, help desk, or system administration. No experience with Exchange Server is necessary.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to: - Describe how Exchange Server 2007 and Active Directory work together. - Install Exchange Server 2007. - Configure Mailbox Server roles. - Manage recipient objects. - Manage e-mail and address lists. - Manage client access. - Manage Messaging Transport. - Manage availability, backup and recovery. - Maintain the message system.


5060 Implementing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Overview
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully implement Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) version 3.0 in their organizations.

Who Should Attend
This course is intended for Business Application Administrators (BAAs) who are engaged in the planning, design, and selection of Line of Business (LOB) applications, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), in conjunction with internal business customers. Their primary responsibility is the deployment, customization, management, and support of LOB applications. They routinely monitor application status and troubleshoot application problems. The audience is expected to have at least two years of experience in implementing, managing, and supporting Microsoft Windows Server 2003, including Internet Information Services (IIS).

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to: - Describe how the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 platform helps address collaboration challenges. - Plan the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environment. - Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. - Identify the most appropriate method to upgrade Windows SharePoint Services from 2.0 to 3.0 in a given scenario. - Manage Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.


5061 Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Overview
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to implement Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 successfully in their organization.

Who Should Attend
The audience for this course is Business Application Administrators (BAAs), Web Administrators and Server Administrators who are engaged in the planning, design, and selection of line-of-business (LOB) applications (including Office SharePoint Server) in conjunction with internal business customers. Their primary responsibility is the deployment, customization, management, and support of LOB applications. They routinely monitor application status and troubleshoot application problems.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to: - Plan for a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation. - Design a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation. - Deploy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. - Manage a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation. - Optimize a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation. - Maintain a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation.



For more information or to register for classes, please contact:

New Horizons-GTG
5555 San Felipe, Suite 1500
Houston, TX 77056
Office: 713-552-1414
Fax: 713-552-0632

Online Schedule: 2007 Training Schedule
Visit us online: http://www.nhhouston.com/
New Horizons Houston Blog: http://nhhouston.blogspot.com/