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Dear Colleague,
Project management - the skills, knowledge and ability to execute work on time,
within budget is a fundamental requirement for any thriving business. Successful
project delivery requires high quality people with the right training and organizational
support.
Recognizing the business benefits that could be gained by developing a larger pool
of local, talented project managers for Azerbaijan, BP on behalf of its co-venturers, is
proud to relaunch the School of Project Management (SPM) in Azerbaijan, in
partnership with Baku Higher Oil School and TwentyEighty Strategy Execution
(formerly Stratex). Through this project both private and public sectors in Azerbaijan
will gain access to a globally recognized, comprehensive program, focusing on the
simultaneous goals of improving immediate project management performance. Yet
another very important goal of the project is to increase capacity of local training
institutions in Azerbaijan, and we hope that in the next couple of years local
professionals trained by TwentyEighty Strategy Execution will carry out these
trainings for future generations of managers.
This project is a continuation of our commitment to increase the participation of local
companies in our business activities in Azerbaijan and strengthening their capacity
to compete with international companies within Azerbaijan and beyond. It fits
perfectly with our local content development strategy and also builds upon existing
initiatives such as the Enterprise Development and Training Program, Supplier
Finance Facility, and many others.
We look forward to seeing the program achieve its full potential by creating a larger
network of certified Project Managers in Azerbaijan and celebrate its significant
impact on business profitability through successful delivery of infrastructure and
commercial projects.
BP Azerbaijan
TwentyEighty Strategy Execution (Stratex) and The George Washington University (GWU)
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 clients worldwide to develop 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 different delivery formats
allowing organisations to select the type of
training that matches their needs.
Stratex and PMI
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%.
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.
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
universities 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 implementing
various programmes facilitating distribution of
contemporary knowledge, Training and
Research Center on Renewable Energy
Engineering, Microsoft Academy and Internet
of Things Laboratory are functioning at BHOS.
BHOS was awarded ISO c9001 (Quality
M a n a g e m e n t S y s t e m s ) , I S O 1 4 0 0 1
(Environmental Management Systems) and
OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and
Safety 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
School of Project Management
School The Curriculum
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 12 to 14 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.
Managing Projects
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:
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
You will Learn how to:
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Scheduling and Cost Control
Project Leadership Management and Communications
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:
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
You will Learn how to:
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.
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.
Ÿ Use the work breakdown structure to develop a
network diagram
Ÿ Calculate schedules using PERT/CPM
Ÿ Identi fy, 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
You will Learn how to:
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Project Management Applications
PMP Exam Preparation
Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
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
You will Learn how to:
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
You will Learn how to:
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.
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%.
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
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
You will Learn how to:
Upon completion of the required 6 courses, participants should complete either PMP Exam Preparation or Negotiation Skills.
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SPM Application Procedure
Eligibility
In order to be accepted for the BP & its Oil & Gas Co-venturer subsidy, to the SPM program in Project Management applicants should
meet following criteria:
• Advance knowledge of English Language
• Azerbaijani National Citizen
• Minimum 2 years of working experience as a project manager or in project roles, or be nominated by company as a project manager in
the future
Tuition Fee
School of Project Management is a multi-year initiative, with initial support and subsidy from BP and its Oil & Gas Co-ventures. This
subsidy will amount to up to 50% of the total cost of the training for students who meet the required eligibility criteria, which will gradually
decrease as the programme evolves.
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) 506 32 22
Phone: +994 (12) 521 33 63 (BHOS)
e-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.spm.az
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