Understanding and Mastering the PMBOK® Guide 7th Edition
An in-depth course on the brand new PMBOK® Guide 7th Edition, the standard for project management published by PMI.
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PMRank® Workshop Online
Now you can attend the globally recognized workshop on project prioritization at your own pace. The PMRank Online is available at our online school!
Leveraging Generative AI for Project Management
Learn how to incorporate generative AI technology into your project management work.
Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects
Identify, assess and learn how to recover troubled projects, minimizing the adverse effects of a failure on your organization and your work team.
Building and Enhancing your Career in Project Management
Learn about what it takes to build and enhance your project management career and how you can leverage and enhance your career in the field with this new Free Online course.
Crash Course on Agile Delivery
Learn the concept of Agile for projects, the various practices, and the importance of Leadership.
Mastering Negotiations
Learn the key competitive and collaborative negotiation techniques internationally used by successful negotiators.
Making Better and More Reliable Decisions Using AHP
Improve your business and personal decision-making process logically and reliably using the Analytical Hierarchy Process.
Accelerated Planning Using Quick Wins®
During his career, Ricardo developed a method aiming to recover initiatives and projects that seems to be out of control quickly. The Quick Wins® allows you to mobilize a strong task force to put your project back on track in a record time.
Delivering Successful Projects
One of Ricardo Vargas's most recognized courses, where he shares the impact of good management to deliver impactful projects. In the course, he shares the concepts around predictive and agile methods, principles, knowledge areas and performance domains.
Unleashing the Power of the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition
Understand one of the most powerful standards for project management globally, the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition, published by PMI!
Leading Complex Programs and Mega Projects
This course will allow organizations to establish the required processes and governance to lead and implement complex programs and megaprojects in an increasingly volatile and unpredictable environment.
Bridging the Gap between Strategy Design and Delivery
Understand how to use strategy to improve your company's results, and learn techniques to bridge the gap between strategy design and delivery. At the end of this course, you will have the tools and knowledge to implement the strategy effectively.
Delivering Value and Outcomes Through Programs
Understanding the benefits and savings that result from managing projects in a structured program.
Scaling Agile to the Enterprise
Scale agility in your organization and realize more deliveries in less time.
Mastering Hybrid Models: Coexisting Agile and Waterfall
Learn what a hybrid project management approach is, identify your need, and apply it to your project.
Set Up an Agile PMO
Learn what a PMO is, the differences between the Agile PMO and other types of PMO, and how to implement an Agile PMO in your Organization.
Setting up and Fine-Tuning Project Management Offices
Learn the secrets of a successful project management office with someone who has designed more than one hundred PMOs worldwide.
Navigating Complexity and Ambiguity
Learn what complexity is in projects, how to identify it, the factors involved in complexity, and how to design and implement an action plan.
Crash Course on Risk Identification
Learn the main mechanisms for risk identification and improve your project risk management today!
Enterprise Risk Management
Understand why threats and opportunities are part of all projects and that the risks structured perception improves projects’ outcomes.
Building Effective Teams
Learn how to be an effective leader and how to motivate and gain team commitment to project development.
Lean and Agile Project Management
Learn what Agile is, the various practices, the importance of servant leadership, and when to use the predictive and agile models.
Leading Disruptive Change
Learn to lead disruptive change and understand the human and organizational factors that drive and block the ability to change.
Portfolio Selection and Optimization
Learn how to choose and align projects based on the strategic and financial criteria, ensuring the correct investments allocation.
AI-Driven Project Management Techniques and Insights
Feel empowered to incorporate AI tools in your own workflows.
Testimonials
“Ricardo Vargas is one of the best MBA professors at FGV. His classes, in addition to providing the students with a very rich experience, they fascinate everyone. Very few people do that. And Ricardo, with his professional expertise and academic excellence, raises the FGV's MBAs in Project Management to another level. It's great to have you on the team, my friend.”
André Valle Linkedin
Academic Coordinator
Fundação Getúlio Vargas
“Ricardo Viana Vargas is a brilliant author, advocate, and pioneer in project economics. He was the first Latin American to be elected Chairman of the Project Management Institute.”
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“...e. He leads many global and strategic initiatives, such as to Brightline Initiative between The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Project Management Institute Mr. Vargas is well known and was recognized internationally for his contributions in the field of project management as he is the recipient of the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award (DIST) and PMI Product of the Year Award in 2005, Brazilian Project Management Personality of the Decade. Microsoft rewarded Vargas for Most Valuable Professional for his work with the Microsoft Project. He participated in the Global Project Management Forum (GPMF), one of the largest events in the world of project management organized by PMI KSA. His contributions were phenomenal in terms of reach and impact on the prestigious audience. Mr. Vargas spares no effort to support the profession of project management and its professionals while he volunteers his valuable time to elevate the knowledge and share it with all. Despite his wealth of knowledge and celebrity status in the field, he remains humble, supportive, and willing always to help in efforts to build a better future I value Mr. Vargas as a friend, colleague and I’m truly inspired by the impact he made throughout his career ”
Badr Burshaid Linkedin
Saudi Aramco - PMI Saudi Arabia
“Ricardo is one of the professionals who helped me decide to pursue the project manager career. His ability to solve problems with simplicity is fantastic. He is a bright professional.”
Jose Eduardo Garcia Linkedin
Portfolio, Program and Project Manager
“It is easy to recommend a quality professional as Ricardo. He has excellent communication skill, and he is one of the most knowledgeable people in project management. He and Finocchio did a great job delivering the PMDome workshop at Senac.”
Ozeas V. Santana Linkedin
Program Manager
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