Navigating the PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition: A Practical Guide for Project Leaders
An in-depth course on the brand new PMBOK® Guide 8th Edition, the standard for project management published by PMI.
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Project Governance and Leadership for Senior Executives
You may be wondering why Ricardo Vargas created this course. The answer is simple: it's not to teach you how to create a schedule, create a project budget, or track changes in your project environment. These tasks are usually assigned to project managers. This course aims to teach you how to sponsor and participate as an executive in the project environment.
The essentials of the PMI Guide: PMBOK Guide 8th edition
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, learn how to work with a focus on delivering value, responsible leadership, and continuous adaptation. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
Transforming Project Management with AI Agents (2026 Edition)
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, learn how to apply and explore the innovative potential of AI agents to modernize your project management approach. Course recorded in English and Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
Artificial Intelligence: How to Work Ethically
In this LinkedIn Course with Ricardo Vargas, learn about the ethical and responsible application of Artificial Intelligence. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
Becoming a Leader in Your Sector
In this LinkedIn Course with Ricardo Vargas, learn how to become a leader in your field and expand your influence consistently and purposefully. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
Managing Agribusiness Projects
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, learn how to manage projects in the agribusiness sector, considering the challenges of seasonality, climate risks, and complex supply chains. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
Project Management for SMBs
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, learn to focus on simplicity, agility, and results. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
First Steps in AI for SMBs
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, you will learn how to implement AI step-by-step, without complications, and how to prepare for the upcoming changes. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
Leadership for New Managers Fundamentals
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, you will learn how to confidently navigate the transition from colleague to boss and develop essential leadership and people management skills. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
How to Exercise Effective Leadership in Project Management
In this LinkedIn course with Ricardo Vargas, you will learn how to evolve from manager to leader, adapt your style, communicate clearly, motivate your team, and give constructive feedback. Course recorded in Portuguese with subtitles in several languages.
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.
Mastering Earned Value Project Management
Welcome to "Mastering Earned Value Project Management." Ricardo Vargas crafted this course for professionals eager to deepen their understanding of project management through the lens of Earned Value Management (EVM), one of the market's most powerful project performance evaluation tools.
Crash Course on Recovering Troubled Projects
Learn how to identify, recover, and transform projects in crisis with confidence and leadership.
Leveraging Generative AI for Project Management: Strategic Insights and Future Trends
In this LinkedIn Course with Ricardo Vargas, learn how to incorporate generative AI technology into your project management work.
How to Keep Your Team on the Bleeding Edge of AI Innovation
Transform your company with AI strategies that deliver real value: learn to lead sustainable development focused on people, processes, and technology.
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.
Sustainable Project Management: Strategies to Boost Social, Economic, and Environmental Impact
Learn how to integrate sustainability into project management initiatives with Ricardo Vargas's LinkedIn Learning Course.
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!
Fundamentals of Project Management
Learn the essential skills and practices for planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects and managing schedules, budgets, teams, risks, and changes.
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 workflows in this conversation-based course between Ricardo Vargas and Ashley Kennedy from LinkedIn.
Transforming Project Management with AI Agents (2024 Edition)
Learn how to create and configure various AI agents and their game-changing applications to streamline projects and boost efficiency.
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“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
“When I think of Ricardo, I think “Wow”. How can one man accomplish so much? I have had the pleasure to know him since 2002, beginning with him sharing his passion and expertise for project management to ESI clients. Since then, I have watched him go on to grow and launch successful businesses, author books, create new products and services – the list of accomplishments is endless and continues to grow.”
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“... Anyone who has the opportunity to work with him, should. Ricardo Vargas is an amazing individual.”
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Sales Vice President - Global Business Development
StrategyEx (ESI International)
“Top qualities: Expert, On Time, High Integrity Ricardo is a great professional who is very good at dealing with people. An innate communicator, he achieves high standard results with his influential capacity and vast knowledge of various subjects. It’s truly inspiring to work by his side due to his peculiar way of doing business. He is always up to date and determined in his pursuit to obtain knowledge.”
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Corporate Strategic Direction Manager
MRS Logística
“Excellent Risk Management introduction course gave outstanding insights even for those who is already been working in this arena. I fully recommend Ricardo Vargas' courses, books, podcasts, etc.”
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Process Engineer & Risk Analyst - Blossom Consult
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