This Series is comprised of three separate courses.
The registration button below will automatically register you in all three courses with a 15% series discount.
Length: The courses in the series are varying lengths; the whole series is 5 days in length.
This course is part of the Executing Successful Projects Certificate
People who lead:
- Departments
- Divisions
- Project teams
- Change initiatives – like business architects
- Process improvement projects
- Continuous improvement efforts
After completing this series, participants will be able to:
- Integrate the right facilitation tool for stakeholder input on project initiatives
- Analyze situations and audience to choose the correct facilitation tools
- Understand techniques to gather information
- Engage participants in constructive group discussions to evaluate situations and problem solve
- Leverage the conflict experienced by your project team for a better results
- Understand the five actions to handle conflict
- Choose conflict strategy based on the situation
- Understand win-lose scenarios and their cost
- Recognize win-win possibilities
- Explain the change curve, its phases, and how it rolls out
- Identify your go-to reaction to change and how that affects your work
- Define your role in helping people navigate through change
- Analyze change situations and generate plans to allow for adjustment to change
If you are new to project management, we strongly suggest the course Succeeding with Projects as a first step to get the most from this series.
If you have a background in project management, this series will be valuable to you.
Price: $1,317.50 Early Bird Pricing: $1,185.75 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEUs: 4.2
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
Executing Successful Projects Series 1: Project Essentials
This Series is comprised of two separate courses.
–Succeeding with Projects
–Intro to Agile
The registration tab on this page will automatically register you in both courses with a 15% series discount.
Length: The total length of both courses is 3.5 days
This series is part of the Executing Successful Projects Certificate
People who lead:
- Departments
- Divisions
- Project teams
- Change initiatives
- Strategic initiatives – like business architects
- IT rollouts and implementations
After completing this series, participants will be able to:
- Make a choice on the best approach for a project between traditional (waterfall) project or an agile project
- Understand the role of the project manager through each phase of a project: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
- Build a common understanding project terminology and techniques
- Increase a project’s potential by applying project management tools and processes
- Leverage critical teamwork techniques to get your project team to work together
- Engage project stakeholders and sponsors
- Understand when and how to use project templates
- Describe the difference between project management and project methodology
- Define project roles and responsibilities
- Apply common projects tools to
- Identify stakeholders
- Initiate a charter
- Define scope
- Build a schedule
- Determine a budget
- Design communication and risk plans
- Differentiate between Agile and other frameworks of the philosophy
- Understand, at a high level, the main agile framework being used in today’s marketplace
- Determine if additional training in agile techniques would be worthwhile
There are no prerequisites for these courses.
Price: $1,670.25 Early Bird Pricing: $1,503.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEU’s: 3.0
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
Succeeding with Projects
The workshop features an iPad simulation which immerses participants in dozens of situations relevant to project work in organizations. Participants will work through practical exercises, quizzes, and discussion to bring project concepts to life.
Length: 3 days
This course is part of the Executing Successful Projects Certificate
This course is part of the Executing Successful Projects Series: Project Essentials
This class is equally valuable to those who are new to leading projects or those who are experienced project managers.
- Individuals assigned to lead projects
- Project managers wanting to sharpen their skills
- PMP’s® who need a refresher on concepts for PDU’s®
- Project sponsors who want a greater understanding of the project management process
Competencies:
- Understand the role of the project manager through each phase of a project: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing
- Build a common understanding of project terminology and techniques
- Increase a project’s potential by applying project management tools and processes
- Leverage critical teamwork techniques to get your project team to work together
- Engage project stakeholders and sponsors
- Understand when and how to use project templates
- Describe the difference between project management and project methodology
- Define project roles and responsibilities
- Apply common project tools to
- Identify stakeholders
- Initiate a charter
- Define scope
- Build a schedule
- Determine a budget
- Design communication and risk plans
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Price: $1,495.00 Early Bird Pricing: $1345.50 ends four weeks prior to course start date.
- Course Text: reference binder will be provided in class
- Food: Lunch is included in all courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEUs: 2.52
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
Executing Changes Series 3: Change Acumen
This Series is comprised of one course. The registration button on this page will automatically register you in the course with a 15% series discount.
Length: This series is one day
This series is part of the Executing Change Certificate
People who lead:
- Departments
- Divisions
- Project teams
- Change initiatives
- Strategic initiatives – like business architects
- Process improvement projects
- Continuous improvement efforts
After completing this series, participants will be able to:
- Weigh options for challenging situations and determine the best course of action
- See how a variety of approaches can meet goals
- Apply tools to common, yet challenging, situations in the workplace
- Gain insight from other participants
You must be registered for or have completed Series 1 and Series 2 of the Executing Change Certificate
Price: $242.25 Early Bird Pricing: $218.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEUs: .
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
Executing Changes Series 2: Tools for Change
This Series is comprised of three separate courses. The registration button on this page will automatically register you in all three courses with a 15% series discount.
Length: Courses in this series vary in length from 1.5 days to 4 days for a total of 7 days.
This series is part of the Executing Change Certificate
People who lead:
- Departments
- Divisions
- Project teams
- Change initiatives
- Strategic initiatives – like business architects
- Process improvement projects
- Continuous improvement efforts
After completing this series, participants will be able to:
- Build a business case for change
- Explain the linkage between an organization’s strategy and change initiative and the role of the business case
- Complete the non-financial sections of a business case and support the preparation of the financial analysis
- Convert the intangible benefits of a change initiative into tangible, quantitative benefits and use them in the business case
- Recognize the application of the principals of good data presentation
- Identify crucial success factors and risk for a change initiative
- Identify risks and opportunities that come with change initiatives
- Explain the sources and types of risk and opportunity
- Identify risks and opportunities in a given situation using several methods
- Analyze the impact and likelihood of uncertainty on the situation’s objectives
- Apply effective responses to each risk and create immediate or contingent action plans to deal with them
- Evaluate the effectiveness of various risk responses on the situation’s objectives
- Describe the rationale and method for continuous risk monitoring
- Integrate the right facilitation tool for stakeholder input on change initiatives
- Analyze situations and audience to choose the correct facilitation tools
- Understand techniques to gather information
- Engage participants in constructive group discussions to evaluate situations and problem solve
- Use tools to prevent meeting sabotage
Strongly recommend either:
- The course Change or
- The Executing Change Series 1: Guiding People through Change
Price: $1,870.00 Early Bird Pricing: $1,683.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEU’s:
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
Executing Changes Series 1: Guiding People through Change
This Series is comprised of four separate courses. The registration button on this page will automatically register you in all four courses with a 15% series discount.
Length: Each course in this series is 1/2 day in length for a total of 2 days.
This series is part of the Executing Change Certificate
People who lead:
- Departments
- Divisions
- Project teams
- Change initiatives
- Strategic initiatives – like business architects
- Process improvement projects
- Continuous improvement efforts
After completing this series, participants will be able to:
- Explain the change curve, its phases, and how it rolls out
- Identify your go-to reaction to change and how that affects your work
- Explain the change curve, its phases, and how it rolls out
- Define your role in helping people navigate through change
- Analyze change situations and generate plans to allow for adjustment to change
- Understand how change leadership is directly related to your ability to motivate people
- Develop a promotional lens to view and motivate people in your role as change agent
- Devise an immediate plan to increase your influence as a change agent
- Understand the Key Drivers of change
- Appreciate why change efforts fail
- Identify key stakeholders for smoother transitions
- Recognize your Sphere of Influence
- Utilize the 3 Steps of Change Implementation
- Leverage the conflict that change brings for a better results
- Understand the Power of “Yes”
- Understand the Power of “No”
- Understand win-lose scenarios and their cost
- Recognize win-win possiblities
None
Price: $507.00 Early Bird Pricing: $456.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEUs: ___
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
Change
Length: 1/2 day
- This course is part of the Series: Guiding People Through Change
- This course is part of the Executing Change Certificate
People who lead:
- Departments
- Divisions
- Project teams
- Change initiatives
- Process improvement projects
- Continuous improvement efforts
Competencies:
- Identify your go-to reaction to change and how that affects your work
- Explain the change curve, its phases, and how it rolls out
- Define your role in helping people navigate through change
- Analyze change situations and generate plans to allow for adjustment to change
None
Price: $150.00 Early Bird Pricing: $135.00 until January 25, 2019
Course Text: no texts are used in this course
Food: lunch is included in all courses that are 7 hours or more
If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or you would like to have this course customized specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Metropolitan State Institute for Professional Development does not currently have public seat-based classes running for fall 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the Spring 2021 Semester; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
MN Cyber Training Program for CEH Certification
The MN Cyber CEH training program consists of 18 core modules designed to facilitate a comprehensive ethical hacking and penetration testing training, beginning with an introduction to ethical hacking and covering such topics as malware threats, denial of service, hacking mobile platforms and cloud computing.
Courses are face-to-face, and attendance is required.
EC-Council certified course materials are included. This non-credit course will prepare you to take the CEH certification exam. This is a vendor-neutral and globally recognized industry certification.
∗Certification exam is not included in the course price.
Length: 42 total hours
Metropolitan State University is an authorized EC-Council Academia Partner.
This course will significantly benefit:
- Security Officers
- Auditors
- Security Professionals
- Site Administrators
- Anyone who is concerned about the integrity of their network infrastructure
The broad spectrum of topics included in the CEH ensure its relevancy across all disciplines in the field of information security. Successful candidates will learn:
- Key issues plaguing the information security world, incident management process, and penetration testing
- Various types of footprinting, footprinting tools, and countermeasures
- Network scanning techniques and scanning countermeasures
- Enumeration techniques and enumeration countermeasures
- System hacking methodology, steganography, steganography, steganalysis attacks and covering tracks
- Different types of Trojans, Trojan analysis, and Trojan countermeasures
- Working of viruses, virus analysis, computer worms, malware analysis procedure, and countermeasures
- Packet sniffing techniques and how to defend against sniffing
- Social Engineering techniques, identify theft, and social engineering countermeasures
- DoS/DDoS attack techniques, botnets, DDoS attack tools, and DoS/DDoS countermeasures
- Session hijacking techniques and countermeasures
- Different types of webserver attacks, attack methodology, and countermeasures
- Different types of web application attacks, web application hacking methodology, and countermeasures
- SQL injection attacks and injection detection tools
- Wireless Encryption, wireless hacking methodology, wireless hacking tools, and wi-fi security tools
- Mobile platform attack vector, android vulnerabilities, jailbreaking iOS, windows phone 8 vulnerabilities, mobile security guidelines, and tools
- Firewall, IDS and honeypot evasion techniques, evasion tools, and countermeasures
- Various cloud computing concepts, threats, attacks, and security techniques and tools
- Different types of cryptography ciphers, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), cryptography attacks, and cryptanalysis tools
- Various types of penetration testing, security audit, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing roadmap
Two years of work experience in the Information Security domain
Price: $2,850.00 Early Bird: $2,565.00 until 21 days prior to beginning of course
- Course Texts: EC-Council certified course materials provided
- Food: Lunch will be provided daily
- CEUs: 5.04
- GIAC CEPs: 18
- Location: Metropolitan State University Science and Education Center
- Parking: Available in the Metropolitan State University Ramp for a $5.00 daily fee
Please Note:
- If you are registering through the workforce center, you must have your counselor contact IPD directly at institute@metrostate.edu
For questions or more details on all cyber security courses, please contact Dr. Kyle Swanson, Dean of College of Science at 651-793-1681.
If you want to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact kyle.swanson@metrostate.edu or info@mncyber.org
User Story Writing
Length: 1/2 day
This course is offered through a partnership with agilityIRL
For anyone interested in increasing their skill in user story writing as used with frameworks like Scrum or Extreme Programming (XP).
After taking this class, learners will be able to:
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- Articulate the theory behind user stories
- Understand how to write good user stories
- Understand when and when not to use user stories
- How to split user stories to ensure the delivery of value
Participants should understand basic Agile philosophy and, at least, one method (e.g. Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), etc.) They should bring a product example to use in class.
Price: $470.00 Early Bird Pricing: $423.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEUs: .48
Useful Websites:
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
Agile Testing
Length: 1/2 day
This course is offered through a partnership with agilityIRL
For anyone interested in increasing their skill in testing as used within an Agile method like Scrum or Extreme Programming (XP).
After taking this class, learners will be able to:
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- Explain Agile’s view of testing
- Develop strong acceptance criteria
- Define and articulate a number of Agile testing related practices including, but not limited to, Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration, etc.
- Manage Test Driven Development (TDD), test management and automation
Participants should understand basic Agile philosophy and, at least, one method (e.g. Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), etc.)
Price: $470.00 Early Bird Pricing: $423.00 up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date.
- Course Texts: no texts are used in this course
- Food: Lunch is included in courses that are at least 7 hours in length
- CEUs: .48
Useful Websites:
If your organization has at least 6 participants and you desire to host the class at your site or if you would like to customize this course specifically for your organization, contact Beth Schaefer at 651-999-5834 or beth.schaefer@metrostate.edu
Cancellation Policy:
Class cancellations must be done fourteen full business days before the class start date. No refunds for cancellations of less than fourteen full business days. No Shows/Missed Classes – Refunds will not be issued for any missed class. Late Arrivals/Early Departures – Metropolitan State University reserves the right to decrease continuing education units issued for late arrivals and early departures. Written confirmation will be sent to you a week before class. If a class is canceled, you will be contacted by phone, mail, or email. Metropolitan State University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as weather (a full refund will be granted).
We will follow guidance from the Minnesota State system for the upcoming semesters; and the health and safety of students and staff will be at the forefront of any decision we make. Information will be posted here as soon as available, please Subscribe to our Email List for updated information to be sent directly.
In the meantime, please Click Here for information about customized training classes that can be offered at your organization.
