Throughout a project's life cycle, the presence of uncertainty contributes most significantly to the likelihood of failure. Project management as a discipline focuses on controlling such uncertainty through solid planning and scheduling, as well as continued progress tracking on the project, as defined at the WordIQ website.
Considerations
Although some colleges offer project management programs at various degree levels, project management training primarily comes from commercial organizations with project management expertise. Additionally, because commercial project management focuses on a relatively narrow specialization, a limited number of organizations offer training programs self-identifying such training in this way. The Kellysearch website provides a list of project management training programs, some of which may include commercial project management training components without including that identification in the listing.
California
California has the highest concentration of commercial project management training programs for areas of the United States, as described at the Kellysearch website. Three California companies indicate commercial project management training in their listings: Infowit in Los Angeles, ADV-Management.com in Somis and Axiomz Internet Commerce in Canoga.
East
On the East Coast, Kellysearch lists one location for commercial project management training--Optimum, located in Danbury, Connecticut.
Midwest
For the Midwest area, Kellysearch lists two locations--All-About Training located in Illinois, and CPR Project Services located in Kettering, Ohio.
West
The Kellysearch listing identifies only one organization in the western U.S. offering training programs for commercial project management--Scoble, in Helena, Montana.
