Weber State collaborates with Petersen Training for Project Management Bootcamp

DOCE has partnered with Petersen Training to create a comprehensive three-day project management training camp. The camp uses simulated real-world scenarios to prepare students for problems they might face within their industry.

In the three-day camp, students complete an accelerated 21-week project. This course emphasizes the importance of navigating a team-based environment. Together, students work to ensure their assigned project runs smoothly despite whatever curveballs are thrown at them. The goal? To end the project on time and under budget. 

Students first learn the fundamentals of project management, establish a project charter and decide on other required elements such as a scope statement, work breakdown structure, risk management plan and more. 

By the final day, students will have established a strong sense of real-world team building and have learned the ins and outs of managing a large-scale project. 

Denis Petersen (founder of Petersen Training) and his business partners built this program to help students experience what it is like to run a real project in a risk-free environment. Petersen said, “Participants come away from this program with real-world project management skills. We love seeing the ‘a-ha’ moments people experience throughout the simulation process.”