JEFF FRISK
Jeff holds the PMP and GSEC credentials, is a certified SANS instructor and currently serves as the director of the GIAC program. He has worked on many projects for SANS and GIAC including courseware, certification, and exam development. Jeff has an engineering degree from The Rochester Institute of Technology and more than 15 years of IT project management experience with computer systems, hightech consumer products, and business development initiatives. Jeff has held various positions including managing operations, product development, electronic systems/computer engineering. He has many years of international and high-tech business experience working with both big and small companies to develop computer hardware/software products and services.
Project Management
Author - Instructor Jeff Frisk
"Managing projects to completion, with an alert eye on quality, cost, and time, is something most of us need to do on an ongoing basis. In this course, we break down project management into its fundamental components and galvanize your understanding of the key concepts with an emphasis on practical application and execution of service-based IT and InfoSec projects. Since project managers spend the vast majority of their time communicating with others, throughout the week we focus on traits and techniques that enable effective technical communication. As people are the most critical asset in the project management process, effective and thorough communication is essential." - Jeff Frisk

SANS MANAGEMENT 525
IT Project Management, Effective Communication, and PMP Exam Prep

This Project Management course provides the knowledge and tools necessary to become a top-notch project manager. Focusing on effective communication, human resources, and quality management, this course will give you the tools to fine tune your communication skills and enable you to succeed in managing projects where quality, cost, and time are driving factors.

Who Should Attend
  • Security professionals who are interested in understanding the concepts of project management

  • Managers who want to understand the critical areas of making projects successful

  • Individuals working with time, cost, quality, and risk sensitive projects and applications

  • Anyone who would like to utilize effective communication techniques and proven methods to relate better to people

  • Anyone in a key or lead engineering/design position who works regularly with project management staff

  • Individuals preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam
Previous attendees include:
Chief Security Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Information Assurance Officers, Program Managers, IT Directors, Engineers, Network Systems Analysts, IT Project Managers, Auditors, Government Program Managers, R&D Project Managers, Software and System Developers, IT Compliance Managers, Security Specialists, Security Architects, Security Operation Center Managers, Information Security Analysts, Systems Administrators, Incident Response Analysts.
You Will Learn
  • All aspects of effective project management

  • Real-world examples for implementing in the workplace

  • Effective communication with project managers and team members

“Jeff is a rock star. Always on the message and very entertaining. Kept me engaged.”
Austin Pearson
U.S. Army



"Jeff is a wonderful teacher. He engages his students and understands the topic deeply."
Michael Carter, LDS





"If you do project management, this is the formal training you need. Jeff does a great job covering everything from A – Z ensuring everyone has a firm understanding."
Belle Sandlin, US Army Space Command

GIAC Certification
     You may register to seek GCPM Certification for an additional fee.
     For more information go to www.giac.org and the GIAC FAQ .


Throughout the six day project management training, we will cover all aspects of project management from planning and initiating projects, managing cost, time, and quality while your project is active to completing, closing, and documenting as your project finishes. This course follows the basic project management structure from the Project Management Institute’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK™ Guide) and also offers specific insight and techniques to help you get the job done. A copy of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK™ Guide) - Fourth Edition is provided to all participants. Your course material and the guidebook will help you prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP™) Exam.

SANS MGT525: IT Project Management, Effective Communication, and PMP Exam Prep is a six day intensive training session

SANS MGT525: IT Project Management, Effective Communication, and PMP Exam Prep is a 6-day in-depth course which has a strong focus on effective communication, risk analysis, continuous monitoring.  The project management training utilizes project case studies that highlight information technology services as deliverables. SANS MGT525 is approved by the Project Management Institute as a PMI Registered Education Provider. The course follows the basic project management structure from the PMBOK® Guide 4th edition and also provides specific techniques for success with information assurance initiatives. Following the SANS promise, participants leave this course with specific tools that can be applied the day you get back to the office!

“With the industry focus on risk management and continuous monitoring versus passive compliance based information assurance, MGT525 is highly relevant. SANS Institute’s MGT525 project management course breaks down project management into its fundamental components with an emphasis on practical application and execution of service-based IT and Information security projects. Clear communication is often times a stumbling point for highly technical people, throughout the course we focus on traits and techniques that enable effective project related communication. Anyone working with projects that are risk sensitive and have time, cost, or quality constraints will benefit.” Jeff Frisk, MGT525 course author and instructor.

“PMI’s recent survey of training providers shows that 80 percent of organizations seeking suppliers of project management training strongly prefer to work with PMI R.E.P.s. They view their affiliation with PMI, as the leading standard-setting professional association for project management, as a stamp of quality on the training services they purchase,” said Edwin Andrews, Ph.D., director of academic and educational programs and services at PMI. “Organizations want to protect their investment in project management training, and they know that a PMI R.E.P. delivers such training in a cost-effective and efficient manner.”






Contact Jeff Frisk: jeff@pmanpro.com

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