Curriculum

This course covers the fundamental aspects of modern project management, both managerial and technical. Students gain experience using tested tools and techniques to successfully execute a project and master the basic theory and practice of project management. Students will learn the “soft skills” required to successfully execute a project, including communication, navigating interpersonal relationships, and problem-solving.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 35 PDUs

• Leadership 7 PDUs
• Strategy 11 PDUs
• Technology 17 PDUs

*This course is a combination of two in-person courses 

This course provides a brisk, high-level overview of the project management discipline and the PMI Framework. It introduces the basic knowledge, insights, skills, and techniques that are required to steer projects toward their desired outcomes while also ensuring that they create value for the organizations that sponsor and execute them. The course begins with the history of project management and its relevance and importance to present-day organizations and firms, then addresses the issues that enter into project selection and initiation and discusses the skills and techniques required to effectively and efficiently plan, execute, and monitor projects.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 16 PDUs

• Leadership 2 PDUs
• Strategy 3 PDUs
• Technology 11 PDUs

This course explores the art of recognizing and managing interpersonal dynamics in order to determine the best approach to every project. Students will complete the course with an operational map for navigating projects toward successful outcomes by spotting warning signs, leveraging soft skills, and building team morale. Designed for the project manager seeking a new approach, it will address the interpersonal issues overlooked in tools-based project management training programs.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 19 PDUs

• Leadership 6 PDUs
• Strategy 8 PDUs
• Technology 5 PDUs

New projects require project managers to estimate costs, make schedules, source requirements, and set other parameters without the benefit of a full picture. After this initial planning stage, project managers must give progress reports to upper management, translating team performance into financial terms. This course will guide the project practitioner through the best practices for approaching these key concerns.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 16 PDUs

• Strategy 12 PDUs
• Technology 4 PDUs

Project managers must assess how viable—and how expensive—saving troubled projects will be. The goal of this seminar is to familiarize students with strategies for approaching troubled or failed projects. Using standard PMI project management processes and a trove of real-world case studies, students will identify and implement techniques to assess, avoid, correct, and manage setbacks.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 16 PDUs

• Technology 16 PDUs

To remain successful, project leaders must demonstrate the skills to plan and execute their projects amidst environmental pressures and shifting organizational cultures and climates. This course, designed for experienced project and program managers, teaches you to apply leadership principles that get results that serve your organization’s broader goals. 

Achieving business results in a global project environment requires skills that go beyond the traditional management of deliverables, budgets, and resources. The successful project leaders of today plan and execute across organizational cultures, climates, and environments. This course is designed for the experienced project manager who conveys project results to varied stakeholders with a focus on applying leadership principles to achieve project results that align with organizational goals.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 16 PDUs

• Leadership 16 PDUs

Exceeding customer expectations has become a mandate of project management, but most customers cannot articulate their expectations. How do project managers deliver exceptional outcomes without a clear understanding of what customers want or need? This course offers a fresh, pragmatic approach to understanding a project from the customer’s perspective, creatively exploring potential ideas and solutions, and rapidly producing early prototypes to pinpoint customer needs.

Accrediting Association

Students who complete this course will earn 16 PDUs

• Leadership 4 PDUs
• Strategy 4 PDUs
• Technology 8 PDUs