CERTIFICATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Program Description

The Certificate in Project Management provides a strong theoretical and practical foundation in project management. It is designed to serve managers and other professionals who wish to acquire, enhance, and certify their knowledge and skills to successfully design, integrate, develop, and manage projects. Students gain hands-on experience using various project management tools and techniques to successfully manage “real world” projects of varying sizes and degrees of complexity. Additionally, students apply emerging principles and methods in the modern project management field.

Program Objectives

At the completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Apply each of the nine core areas identified in the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Use the major analytical tools and techniques that provide the ability to manage project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Use the major people skills that are especially crucial to managing in team-based organizations.
• Manage varying priorities as projects proceed from the initiation phase through to project completion.
• Practice project management within its stated professional standards as articulated by the Project Management Institute.

Program Overview

The Certificate in Project Management requires the completion of 15 credits of specialized coursework. To maintain a balance of interests the curriculum is guided by the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the standard approach generally accepted in the project management field. These principles are applicable to virtually all projects and project environments.

Partnerships

The Graduate School of Management & Technology is a Project Management Institute Registered Educational Provider, and each course is recognized by the Institute as being equivalent to 45 Professional Development Units. Each course therefore satisfies the educational/training requirement to pursue certification as a Project Management Professional independently through the Institute. Professional Development Units also apply to recertification.

Career Paths

Aerospace, construction, information technology, and government contracting are natural environments to practice project management principles. Driven by the need for innovation in rapidly changing environments, many other fields and industries are discovering that project-based organizations are more appropriate than their traditional modes of management. This growing perception applies from the lowest levels of management to the strategic boardroom.