Project Management Fundamentals prepares participants for hands-on, real world project management activities. Participants will acquire knowledge necessary for applying project management skills and tasks related to planning, scheduling, budgeting, communications, risk management and project closure.

This course will outline the steps taken to complete the planning process and to create the components of the project management plan that will serve as the guide to project execution.

Provides an understanding of how new Agile principles and practices are changing the landscape of project management. Designed to give project managers fresh new insight to successfully blend Agile and traditional project management principles and practices to fit any business and project situation.

This course guides the student through the process of planning, developing, and controlling the project schedule.

This course addresses the risk management knowledge area with an approach that provides the project management professional the ability to minimize the threats of risk while maximizing the positive impacts of opportunities.

This course discusses both project procurement and stakeholder management.

Examine traditional and contemporary leadership theories and styles, gain an understanding of approaches that can provide direction and motivation to project teams.

This course will equip the project manager to achieve the goal of getting the right people, the right information, at the right time and ensuring that the key stakeholders are kept updated.

This course examines approaches to effectively manage large-scale projects which are primarily comprised of virtual teams that have the additional challenges of being multi-cultural, overcoming language barriers, and collaborating across different time zones.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Making use of case study examples, students will develop a comprehensive project management plan demonstrating expertise in the (10) knowledge areas across the (5) phases of the project lifecycle.