Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Everyone is a project manager on some level. This course will identify best practices to manage projects, both large and small. Students will apply those practices while implementing a project to enhance their expertise.

This course builds on PPM 301¿Foundations of Project Management.¿ In this class, students will explore how to affect project outcomes by analyzing project leadership styles and different team organization approaches and techniques. Students will evaluate their leadership style and, during in-class exercises and assignments, will practice skills to enhance team dynamics and project performance.

Introduces and compares Agile, Scaled Agile, hybrid methodologies, theory of constraints and critical chain, and emerging trends in project management. Includes considerations for organizations moving to value or product-based focus its impact on traditional project management planning, executing and reporting.

This course builds on PPM 301 ¿Foundations of Project Management¿ by introducing advanced topics in project controls including: scope identification, estimating, resource management, scheduling, risk and quality management, and cost control. Project Control Information Management Systems, including Earned Value Management, will also be introduced in this course.

Introduces the criticality of proper communication to project success. Covers how to effectively create and execute Communication and Stakeholder Management Plans. Explores how effective communication can be performed considering stakeholder management, project management methodologies, structure, culture, knowledge and skill sets.

This course integrates learning from the pre-requisite courses in the Project Management suite and enables the student to see the connections between theory and practice of project management.