Courses

Project management is one of the most highly sought-after skill sets in today’s job market—in private industry, the public sector, or nonprofits. It is at the center of what organizations must do—enable strategy, develop and deliver products and services, improve internal operations, contribute to the bottom line, and create delightful customer experiences. While this course will focus on traditional project management (waterfall), there will be frequent references to Agile project management frameworks. Traditional project management is the most utilized project management framework. Its best practices emerged from the construction industry and military planning and formed the basis of the PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is considered the most important project management qualification and is part of almost every project manager's job description. At the core of this framework is understanding the project management lifecycle and how to deploy tools and techniques from project management knowledge areas. Understanding the concepts of traditional project management will enable you to manage the interdependencies among scope, schedule, and costs, as well as risk, quality, and project communications. This course will also emphasize business analyis, stakeholder management, and organizational change.