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MDP600 - Certificate in Applied Project Management (Evenings)
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Course Schedule
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Tuition |
Course Schedule and Location |
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| 24 |
$5995 |
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Course description
Today’s organizations continue to be driven by external forces. World-wide markets demand smarter solutions, faster turnarounds and, if not lower prices, then higher value. This program gives you proven ways to meet the daily challenges of project management.
The Certificate in Applied Project Management course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and experience to produce a viable project management plan by using and applying proven project management skills and techniques. With a focused curriculum taught by skilled project management practitioners, the program enables students to acquire new skills and apply them immediately to their career. The evening format is particularly suited to today’s professional, who can’t afford to take time away from an already crowded schedule.
Our students come from many disciplines information technology, health care, telecommunications, financial and retail services. They are motivated to contribute and to learn more every day.
What’s Unique About Our Certificate in Applied Project Management Program?
Our evening program focuses on a real-world project format. This unique format allows tools and techniques taught in class to be practiced within the framework of your current business. This program will identify problems currently faced in business and work to solve them throughout the program. The evening format provides the chance to try techniques without the expense or risk to your company or projects. Real-world projects are the hallmark of our evening certificate program.
Throughout the 24 classes, we will address key topic areas in project management, including:
- The project environment
- Project risk and quality
- Initiating the project
- Tracking project implementation
- Project planning
- Reporting status and closing out the project
- Scheduling and estimating
This program is not a classroom lecture. You will work in teams to plan a real-world project. The team environment amplifies and accelerates your learning. It also prepares you to manage your projects in the work environment. This course is not designed to prepare you for the PMP exam.
Requirements to Earn your Certificate
- Attendance is Mandatory for classes 1, 3 and 24
- Miss no more than four classes (non-consecutive)
- Work in a team environment on a real-world project, and participate in a final presentation to the class
- Access to e-mail for communicating with team members and staff
- Make payment in full
- Students should expect to take five quizzes throughout the course. Students must maintain a cumulative average of 70%
Who should attend
This course is primarily designed for project managers who wish to enhance their understanding of the project procurement and contract management processes. Individuals taking this course should have at least two years of experience working on project teams.
Prerequisites
The attendee must attend the entire 12 week / 24 session program. Course nights are either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6pm-9pm.
What you will achieve
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- Upon completion of this course, you will have achieved an understanding of:
- The role and responsibilities of the project manager
- The organization of project management processes into nine Knowledge Areas and five Process Groups
- The 42 project management processes into day-to-day project management activities
- The processes involved in estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs for completing a project within the approved budget
Although the course is designed to give you a foundation in project management skills and practices, and is compliant with the standards and knowledge of PMP® certification and Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), it is not a PMP® preparation course.
What you will learn
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- Expected results gained from using this model are:
- Reduced lead times
- market responsiveness
- controlled costs
- customer satisfaction
- enhanced productivity
- organizational effectiveness.
Course Outline
Class 1
- Module 1: What is Project Management?
Class 2
- Module 2: Project Context, Life Cycles, and Process Groups
Class 3
- Module 3: How to Develop High Performance Teams
Class 4
- Module 4: How to Initiate a Project
Class 5
- Module 5: How to Manage Project Communication
Class 6
- Module 6: How to Plan Project Scope
Class 7
- Module 7: How to Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Class 8
- Module 8: How to Define Project Activities
Class 9
- Module 9: How to Sequence Project Activities
Class 10
- Module 10: How to Estimate Activity Resources and Duration
Class 11
- Module 11: How to Develop a Project Schedule
Class 12
- Module 12: How to Manage Conflict
Class 13
- Module 13: How to Estimate Project Cost and Level Resources
Class 14
- Module 14: Negotiation I
Class 15
- Module 15: Negotiation 2
Class 16
- Module 16: How to Identify and Analyze Project Risk
Class 17
- Module 17: How to Plan Risk Responses
Class 18
- Module 18: How to Plan Quality into a Project
Class 19
- Module 19: How to Measure and Control Quality
Class 20
- Module 20: How to Finalize the Project Schedule and Budget
Class 21
- Module 21: Project Procurement and Integrated Change Control
Class 22
- Module 22: How to Report Project Performance and Verify Project Scope
Class 23
- Module 23: Project Closure and Applied Lessons Learned
Class 24
- Module 24: Final Presentation of the Project Plan
