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About this course
What you’ll learn
In this course, students will gain the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to be successful project managers. The class is aligned to the standards and practices outlined in the Project Management Institute (PMI®) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), and other industry standards such as The Scrum Guide™.
At the end of this course, you will:
- Know the foundational concepts of project, program, and portfolio management
- Be able to initiate, plan, and execute a project using traditional and agile practices
- Understand the required leadership and management skills to be a successful project manager
Topics included in the course includes:
- Project management concepts, roles, responsibilities, and lifecycle stages
- Practices and tools for successfully end-to-end project management:
- Selecting and initiating projects
- Planning scope, schedule, and cost
- Managing change, risks, actions, issues, and status
- Stakeholder and communications management
- Identifying, assessing, and building stakeholder relationships
- Effective communications and meeting best practices
- Agile project management mindset, principles, methodologies
- Lean and Kanban
- Scrum
- Program and portfolio management concepts and strategies
- Project selection
- Program and portfolio governance and management
- Leadership and building high-performing teams
Whether the course is delivered live-online or in-person, it will be taught using formal lectures, interactive exercises and outside-of-class group case study work to reinforce the concepts provided in class and give students experience using the tools and practices covered.
Note: While this course may be helpful in preparing for the PMP exam, it is not designed to be a PMP exam prep class. Please check out the Project Management Professional PMP® Prep (Opens in a new window) course to learn information, tips, techniques and learning strategies that will help you prepare for the PMP certification exam.
Who should attend?
Students from a variety of backgrounds, industries, and experience are welcome and will benefit from this course, including:
- People interested in becoming project managers and are starting careers in project management
- Managers, supervisors, and individuals who are managing projects who have not received formal training and want to learn project management skills and processes
- Professionals in other fields who now find themselves responsible for managing projects.
- Those seeking project management contact hours to sit for the PMP® Certification Exam
Continuing Education Information
Students will be awarded a Certificate of Program Completion for 3.6 UGA Continuing Education Units (CEUs (Opens in a new window)) upon successfully completing the course and will be eligible to claim the following:
- Project Management Institute (PMI) PDUs: 26 Ways of Working and 10 Power Skills (36 total)
Requirements & policies
Schedule
Hybrid (In-Person & Live-Online)
Course access begins May 15, 2026
Classroom Sessions: May 18-21, 2026
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
Live-Online Session: Monday, June 1, 2026
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST
This course format, offered in collaboration with Terry College Executive Education, includes 4 days (32 hours) of in-person instruction, a 1.5-hour live online session and 2.5 hours of required outside-of-class group case study work to be completed between May 22 -31, 2026.
Classroom Location
Terry Executive Education Center
3475 Lenox Road NE, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30326
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Fees & funding information
Both course formats include digital course materials (e.g., slide deck, handouts, etc.). Breakfast and lunch are provided for the hybrid format.
Cancellation or refund
We will issue a refund, minus a $250 cancellation fee, for cancellation requests received no later than seven (7) days before the course start date. All cancellation and refund requests must be sent to gc-student@uga.edu. If you are unable to attend the scheduled course dates, you may request a transfer to the next available course offering. Only one course transfer is permitted.
Technology
During the live-online sessions, participants are expected to have strong internet service and a laptop/desktop computer with audio and video capabilities to fully interact with the instructor and classmates.
Textbook
Additional Resource (not required)
The Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is available for purchase via Amazon or PMI.
Attendance
To receive the Certificate of Program Completion and Continuing Education Units (CEUs), participants must:
- Attend at least:
- Live-online format: 85% of the scheduled class sessions
- In-person format: 100% of the scheduled class sessions
- Participate in all in-class and out-of-class learning activities.
- Earn a combined score of 72 points or higher for all course requirements.
People
Instructor
Alan Zucker, PMP, PMI-ACP, Founding Principal Project Management Essentials, LLC
Alan Zucker brings over 25 years of experience leading projects, programs, and project organizations in Fortune 100 companies. He is an adjunct faculty member at UGA, UVA, and a senior instructor for various national professional development organizations. He holds a master’s degree in economics and a certificate in IT project management. He is a PMP and has earned multiple Agile certifications. In 2016, he founded Project Management Essentials to provide consulting and training across the U.S. He is also a keynote speaker, industry thought leader, and a frequent contributor to industry publications. Visit Alan’s LinkedIn profile.
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