About this course
What you’ll learn
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
Course Outline:
Students gain the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for successful project management. 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 standard’s such as The Scrum Guide™.
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
This course is taught in-person and virtually, using formal lectures, interactive exercises and group case study work to reinforce the concepts and give students experience using the tools and practices.
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.
*PMI, PMBOK, and PMP are trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. which is registered in the United States and other nations.
Who should attend?
Students from a variety of backgrounds, industries, and experience levels can 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 are awarded a Certificate of Program Completion for 3.6 UGA Continuing Education Units (CEUs) upon successfully completing the course and are eligible to claim the following:
Project Management Institute (PMI) PDUs: 25 Technical and 11 Leadership (36 total)
Requirements & policies
Accommodations
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education is committed to providing equal access to continuing education programs for students living with permanent or temporary disabilities. Learn more about the program accommodations (Opens in a new window).
Location
2530 Sever Rd NW
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
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Fees & funding information
Includes digital materials and meals – breakfast & lunch
The Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is available for purchase via Amazon or PMI.
Technology
During the live-online session(s), participants must have strong internet service and a laptop/desktop computer with audio and video capabilities to interact with the instructor and classmates fully. Laptops are required during the second and fourth class sessions.
Attendance
To receive the Certificate of Program Completion and Continuing Education Units (CEUs), participants must:
- Attend 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.
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