Online Certificate Programs in Project Management

Students will learn from industry expert practicing project managers the best practices to manage predictive (waterfall), hybrid (Disciplined Agile), or agile projects.

We have designed our three certificate tracks to align with different career goals and project types so that you will find a project management certification program that is a match. We offer weekday, weeknight, and online project management training to fit your needs so you can improve your project management skill set.

Online (asynchronous), remotely via Zoom (virtual classroom), and on campus.

Choose this track if you are a new project manager, manage projects as part of your role, and or are interested in sitting for the CAPM® certification exam.

Choose this track if you have at least 3 years of experience managing projects, manage projects as your full-time role, and or are interested in sitting for the PMP® certification exam.

Choose this track if you are an experienced project manager who is interested in adopting agile principles and practices, if you manage agile teams, and or if you are interested in sitting for the PMI-ACP® certification exam.

PROJ_PMI 225 Power Excel Skills for Project Managers.

Core courses (PROJ_PMI 401, PROJ_PMI 402, and PROJ_PMI 403) may not be taken as elective courses.

Elective courses may not be applied to than one certificate.

PROJ_PMI 211-0 Soft Skills for Project Managers (Remote).

Tuition and Financial Aid for Project Management Certificate Programs.

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Students who take our courses will increase their ability to:.

Ensure the project scope delivers the expected value, desired outcome, and quality.

Effectively communicate with project sponsors, stakeholders, and team members.

Assess project health and address project changes and disruptions.

Explore all the Project Management Program Courses for details on course offerings.

Choose this track if you have at least three years of experience managing projects and or manage projects as your full-time role.

Suitable for people managing predictive and or hybrid projects.

Currently offered online (asynchronous) and remotely via Zoom (virtual classroom).

You can earn a Northwestern University Applied Project Management Certificate from this single course.

All of our courses provide PDUs or professional education hours that can be used for certification or re-certification, but they are not strictly test-prep courses.

Choose this track if you are a new project manager, manage projects as part of your role, and or are interested in understanding the project management profession.

Currently offered online (asynchronous), remotely via Zoom (virtual classroom), and on campus.

Completing the core course (Essentials of Project Management) fulfills the education hours required to sit for the CAPM® exam.

Choose an additional two electives to earn a Certificate in Essentials of Project Management from Northwestern University. These electives are offered on a rotating basis. Electives may not be applied to multiple certificates.

Please note: Agile elective courses are not recommended for students in the Essentials of Project Management track.

Choose this track if you are a project manager who is interested in adopting Agile principles and practices and or if you manage an Agile team.

Suitable for people managing Agile projects or those who want to learn Agile ways of working.

Complete an additional two electives to earn a Certificate in Agile Practices from Northwestern University. Choose from Agile-specific or general project management electives. These electives are offered on a rotating basis. Electives may not be applied to multiple certificates.

While our Agile courses provide PDUs that can be used to apply for the PMI-ACP® certification examination, they are not strictly test-prep courses.

Obtaining and maintaining a certification from a global organization such as the Project Management Institute (PMI) is an important aspect of demonstrating your proficiency as a project manager. Our courses cover many of the principles and best practices defined by PMI, including those of Disciplined Agile. Our courses also satisfy the current project management training hours required to sit for PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, and Project Management for Professional (PMP)® certification exams. We also offer electives for professional development units (PDUs) toward maintaining those certifications.

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Using lectures, case studies, discussions and individual and group exercises, participants will learn the standard project management process to successfully initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close a project.

Project Management from Start to Finish, 1st Edition. Barnes, Lisa-Ann. Access Alliance for Education, 2020.

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This course is designed for project managers professionals who have at least three years of experience managing projects or teams within larger projects. Through course readings and lecture videos, students will review fundamental concepts, learn standard processes and best practices, and explore advanced techniques. Participants will apply this knowledge to various case studies through discussions, individual activities, and group exercises.

By the end of the course, participants will have reviewed the entire project management process, and explored the core aspects of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, and risk. Leadership, communication, and team-building skills for projects will also be discussed.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:.

Establish the structure and plan for a successful project.

Ensure the project scope delivers the expected business value and desired outcome.

Develop and use various mechanisms to communicate project information.

Ensure the project is completed per the agreed-upon quality standards, budget, and schedule.

Schwalbe, Kathy. An Introduction to Project Management, Seventh Edition: Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid Approaches. © 2021, Schwalbe Publishing.

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Project Management Institute, Inc. Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management. Published August 2021.

Access to optional course materials is provided to students enrolled in this course through the online course site.

This 10-week course is designed for project managers professionals who have at least three years of experience managing projects or teams within larger projects. Through course readings and lecture videos, students will review fundamental concepts, learn standard processes and best practices, and explore advanced techniques. Participants will apply this knowledge to various case studies through discussions, individual activities, and group exercises.

Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management.Published August 2021.

Agile skills are in high demand in all industries, and experienced project professionals need to pick up agile skills to stay relevant. This is a highly interactive course that leverages real world examples from Scrum, Lean, Kanban and other Agile methods. Participants will work in teams to experience and apply Agile to the course exercises.

As a project manager, it is part of your job to work with a team to achieve a specified outcome. Whether it is an existing team or a cross-functional team put together for this project, working with teams has its advantages and challenges. In Developing People and Teams, students will look at individual development including coaching, mentoring and motivation theory. Team development will be explored through the topics of facilitation and collaboration. Participants will also have the opportunity to assess their personal style of conflict resolution.

The effective project manager possesses deep interpersonal skills and is able to use their skills to lead their project teams to deliver results. This course will help you improve the essential skills needed to be an effective project manager such as communication, relationship-management, conflict resolution, decision-making, and team motivation. Format includes lecture, case studies group activities, discussions and Q A.

The Executive Team is counting on you to commit a project completion date. Mistakes will be costly due to penalties if there is any delay. Your project team is counting on you to guide their effort so the critical tasks are identified and prioritized. You are buried in a ton of project information arriving to you daily.

From committing to a project completion date based on the organization risk tolerance to creating compelling reports and charts that can drive actions from your organization to address critical issues to keep your project on track, Excel is one of the best and flexible tools available for Project Managers to simplify tasks related to managing information and also to help on daily decision making on many levels.

Students will learn advanced excel skills through this hands-on workshop that will help them to create analytical tools, formulas, charts, graphs and macros that will support them on making critical project management decisions. Real-world experiences from project initiation to project completion will be used so students will leave each day of the training with the ability to apply what they have learned in their workplace.

Leading and managing global teams creates many challenges for project managers. This 4-week course, designed for project leaders and global teams, will address the challenges associated with distributed remote teams and provides innovative solutions to minimize project disruptions. Using lectures, case studies, discussions, and group exercises, you will learn effectively project manage using communication protocols and collaboration tools, data management and governance, decision rights and stakeholder management, and business acumen and judgment.

Accepting change and making improvements is an expectation with any job, but leading measurable, meaningful change can take your improvements to the next level. In collaboration with the School of Professional Studies, the experts at Northwestern Medicine are bringing their 20+ year improvement knowledge to an in-person workshop that focuses on the knowledge and applications of proven methodologies and techniques for leading change in achieve measurable project success in rapidly changing environments.

During this two-day workshop, the team will walk you through their improvement model that includes the 5-step improvement methodology (DMAIC), change management, and project leadership approaches. Using hands-on activities and case studies, you will gain the process improvement skills that can be directly applied to your work and result in measurable, data-driven, root-cause solutions to impact your organization.

Associate different change management methods and utilize key change management concepts and plans for project work.

Navigate complexities in project work through project leadership techniques.

Successful completion of this learning activity requires attendance for entirety of the program.

You are the project manager for a multi-million dollar project, and there can be no mistakes. Your Executive Team is depending on you to manage successfully!

Through this course, students will gain an in-depth understanding of types of risks that threaten projects and the use of various techniques for assessing and managing risk and approaches to reduce project risk. Particular emphasis is placed on areas of risk identification, analysis, response planning and monitoring and control. Use of case studies will help illustrate how risk management is used successfully and will allow the students to develop practical skills for use in the workplace.

The effective project manager is able to create an effective set of project plans that communicate the work, assignments, decision-making flows, and risks to the project sponsor, stakeholders, and team members. These plans must be at the level appropriate to manage the risk of the project, and at the same time be understandable by the project team, and easy-to-maintain as the project progresses. During this three-day workshop, designed for project managers, you will complete a comprehensive set of project plans, learning and applying practical techniques. Using hands-on activities, case studies, and your own projects, you will improve your capabilities completing the project charter, the project participation matrix, communication plan, and risk management plan.

The effective project manager is able to create project plans that clearly communicate the work, assignments, decision-making flows, and risks to the project sponsor, stakeholders, and team members. These plans must be at the level appropriate to manage the risk of the project, be usable by the project team, and be easy to maintain throughout the project. During this 5-week course, you will complete a comprehensive set of project plans, learning and applying practical techniques. Using hands-on activities with case studies and or your own projects, you will improve your planning capabilities.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:.

Define the planning principles and how they can be reflected in project plans.

Complete project planning deliverables, given inputs, templates, and examples.

Course materials will be provided via the online course site. Some course materials require a Northwestern student email address to access.

This course will provide leaders and coaches insights into support Agile teams. Participants will learn the mindset, culture, values, and principles that make Agile techniques work. They will also learn some of the key differences between traditional and Agile approaches. Finally, participants will learn and practice the key leadership and coaching skills needed to provide an environment for Agile teams to thrive.

This course uses experiential learning meaning that students will learn new skills and practice them in the course. Students will use exercises and case studies to gain hands-on experience with various Agile techniques and leadership tools.

As Agile methods and tools continue to grow in popularity, people are interested in leverage Agile to improve their projects. Contrary to what some people think, planning in Agile projects is rigorous and disciplined than it is in traditional projects. The purpose of this course is to provide project managers, Scrum Masters, product owners, functional managers and Agile team members with an in-depth understanding of plan for Agile projects.

Agile estimating and planning helps to get a project off on solid footing. Working together in teams, participants will select a product to use for their case study and will apply the planning and estimation techniques for the course on that product.

Planning for Agile projects starts with the big picture of product roadmaps and release plans, and drills down into the work that an Agile team will do within an iteration. Participants will learn plan for iterative and incremental solution development, and address change in a plan.

The course also looks at the two types of estimates used on Agile projects, relative estimates in story points and absolute estimates in ideal days. Participants will learn when to use each of these, and include the entire team for accurate estimates that team members will support.

Please note: This course will be helpful to those who are familiar with estimating and planning traditional projects or who have an agile background but want additional detail on effectively plan agile projects. This course is not recommended as an elective for those in the Essentials of Project Management track.

The use of Agile frameworks and approaches are quickly becoming the new norm. In fact, a 2015 Hewlett Packard survey showed that Agile has become the primary approach for technology projects.

The purpose of this course is to provide managers, project managers, agile practitioners and other leaders a broad understanding of popular agile methods, how Agile relates to culture, how organizational change succeeds, and support an organization undertaking a transformation from traditional development to agile development.

Whether you are an agile novice or experienced agile practitioner, this course will provide you with a basic understanding of what an Agile Transformation means, assess the cultural fit for Agile, and success patterns that other organizations have used to introduce and sustain Agile. Participants will learn the 8-stage model of leading change based on the work of John P. Participants will use instruments to assess the culture of their own organization, to determine the receptiveness for Agile, and to assess the risk and readiness for an Agile initiative. Finally, participants will develop their own custom transformation roadmap based on patterns that others have found useful.

Please note: This is an advanced class which is best suited for those who have some previous training or experience with Agile frameworks. It is not recommended as an elective for students in the Essentials of Project Management track.

The Managing Product Backlogs course is designed for individuals who work closely with agile teams and have the responsibility to manage or update product backlogs. The two-week course provides an in-depth understanding and hands-on practice with establishing, prioritizing and refining backlogs to optimize the delivery of business value.

The Certificate in Project Management emphasizes essential skills needed to successfully research, plan, develop and complete a project in an organizational context. Students in the program learn key project management fundamentals, identify and effectively manage risk, the role of data in project planning and implementation, and communication skills for leaders. Students are able to complete this certificate online, however, course availability may vary depending on the semester.

Business-related programs at CAPS are not accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) at Washington University. Most courses are three units.

Project Management is offered either mostly or fully online. Students entering the U.S. on an F-1 or J-1 Visa must enroll in a program full time. F-1 students are only permitted to enroll in one online course per semester and J-1 students may only enroll in non-credit online courses that do not count toward their degree program. The School of Continuing Professional Studies (CAPS) cannot guarantee face-to-face enrollment options each semester of full time enrollment, therefore cannot issue an I-20 or DS 2019 to F-1 and J-1 students for this program.

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The eCornell-facilitated Cornell University Project Management Certificate Program offers a thorough online program designed to give professionals the abilities and information needed to succeed in project management pursuits. This curriculum is designed to complete the 50 project management education hours required for PMP certification and test. It is geared toward aspiring Project Management Professionals (PMPs).

The curriculum is broken down into manageable chunks that last three months. Participants are led through a carefully chosen series of classes that are intended to help them become proficient in different areas of project management. The program places significant focus on practical tactics and cutting-edge technologies that are necessary for guaranteeing effective project outcomes in a variety of organizational situations.

Modules on earned value management and agile approaches, which represent current trends and best practices in project management, are essential to the program's offerings. across the integration of these techniques, participants will be well-equipped to maneuver skillfully and adaptably across the dynamic landscape of contemporary project contexts.

The features of the Project Management Certificate program at Cornell are:

• This certificate program is 100% online
• The course length of the program is 2 weeks
• The program can be completed in just 3 months
• The class size will be generally less than 35 students
• Students are allowed to take 3-5 hours of class per week

Essential course lessons that are taken in the Project Management certificate program are:

• Examine the project management life cycle and key project characteristics
• Develop a work breakdown structure
• Construct a project network to identify task durations
• Construct a Gantt chart
• Use float information for decision making
• Identify the critical path
• Recognize shortcomings in computation
• Identify sources of uncertainty in task durations
• Examine PERT computations
• Study the PMBOK and complete practice exams to prepare for the PMP exam

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This online certificate is designed for professionals who want to prepare for Project Management Institute (PMI®) certification and be effective team leaders. Courses focus on a variety of topics including project risk management, team leadership, and schedule, cost, and budget control, covering core competencies recognized by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

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Students with PMI® certifications can earn up to 45 PDUs per course. PSPM and PSLP courses are eligible.

Agile Project Management is now a requirement for the PMP certification and is a program requirement for the UVA certificate, as of Summer 2019. It is recommended that students in the current program plan take this course to adequately prepare for the PMP exam.

Introduces students to the various aspects of the project life cycle and project management. Explores best practices and the application of these best practices for project success.

PSPM 5200 Project Schedule, Cost Budget Control.

Concentrates on the variety of scheduling techniques (Gantt Chart, Critical Path Method, and Program Evaluation Review Technique) that can be used to guide and monitor project performance. Activities that are critical in preparing a realistic schedule are explored, discussed, and practiced. Students are then introduced to a variety of budgeting, cost estimating, and cost control techniques.

Introduces students to various concepts and techniques that can be used to effectively manage project risks including cost, schedule, technical, quality, managerial, and organizational.

PSPM 5230 Project Management: Leadership Managing the Project Team.

Analyzes the difference between leadership and management in the project management environment. Evaluates the role of the project manager as team leader, and reviews the application of various leadership and management techniques to project management.

PSPM 5290 Principles Practices of Agile Project Management.

Introduces Agile Project Management as an iterative and incremental method of managing the project design and build activities for engineering, information technology, and new product or service development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner. Provides thorough exposure to agile and lean methods, and explores differences between these methods and traditional techniques.

Prepares today leaders for success in communication skills with diverse audiences, as well as effective team building and management. Communication topics address technical and non-technical audiences using presentations, interpersonal skills, and writing skills. Team development instruction focuses on managing teams, identifying and understanding the leadership role, the importance of shared leadership, and team decision making.

PSPM 5240 Introduction to Purchasing for Project Managers.

Project Management is not eligible for financial aid.

Additional fees may apply, including course materials. Tuition rates adjusted annually.

Successful graduates will be prepared to move forward in a wide variety of project management related careers, and will have gained excellent preparation for PMP® Certification from the Project Management Institute.

Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Project Management will be able to demonstrate:.

Proficiency in developing a project management life cycle.

Proficiency in all basic project management tools and techniques, with an emphasis in communications, risk analysis, cost estimation and budgeting, and quality control.

Knowledge of tools for project scheduling, templates for project management and communication, and techniques to measure cost variance, schedule variance, and earned value.

Boston University certificate programs comprise just four courses (16 credits) and provide essential skills and capabilities in high-growth industry areas. Certificate programs also provide a pathway to Metropolitan College management degree programs.

Develop the ability to manage project resources by learning the tools and techniques needed to monitor and track complex projects and schedules.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Edition.

Between 2010 and 2020, 15.7 million new project management roles will be created globally across seven project-intensive industries. Along with job growth, there will be a significant increase in the economic footprint of the profession the project management profession is slated to grow by USD $6.61 trillion.

Double-digit growth ( than 12 percent) in demand for project management professionals is expected between 2010 and 2020, resulting in almost 6.2 million jobs in 2020.

Project Management Institute Project Management Talent Gap Report.

These rates are substantially lower than those of the traditional, full-time residential programs yet provide access to the same high-quality BU education.

Comprehensive financial assistance services are available at MET, including scholarships, graduate loans, and payment plans. There is no cost to apply for financial assistance, and you may qualify for a student loan regardless of your income.

Students with PMI® certifications can earn up to 45 PDUs per course.

Students interested in further study may transfer credits earned for the Graduate Certificate in Project Management toward degree requirements for the Boston University Master of Science in Project Management, or another of our PMI® accredited programs.

The course explores modern project management by providing an enterprise level, experiential view of the discipline focused on connecting projects to the organization mission, vision, and values. The theme of the course is applying key project management tools and techniques, through case-based group work, which will help students identify, analyze, and develop practical proposals to real-world issues. Groups select, plan, report, and then present on their project scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and communications elements using tools such as the WBS, network diagram, PERT estimate, Gantt chart (including the use of MS Project), risk register, and heat map. Students also gain familiarity with important new concepts in project management: Agile frameworks, actionable sustainability thinking, and Benefits Realization Management, all of which will be important for their success not only in other graduate courses, but as they lead projects for their organizations so as to provide lasting, triple-bottom-line value. Guide from the Project Management Institute. [4 credits].

This course examines the increasing importance of leadership and communications in projects. Since project outcomes and the delivery of value are accomplished through teams of people, the course aims to improve the capability of a project manager to become a project leader and to excel at motivating and inspiring their teams. Students begin by gaining a better understanding of their own social, leadership, and communications styles. Self-awareness is key to the course. We investigate motivation, conflict management, negotiation skills, and the Agile principles of stewardship and servant leadership. Grounded in the use of tools, the course will provide students with templates to enhance team collaboration and communication. The course also addresses contemporary issues in PM, including resolving ambiguity and complexity, the use of improvised working styles, sustainable PM, and issues around power and politics within the project. [4 credits].

And two additional courses chosen from the following:.

Prere MET PM100 This course introduces students to macro and micro approaches to project cost estimation. Case studies of both pre-project and in process estimating examine some of the common perils of human irrationality associated with project estimation to help develop sensible, achievable project outcomes. Students learn manage both project cost and schedule objectives throughout their projects using the Earned Value and Earned Schedule Measurement Systems. Students then study risk management through an examination of both individual and overall project risk and apply their learnings using advanced risk management software in an actual case study. Students also study project quality management, procurement contract management, and project ethics and professional conduct using case study scenarios. [4 credits].

Prereq PM 100, PM200 The course focuses on the relationship among portfolios, programs, and projects, and the important strategic objectives of each endeavor. The course is designed to assist students in developing a program management framework, policy, and organizational structure. Students will develop skills and techniques for chartering constituent projects, directing and managing program execution, and managing the program team and stakeholders. The global legal, economic, cultural, and political environments in which projects operate will be contrasted, and mechanisms for resolving conflicts will be addressed. [4 credits].

Prere MET AD642 This is a comprehensive course on project and program monitoring, evaluation, and governance. Students will also understand enterprise wide-project interdependencies and determine the optimal pacing for a program to enable appropriate planning, scheduling, executing, monitoring, and controlling of the projects within a program in the future. It covers governance and evaluation methods that will be useful at various levels of large projects, including government and nonprofit organizations. This course will help project and program managers, analysts, consultants, educators, and managers in government, nonprofit, and private institutions to assess program results and identify ways to improve program performance. Other topics include: evaluation for small nonprofit organizations assessing and improving planning, implementation and effectiveness governance methodology and models using evaluation tools and applications to assess factors linking projects under one program and provide the best allotment of resources between those projects monitor complex, multi-project programs, and drill into current project details enable collaboration and stakeholder alignment throughout a project life-cycle. Other topics include: creating a transparent and accountable organization with well-defined roles and one that is based on transparency, resource allocation and decision making and enterprise project management. [4 credits].

Prere MET PM100 The course provides an understanding of how new Agile principles and practices are changing the landscape of project management. The course is designed to give project managers fresh new insight into successfully blend Agile and traditional project management principles and practices in the right proportions to fit any business and project situation. The course provides a deep understanding of Agile project management principles and practices in order to see them as complementary rather than competitive to traditional project management. Topics include: Agile fundamentals, principles, and practices roots of Agile in TQM and Lean Manufacturing adapting an Agile approach to fit a business environment planning and managing an enterprise level Agile transformation scaling agile to an enterprise level using enterprise-level Agile frameworks and Agile Project Management tools. [4 credits].

Or any approved IT Project Management course from the Metropolitan College Computer Science.

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The Graduate Certificate in Project Management aims to equip individuals with both the practical skills and theoretical knowledge essential for successful project execution. This program is targeted towards technical and managerial staff across various organizational levels who find themselves managing projects without formal training in this domain. The curriculum aligns with the knowledge areas tested by the Project Management Institute (PMI), preparing participants for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. Key subjects include project planning, risk and budget management, and project evaluation.

The program's online format and elective course options cater to professionals with different levels of project management experience, applicable across industries like software engineering, construction, and finance. Additionally, the certificate's credits may contribute towards advanced degrees at Northeastern in related fields, offering flexibility and interactive learning opportunities for working professionals, with the option to study either full-time or part-time.

Our students typically are project managers in the early stages of their careers who want to perfect their skills and are considering or planning to take the PMP exam, but any professional can benefit if efficient and effective project management is among their responsibilities.

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Directed study of the PMBOK® Guide (A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Sixth Edition).

The online format enables you to do your work where and when you want, but there are assignments and quizzes that must be completed by weekly deadlines. Students typically spend five to seven hours on coursework each week.

All course materials, except the text book, are presented in Brightspace. Students are responsible for purchasing their own PMBOK® Guide.

The online Project Management Essentials course prepares students to advance their project management careers by putting knowledge and skills into practice.

Project scope and procurement management tools, techniques, and processes.

Project cost and risk management tools, techniques, and processes.

Project stakeholder, communications, and human resource management tools, techniques, and processes.

Project quality management and change control tools, techniques, and processes.

Tools, techniques and processes to manage project performance.

Tools, techniques and processes to close a project or phase.

A certificate of achievement from Purdue University, however, is awarded to students who successfully complete Project Management Essentials.

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Project managers are consistently in high demand. Our 15-credit Project Management Certificate is interdisciplinary and designed to help you explore the foundations of organization, leadership, methodologies, and the communication techniques of project management.

Successful completion of the program satisfies the project management education training requirement for the Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exams.

The five online courses required for this certificate are offered in 8-week sessions with a required 90-minute weekly synchronous online component.

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Define traditional and emerging project management trends and methods.

Apply project management concepts to successfully launch and complete a project.

Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts connected to globalization as it relates to the project management of large scale team-based projects.

By 2027, employers will need an anticipated 87.7 million individuals to work in project management-oriented roles.

Employers will need to fill nearly 2.2 million new project-oriented roles each year through 2027.

PPM 301 Foundations of Project Management (3 credits).

PPM 310 Project Organization and Leadership (3 credits).

PPM 325 Project Communications and Stakeholder Management (3 credits).

In the last dozen years, project management has become an established management discipline. Used extensively in every sector of the economy, including all branches of government, industry, and non-profit organizations, project management, as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI), is the application of knowledge, skills, and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. The Graduate Certificate in Project Management prepares students with the diverse proficiencies and skills required to succeed in a project-based environment.