Course Overview
Well-managed projects are increasingly the foundation upon which business processes and organization is built. The pressures of an increasingly global marketplace demand that companies differentiate themselves through innovation, reduced cycle-time, and the strategic use of capital and resources. The ability to successfully manage such projects, ensuring their on-time, on-budget completion, is critical. This course provides an in depth understanding of organizational management and its relationship to successful project life-cycle management, as well as the tools, techniques, and leadership skills that you, the future project manager, need to be successful in your role. At the end of the course, you will be able to critically evaluate current project management methodology, analyze data to make strategic decisions about a firm’s competitive viability in each of its areas in light of the competition, and effectively lead projects.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply the appropriate project management tools and strategies, based on the dynamic (and often competing) interactions between project scope, schedule, and cost, at each stage of the project life cycle.
- Critically evaluate how successful intra-project relationships influence leadership, planning, management, and implementation.
- Recommend improvements to project management practices while taking into account different leadership styles, availability of resources, and stakeholders’ interests.
- Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure project performance and assess leadership effectiveness.
- Leverage and apply “best practices” to improve project management planning, execution, and control.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2014
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