Online Mastering Project Management Course

8-Week Course

8 Continuing Education Units

62.00 PDUs

80 Military Clock Hours

About the Course

Intended for a project manager with experience, this course builds upon the fundamentals explored in Essentials of Project Management. It focuses on strengthening skills previously developed and expanding skills to explore more advanced topics like: leadership, project performance management and the core competencies of project management.

Advanced study includes plan development and performance management to aid in project planning, scheduling and measuring results. Interpersonal or soft skills are emphasized throughout to ensure project-management success through people-management success.

Prerequisites for this course:

Essentials of Project Management

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Curriculum

8 Week Course

Week 1

Project Plan Development

Identify the key documents used to initiate and plan a project
Differentiate between a project management plan and project documents
Discuss project charters and case studies
Categorize stakeholders and develop a stakeholder register
Describe how to document and manage requirements and create requirements documentation
Create a project scope statement, a work breakdown structure and a quality management plan

Week 2

Project Plan Development, continued

Identify the steps and activities necessary for effective scheduling and develop a critical path method schedule
Complete an estimating worksheet
Create a communication plan, a project management plan, a risk management plan and a performance measurement baseline
Respond to identified risks
Define the procurement process and create a procurement management plan

Week 3

People-Based Project Management

Work with different temperaments and personality types among team members
Discuss how different personality types among team members can improve the project
Discuss the importance of communication in project management

Week 4

People-Based Project Management, continued

Identify how to maximize someone’s influence during project planning and initiation
Manage the flow of information during a project
Identify key metrics and avoid misusing metrics
Discuss the importance of obtaining project sign-off at delivery
Discuss different communication types and guidelines to follow when dealing with issues

Week 5

Project Performance Management

Create a project management culture
Analyze and identify the various maturity models
Discuss the ROI methodology
Discuss how to collect and analyze data in an ROI evaluation
Discuss how to report findings in an ROI evaluation

Week 6

Project Performance Management, continued

Discuss the executing processes
Identify monitoring and controlling processes
Calculate a project’s earned value and its cost and schedule indexes
Calculate an Estimate to Complete, an Estimate at Completion and a To-Complete Performance Index
Discuss how to recover a project that is over time and budget

Week 7

Practical Project Management

Improve their emotional intelligence
Discuss the two models used to identify emotions
Identify emotions in others and use emotions to solve problems within projects
Discuss how a leader should behave in a project environment
Identify the 11 factors of team health and the 13 behaviors that lead to trust
Discuss ways to handle stress

Week 8

Practical Project Management, continued

Discuss effective motivational strategies and tactics
Discuss the People Capability Maturity Model
Manage diverse and inclusive teams
Manage gender issues in project management
Manage global project teams

Learning Objectives

Skills Learned

Project Management Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Risk Assessment Procurement Team Management Communication

What You’ll Study

Project Plan Development

Introduction to Project Plan Development
Collect Requirements
Create Work Breakdown Structure
Plan Quality
Develop Schedule
Estimate Costs
Plan Communications
Identify Risks
Plan Procurement
Scope Baseline
The Project Management Plan

People-Based Project Management

Communication and Personality Type
Personality in Teams
Creating a Project Management Culture
Project Management Maturity
The ROI of Project Management
Introduction to Maximizing Influence
Planning and Initiation
Project Execution
Metrics and Resolution

Project Performance Management

Direct and Manage Project Execution
Scope, Schedule and Cost Monitoring
Earned Value Measurement Methods
Variances and Indexes
Forecasting
Recovery Metrics and Responses

Practical Project Management

Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
Identifying and Understanding Emotions
Understanding the Project Environment
How Healthy is Your Team?
Corporate Trust
Stress Management
Motivating Project Teams
Motivational Strategies and Tactics
Developing a Coherent Plan
Navigating a Diverse Landscape
Managing Diversity and Inclusion
Gender and Project Management
The Global Landscape

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Who Should Register?

For the project management professional who understands the fundamentals explored in Essentials of Project Management and is seeking more advanced skills, both process-based and people-based.

Tuition & Payment

Total Course Cost

$2,295

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