Project Management   

The most valuable resource in any project is often the people whose talent and efforts will contribute to its success. This course will explore organizational communications, how it functions and how to overcome communication barriers in groups and with individuals. The course also emphasizes how to build the skills and knowledge needed to plan an effective project group, recruit quality people to staff it, and build them into an effective team. Participants will also learn leadership principles and tools for successfully motivating a team. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management recommended. Software required: Microsoft Office – Word and Excel. MS-Project and PowerPoint - Optional.

Textbook required.

Quality has become a primary component of competitive advantage and customer loyalty in the global economy. This applies to services as well as products. In the project management context, all work products must support the project throughout its life cycle. The scope of the project must be defined to include the quality standards of the project outputs, thus planning-in quality. Procurement and contracting are also major components of the global economy: from local contracting to offshore outsourcing and manufacturing, companies must be able to function in a highly distributed and increasingly competitive environment ensure their survival and success. This course has mandatory group work. Textbook Required. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management recommended.

Software required: Microsoft Office – Word and Excel. MS Project and PowerPoint optional.

Project management software increases the ability of the project manager to work more efficiently. The functions of project planning and scheduling, resource allocation and costing, progress monitoring and reporting are explored in detail. Through the application of project software tools and techniques students develop the skills required to manage successful projects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management. Software Required: MS Project 2016. Access to MS Project 2016 software for the duration of the 14 week course is critical to the success of the course. You will be expected to have or purchase the software for successful course completion. 

NOTE: This course has mandatory chats.

Textbook required.

Project management software increases the ability of the project manager to work more efficiently. The functions of project planning and scheduling, resource allocation and costing, progress monitoring and reporting are explored in detail. Through the application of project software tools and techniques students develop the skills required to manage successful projects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management. Software Required: MS Project 2016. Access to MS Project 2016 software for the duration of the 14 week course is critical to the success of the course. You will be expected to have or purchase the software for successful course completion. 

NOTE: This course has mandatory chats.

Textbook required.

Project management software increases the ability of the project manager to work more efficiently. The functions of project planning and scheduling, resource allocation and costing, progress monitoring and reporting are explored in detail. Through the application of project software tools and techniques students develop the skills required to manage successful projects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management. Software Required: MS Project 2016. Access to MS Project 2016 software for the duration of the 14 week course is critical to the success of the course. You will be expected to have or purchase the software for successful course completion. 

NOTE: This course has mandatory chats.

Textbook required.

Project management software increases the ability of the project manager to work more efficiently. The functions of project planning and scheduling, resource allocation and costing, progress monitoring and reporting are explored in detail. Through the application of project software tools and techniques students develop the skills required to manage successful projects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management. Software Required: MS Project 2016. Access to MS Project 2016 software for the duration of the 14 week course is critical to the success of the course. You will be expected to have or purchase the software for successful course completion. 

NOTE: This course has mandatory chats.

Textbook required.

Students are introduced to best practices, approaches, and tools for managing and delivering analytics, predictive analyses, ETL, and data projects. They will assess approaches around collaboration, estimation, scoping, planning, data cleaning, data migration, data quality, and risk mitigation. Students will recommend how to best communicate their assessments to business stakeholders. Textbook required.

Project management software increases the ability of the project manager to work more efficiently. The functions of project planning and scheduling, resource allocation and costing, progress monitoring and reporting are explored in detail. Through the application of project software tools and techniques students develop the skills required to manage successful projects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Project Management. Software Required: MS Project 2016. Access to MS Project 2016 software for the duration of the 14 week course is critical to the success of the course. You will be expected to have or purchase the software for successful course completion. 

NOTE: This course has mandatory chats.

Textbook required.