Managing Projects / Project Leadership, Management & Communications

Course details

Managing Projects

Gain a solid understanding of project management methods with thiscomprehensive introductory course. Gain practical experience in provenproject management techniques and discover a wealth of valuable,flexible tools that you can use immediately to ensure the success of anyproject in any type of organization.

This course provides the foundation, techniques and tools to manageeach stage of the project life cycle, work within organizational and costconstraints, set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the mostfrom your project management team and utilize state-of-the-art projectmanagement tools to get work done on time and within budget.

Covering the entire project life cycle, this course is built around thelatest insights from the Project Management Institute's A Guide to theProject Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), whichincorporates information critical to project success.

You'll learn project management skills through case studies, hands-onexercises and practical experiences that can immediately be applied toyour job. This approach yields a comprehensive project managementexperience, including the early stages of defining project requirements,developing work breakdown structures, project change control andcloseout.

As the flagship course in the Master's Certificate In Project Management,Managing Projects opens the door to more efficient projectimplementation. The program's other courses provide opportunities foryou to build on the knowledge you gain during this course to enhanceyour project management capabilities.

As part of your course materials, you'll also receive a copy of ProjectManagement Terms: A Working Glossary, second edition, by J. LeRoyWard, PMP.

Project Leadership, Management & Communications

This is an interactive course designed to provide a solid foundation inkey leadership competencies and to provide you with the opportunityfor a truly transformational leadership experience. As a participant, youwill complete a self-assessment of your leadership skills, then masterthe basics of these leadership competencies: setting direction, aligningpeople, motivating and inspiring, leading teams, communicating, buildingrelationships, facilitating ethical conduct, negotiating, and leadingchange.

After you assess your skills, you will create and refine a personalleadership vision and work on strengthening your leadershipcompetencies as you develop your personal Leadership DevelopmentPlan. You will learn how to empower yourself and other team membersthrough more effective negotiation based on an understanding ofthe differences between competitive and collaborative negotiationapproaches and you will gain an appreciation of the importance of acollaborative "win/win" negotiation process.

You will gain a clear understanding of why communication is soimportant - regardless of how a project is organized. You will discoverhow business and personal ethics can influence your leadership style andpersonality, and how your individual leadership style and personality caninfluence the course a project will take.

Working with other professionals and an experienced instructor/facilitator in an interactive classroom environment, you will engage inrevealing case studies, lively discussion and practical exercises.Project managers and business professionals who need to increase theirleadership skills will find this course to be extremely valuable as theymaster important skills to get the most from their most valuable projectmanagement resource - their people!