Project Management

The Project Management program provides knowledge and skills in project management, including fundamentals (e.g., initiating, planning, execution, monitoring and control), as well as scheduling software, procurements and contracts, managing human resources, and risk management. The program incorporates a hands-on, practical application approach and uses experienced project management practitioner perspectives in the development and execution of the program. The program uses a building block approach of a one-year certificate or two-year Associate in Applied Science degree where each added step in the education builds on and reinforces the earlier knowledge, skills, and experiences.

Program Goals
The goal of the Project Management program is to equip students with sound project management knowledge and skills with practical experience in project scenarios that resemble real-world situations. Students of this program will be able to apply these project management knowledge and skills in the workplace, in volunteer organizations, or life.  Click on the graphic or this link for the Project Management Program brochure.

 

Program Objectives

1. Develop familiarity with project management processes, terminology, and concepts.
2. Develop familiarity with important project planning processes, terminology, and concepts.
3. Develop familiarity with project execution phase and monitoring/control processes, terminology, concepts, and activities.
4. Develop skills using Microsoft® Project 2010 or Primavera software for creating and using the project schedule.
5. Examine procurement concepts and practices including solicitation, source selection, and contract administration.
6. Develop project integration and communication concepts including directing and performing the work defined in the Project Management Plan, activity interrelationships, communicating relevant information to the team and stakeholders, and change control.
7. Develop and apply risk management concepts including risk identification, qualitative and quantitative risk analyses, risk response planning, and risk monitoring/control.
8. Integrate project management concepts in a simulated project(s) environment which includes applying project management concepts and practices, creating and using a project schedule, analyzing and communicating project performance, and experiencing and analyzing team behavior.