Project Management

Catalog description

Provides a holistic view of project management. Focuses on impact of effective project management on myriad aspects of the organization and includes the following topics: alignment of projects with organizational strategy; project elements, organization, and structure; estimating project times and costs; developing a project plan; risk management; resource and project scheduling and management; being an effective project manager, managing project teams; managing inter-organizational relationships; progress and performance measurement and evaluation; managing international projects and project teams; vendor management; management of cross-functional project teams. Supplemental activities include: hands-on project management, speakers from Project Management Institute and industry and project management software, e.g., MS Project, SIM software.