Project Management Strategies

Catalog description

This course examines tools and methods used to manage projects of varying size and scope, and explores how these tools can be deployed to plan, schedule, execute, and assess projects from start to finish. Topics may include cost, risk, and quality management frameworks. While designed primarily for students in management-related and technology-related fields, the course takes a broad approach, recognizing the diversity of professions which require project management skills and knowledge. Students may be introduced to the roles and responsibilities of project and program managers in various settings, to the knowledge areas of the Project Management Institute, and to the significance of project management teams.