Managing Complex Projects

Catalog description

This course will provide a framework for understanding and applying the philosophy, methodologies, principles, practices, and knowledge of structured project management. It will focus on the application of this framework to initiate, plan, execute, and manage chartered projects, to address business problems and opportunities that an organization will face. Students will gain both a theoretical as well as practical foundation on which to manage a project. In addition to lectures, facilitated discussions, in-class exercises, and case studies, students will also participate in a simulation project that will run concurrently throughout the course. Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to define a business problem, plan the delivery of a solution, execute that plan, and manage the completion of its deliverables. The content and subject matter are aligned with the current edition of the Project Management Institute's (PMI) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).