Innovation

Catalog description

Managing Projects and Programs Project management enables organizations to optimize the use of scarce resources to accomplish strategic goals within a fixed timeframe. The course covers the tools and methods available to manage large and small projects and programs from inception to completion. The life cycle of projects and the relationship of people and resources at various project stages is discussed and students are introduced to the principles and practices for contracting and procurement and the role of the project manager in these processes. They utilize this knowledge to develop a project plan that includes needs assessment, articulating rationales, specifying steps and processes, identifying resource needs, assigning roles and responsibilities, predicting costs and timelines, developing controls and pursuing risk mitigation, and articulating methods to monitor and evaluate effectiveness and fit to identified need.