Project Management

Course Number/Code: CMPT309

The Project Management class is designed to meet the needs of students and professionals who want to build or strengthen their skills of building high performance virtual teams, of integrating project elements and of achieving satisfactory deliverables. It combines the expertise of seasoned project manager with the structured project management knowledge framework. The result is a focused and result oriented curriculum that provides systematic instructions on project management knowledge areas, processes, tools, best practices and lessons learned. The content of this course is consistent with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKÒ) defined by the Project Management Institution (PMI). Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Apply the project management body of knowledge to projects

• Utilize various approaches to select projects, programs, and portfolios

• Develop project plans, setup project teams and execute projects to closure

• Use Microsoft Project to document, track and control projects to completion

• Report project progress using templates, check lists and best practices

• Gain insight into personality traits using Myers-Briggs type indicator

  This is an eight week course.