Project Management Capstone
Acquire hands-on training and experience on the project management framework and foundation using a real life, single project from start to finish. Maximize your learning potential on project management processes across all 5 stages within the project lifecycle learned from core courses.
What you can learn.
- Develop a business case, a feasibility study, a project charter, a project management plan, a requirements doc, a project scope statement doc, a WBS, a schedule, a budget, a risk register, a stakeholder register, final closure report, and lessons learned report
- Integrate Agile and Waterfall methodologies and tools within the same project for on-time delivery
- Develop project baselines and documents utilizing concepts of progressive elaboration and rolling wave planning while managing project quality and risk features
- Utilize Earned Value Management and integrated change control processes as core techniques in monitoring and controlling key performance indicators throughout the lifecycle of the project
- Deliver value by developing information radiators, practicing stand up meetings, story points, and task management with tools, techniques and templates provided in the course
About this course:
This course provides intense and interactive training on the project management framework and foundation using a single project from start to finish with continuum across all five phases in a project lifecycle. Students work in groups as consultants and apply hands on experience using a real life project to maximize learning potential on project management processes learned from core courses. This course follows the actual practical sequence of process groups, from performing tasks during the initiation stage starting with the project charter first, then elaborating to planning activities, and executing work afterwards, followed by monitoring and controlling. Students track and drive processes by project performance measurement techniques and formal integrated change control systems to finally close the project, deliver goods or services, and document lessons learned. This course integrates a unique blend of iterative, adaptive, predictive, and visual project management through tailoring considerations and value added tasks. The concepts learned during the course could be applied to any project within any industry and with varying complexities, putting a sharper focus on the people, processes, tools, techniques, and technologies needed to successfully execute projects and meet customer expectations.Winter 2020 Schedule
Available Format(s):
These courses are fully online, and there are no in-person classroom meetings.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
These courses meet in person and make use of an online presence to varying degrees.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
Available Format(s):
These courses are fully online, and there are no in-person classroom meetings.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
These courses meet in person and make use of an online presence to varying degrees.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
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