Project Management Certificate Program 

Foundations of Successful Project Management

Develop plans to initiate and manage a project

Describe and plan a project scope and collect project requirements

Identify organizational structures and define the project lifecycle

Create a work breakdown structure (WBS) to organize the team's work into manageable sections

Manage constraints of the project scope, budget and schedule to ensure smooth management of the project and expected outcomes

Establishing Higher Functioning Project Teams and Managing Resources

Use four communication styles to effectively manage a cross-functional project management team

Motivate a project team by creating a culture that breeds team building, decision-making and success

Use emotional intelligence to assess yourself and project team members, and overcome team adversity, conflict and setbacks

Develop a communication plan and manage communication across project teams and stakeholders

Analyze, report and improve project team performance

Mastering Project Time and Cost Management

Estimate project activity durations and costs

Establish resource requirements

Perform network diagramming techniques, determine the critical path and critical chain

Determine project schedule status, schedule and cost variances

Apply project schedule and budget recovery techniques

Navigating Project Procurement

Prepare a procurement statement of work (SOW)

Explain when to use each contract type

Categorize mandatory and desirable qualifications and identify the source selection criteria that will be used to evaluate potential sellers

Plan an effective negotiation strategy and identify the steps required to closeout a procurement contract

Apply techniques for controlling a vendor-led project

Controlling Quality in Project Management

Apply quality management concepts and processes

Create a quality management plan to implement project quality

Apply quality planning, assurance and control concepts

Managing Project Risk and Integration

Define, identify and create a system for implementing project risk management

Implement project risk management monitoring and control to projects

Utilize tools and techniques for managing project risks

Identify and create a system for implementing project change management in a project

Apply project integration management techniques by using the PMBOK project integration management framework