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MSDS 475-DL : Project Management

Description

This course introduces best practices in project management, covering the full project life cycle with a focus on globally accepted standards. It reviews traditional methods, including: integration, portfolio and stakeholder management, chartering, scope definition, estimating, the Delphi method and project evaluation and review technique, precedence diagramming and the critical path method, scheduling, risk analysis and management, resource loading and leveling, Gantt charts, earned value analysis and performance indices of project cost/schedule control systems criteria. It shows how the project management maturity model, leadership, team development, and principles of negotiation apply to organizations of various types: hierarchical and matrix organizations, international teams, and virtual teams. Options in project management software systems are included. Using methods and models from this course, analytics managers and team leaders should experience greater project definition and structure. They should be able to execute data science and data engineering projects more effectively.

Prerequisites:  None

This is a required course for the Analytics Management specialization.