Build your project management certificate
To earn a project management certificate, students must successfully complete the following courses depending on which track of study they choose:
- Applied Project Management Certificate: complete the Core Course (PROJ_PMI 402-0 or PROJ_PMI 402-DL) only.
- Essentials of Project Management Certificate: complete the Core Course (PROJ_PMI 401-0 or PROJ_PMI 401-DL) and two Elective Courses.
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Annual Schedule
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Attribution
PMI, PMBOK, CAPM, PMI-ACP, and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Course Registration
PDP courses are offered online, remotely, and on-campus. Please refer to the
Schedule Notes for course delivery information.
IMPORTANT:
The registration process for all professional development courses requires you
to register for your course and
update your emergency contact information
in CAESAR, Northwestern University's Student Enterprise System.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT*:
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integrated step to access Northwestern University systems. Northwestern
uses the DUO Mobile smartphone application for multi-factor authentication.
Steps to install the DUO Mobile App can be found
here.
Once you have
completed the MFA registration process, you will have access to systems
like CAESAR and CANVAS, Northwestern’s Learning Management System.
*It is a student’s responsibility to ensure access to Northwestern systems
after registering for a PDP course. If you do not have a smartphone capable of
downloading and using the DUO Mobile app, you may want to consider a
YubiKey
that can be purchased from several online retailers.
Please contact
pdp@northwestern.edu
with any questions.
PROJ_PMI 211-0 : Soft Skills for Project Managers
Description
The effective project manager possesses deep interpersonal skills and is able to use their skills to lead their project teams to deliver results. This 2-week workshop, designed for project managers and team leaders, will help you improve the essential skills needed to be an effective project manager. Using lectures, case studies, discussions and individual and group exercises, you will learn how to improve your capabilities in communication, relationship-management, conflict resolution, decision-making, and team motivation.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define characteristics of an effective leader;
- Explain the importance of effective leadership in a project;
- Assess effectiveness of leaders;
- Develop solutions to ineffective leadership situations;
- Critique and correct ineffective email communications;
- Develop a communication to summarize a problem and describe a solution;
- Assess facts, evaluate options, and decide upon an approach;
- Build and motivate an effective team; and
- Resolve a conflict in a virtual setting.
You will leave this course with:
- New connections with your classmates who are also project managers.
- Examples and case studies from real projects.
Total Professional Development Units (PDUs): 20 (Ways of Working: 3; Business Acumen: 5; Power Skills: 12)
Registered students can access their online course site here. An activated NetID and password is required for login. *Please note: It may take up to 24-hours for registered students to be added to the online course platform.
Additional Information:
This course is offered during the Fall and Spring quarters.
Tuition : $830Fall 2024 | ||||
Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
12/02/24 - 12/12/24 | MTh | 6 – 9 p.m. | 42 | |
Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
Barnes, Lisa-Ann | Remote Campus | Open | 19092 | |
Schedule Notes : This course will be conducted remotely, online. This course has required live, synchronous sessions, held online via Zoom, on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Sync session attendance is mandatory unless otherwise stated by the course instructor. For more information, please contact profdev@northwestern.edu. All times listed CST |