According to recent research by Gallup, only 28% of managers have been trained to lead hybrid teams and individual contributors are even more likely to be without a specific plan for working in a hybrid or distributed environment.
PROJ_PMI 300-0 Managing Distributed Teams provides practical tools to increase the success of projects being managed in hybrid and global environments. Students will gain a mix of technical skills and interpersonal skills that will equip them to improve collaboration, communication, and decision-making processes.
The instructor was really engaging! Learning the concepts and nuances of managing projects virtually and globally is so pertinent in [today’s] world. I appreciate that this class is offered.”
Annual Schedule
Expand the annual schedule lists below to see which quarters each project management class is typically offered in.
Project Management Annual Schedule - Core Courses
Project Management Annual Schedule - Core Courses
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CORE COURSES
FALL
WINTER
SPRING
SUMMER
PROJ_PMI 401-0 Essentials of Project Management (Remote)
X
X
X
X
PROJ_PMI 401-0 Essentials of Project Management (On Campus)
X
X
PROJ_PMI 401-DL Essentials of Project Management (Online)
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.
Registering for multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a mandatory,
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.
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.
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.
