Program Courses
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 Electives
- Certificate in Agile Practices: complete the Core Course (PROJ_PMI 403-0) and two Electives
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Annual Schedule
Expand the annual schedule lists below to see which quarters each project management class is typically offered in.
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 (A) register for your course,
(B) complete an acknowledgment of Northwestern University's Student Expectations and COVID-19 Code of Conduct in CAESAR, AND (C)
update your emergency contact information
.
Current students with an active NetID must complete their student acknowledgment in CAESAR before registering for courses.
New students must complete their student acknowledgment in CAESAR within 48 hours of enrollment before official registration can be finalized.
Please contact
pdp@northwestern.edu
for assistance.
PROJ_PMI 403-0 : Agile for Practitioners
Description
Since the software development industry first adopted the term Agile in 2001, it has quickly become a popular buzzword that has spread beyond software development. Unfortunately, the term agile has come to mean many things to many people.
This course is an in-depth, workshop-style course that will teach participants the principles and values of Agile, the most popular agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, Lean Software Development and Extreme Programming (XP), and help them apply Agile practices and techniques to their current projects.
This course qualifies as education contact hours for the Project Management Institute’s Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam. Note that in order to sit for the PMI-ACP® exam, students must meet additional requirements set forth by PMI that can be found on their website.
Course Learning Goals
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain various Agile frameworks and why they are used—including Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban
- Apply the Scrum framework to develop a new product
- Create a product backlog and user stories
- Create Agile communications tools that create transparency and stakeholder trust
- Demonstrate how teams drive business value using product backlogs
- Contrast Agile Planning with traditional ways of planning projects
- Understand how to establish an Agile team and help encourage high-performance
- Apply agile approaches to manage project scope, schedule, budget and quality
- Understand the knowledge and experience requirements necessary to apply for and pass the PMI-ACP® certification exam
There are no prerequisites for this course. This course assumes
some experience working in organizations.
Total Professional Development Units (PDUs): 26 (Technical: 20; Leadership: 6)
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 graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Tuition : $1285| Spring 2024 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 04/22/24 - 05/16/24 | MTh | 6:30 – 9 p.m. | 42 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Mersino, Anthony | Remote Campus | Closed | 37759 | |
| 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 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Sync session attendance is mandatory unless otherwise stated by the course instructor. All times listed CST For more information, please contact profdev@northwestern.edu. Course Materials :Course materials are included in the cost of tuition and will be provided in class and via the online Canvas course site. | ||||