Project Management Certificate Courses | Northwestern SPS - Northwestern School of Professional Studies

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:

1. Applied Project Management Certificate: complete the Core Course (PROJ_PMI 402-0 or PROJ_PMI 402-DL) only.
2. 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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PROJ_PMI 345-DL : Practical Project Planning (Online)

Description

The effective project manager is able to create an effective set of project plans that communicate the work, assignments, decision-making flows, and risks to the project sponsor, stakeholders, and team members. These plans must be at the level appropriate to manage the risk of the project, and at the same time be understandable by the project team, and easy to maintain as the project progresses.

During this 5-week course, designed for project managers, you will complete a comprehensive set of project plans, learning and applying practical techniques. Using hands-on activities, case studies, and your own projects, you will improve your planning capabilities.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define the planning principles and how they can be reflected in project plans.
• List the steps and deliverables of the planning process.
• Describe the tailoring process and how that might be reflected in project plans.
• Select appropriate development approach given set of project characteristics.
• Apply the tailoring process.
• Complete project planning deliverables, given inputs, templates, and examples.
• Adapt plans to respond to new scope, feedback, changes, and information.

Total Professional Development Units (PDUs): 30 (Ways of Working: 26; Business Acumen: 2; Power Skills: 2)

Course materials will be provided via the online course site. Some course materials require a Northwestern student email address to access.

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Additional Information:

Prequisites:

Students are required to have completed Essentials of Project Management - or - hold a CAPM® or PMP® Certification.

Students will need a computer or laptop able to edit Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and are expected to participate heavily in course discussions, group activities, and individual activities.