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.
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PROJ_PMI 300-0 : Managing Distributed Teams: Adaptive Project Management
Description
One of the critical challenges facing project managers today is managing a team that is distributed locally or globally. Distributed teams consist of project team members who work together on a project but are not located in the same physical location. Collaborating remotely is now part of daily work for many project team members.
Distributed teams must develop adaptive ways of working in a virtual setup to work productively from any location with well-defined rules of engagement.
This 4-week course, designed for project managers and project team members, addresses challenges associated with distributed teams and provides innovative solutions to minimize project disruptions. Using lectures, HBR articles, discussions, and group exercises, students learn how to effectively project manage a distributed team using communication protocols and collaboration tools, roles and responsibilities, decision rights and influence, and business knowledge and judgement capabilities.
Additional Information:
This remote course is offered during the Spring and Fall terms.
Tuition : $830| Fall 2024 | ||||
| Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
| 11/04/24 - 11/27/24 | MW | 6 – 8 p.m. | 42 | |
| Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
| Ryali, Balajirao | Remote Campus | Open | 19294 | |
| Schedule Notes : This course will be conducted remotely, online. This course has required live, synchronous sessions, held online via Zoom on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 pm to 8:00 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. | ||||