Course Information
College of Business Administration
Project Management Online
PMO / Non-Credit Course
Overview
This online course introduces concepts that project managers must understand to be successful in managing a project team, as well as managing more complex and demanding projects.
Who Should Register for Project Management Online?
This course is appropriate for all members of project teams including analysts, managers and staff. In addition, this course has been beneficial for administrative staff, assistants, business analysts, consultants, database specialists, engineers and social workers, among other industries.
Objectives
In the first three sessions of the course, students will learn the basics of project management and some of the tools and techniques to help manage projects smoothly and successfully, such as:
* The essentials necessary for project success
* The stages of project management
* Defining a vision and a mission for the project
* Setting measurable objectives
* Assessing resources and constraints
* Creating and managing a project plan
* Dealing with change
This part of the course prepares any manager to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate projects of all kinds, thus reducing stress and ineffective communication while increasing efficiency and success.
In the final five sessions of the course, students will be exposed to project management practices that require both the hard skills of project management and the soft skills of constituent management, focusing on traditional project management techniques and tools as employed on complex and troubled projects. The matrix design of project teams requires frequent and concise communication to the project team members, project sponsors and interdependent project teams.
Project Management Online fulfills the 35 hour education requirement for those interested in taking the PMP certification exam through the Project Management Institute. For more information about the exam, visit the Frequently Asked Questions page.
Registration Fee*
$1750 / $1400 for University of Illinois alumni, employees or students
*Subject to change
For additional information about the course, please click here.
Contact Hours: 64
This course is a part of the following program(s):
College of Business Administration Professional Development
