The Masters Certificate in Project Management has been designed from the ground up to build excellent Project Managers – skillful, strategic leaders who can consistently guide projects to success.
Top Reasons To Choose This Program
Minimizes time spent away from work – just 18 days spread over 4 to 5 months, with one weekend day per module
Covers all Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK®) ‘Principles of Behaviour’ and ‘Performance Domains’ to build your total skill set
Team-taught by real-world project instructors with extensive experience
Great networking and sharing of experiences to reinforce your learning
Designed to lead to senior-level career advancement opportunities
About This Program
With a proven curriculum based on A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK®), developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), this 18-day project management program can return many times the value of the financial investment for years to come through successfully-executed projects.
New updated content!
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
Agile is now a part of most organizations’ project management vocabulary: “Should we, shouldn’t we… can we combine our current practice with agile?” This new module will help us all be a part of that conversation.
Online PMP Exam Preparation Modules
Designed especially for this program, these 2-hour optional modules will take the PMP Exam candidates through an extensive review of exam requirements.
Exclusive access to online videos, interviews and articles on the future of Project Management
Participants will gain access to a library of online content discussing the future of our industry and how we can be better prepared. Topics will include: artificial Intelligence, digital transformation, block chain, data analytics and more.
Why consolidate and certify your PM skills?
Organizations now understand that success is built on the success of their projects.
Today, organizations of all types and sizes understand that everything is a project – from implementing a new business system, to getting the boss to Europe and back over 10 days, to organizing a meeting. That means everyone in every functional area – from executive assistants to vice presidents – is a potential project manager. Top organizations foster success by cultivating strong project resources and supplying their people with the tools and formal training they need to get the job done right the first time.
Why formal training in Project Management?
Projects can have a lot of moving parts. Successfully managing them requires more than just using PM software to make Gantt charts. Without formal training, those who execute projects are essentially winging it – learning on the job through trial and error.
They cannot be sure that what they’re doing is right or wrong, missing something, or that the solution they implement is the best possible course of action. To excel at the job, a Project Manager requires concise, comprehensive formal training in best practices, current thinking, and tools of the trade.
Project managers are now expected to add value.
The PM field is becoming very competitive. Top PMs know that, in order to deliver on time, on spec, and on budget, they need to know all facets of the field and apply their knowledge nimbly and accurately. That means being able to communicate with the team, manage stakeholders, procure and plan, ensure quality, minimize risk, and so much more.
Truly competitive companies want Project Managers who can connect the work to the overall strategy, and add value by bringing a complete skill set to bear. A well-trained Project Manager trumps the person who’s winging it every time.
Participants will benefit from:
The ability to look at projects in a whole new light and manage them systematically and strategically
A huge kit of powerful new tools, documents and templates which can be used as is or modified to suit
Getting prepared to write the PMP® designation exam through mastery of the material and the required contact hours (please refer to pmi.org for complete application requirements)
Hands-on practice applying the material through a simulated project woven throughout the program – our ‘secret sauce’ for accelerated, intensified learning
Participant Profile
The Masters Certificate in Project Management is ideal for:
Professionals who are looking to excel their project management skills to be able to lead and manage more complex projects systematically and strategically
Anyone who does NOT have their PMP designation from PMI and who wishes to consolidate and certify their project management training for career success
Project Managers from any industry with at least one year’s experience, who wish to move up to a higher level in their field
Green Program!
Participants will receive all program learning materials electronically and are asked to bring a suitable tablet or laptop PC to class. Alternative arrangements are available upon request.
Review course deliverables, expert instructors and teaching modules
Program introduction and review of objectives
Overview of the knowledge areas of project management as defined by the Project Management Institute and others
Introduction to the project simulation/case study to be used throughout the program*
Delivery of tools and technology to be used throughout the program
Discussion and exercise around team leadership and effectiveness
Participants will receive a short assignment after each class. Each of these assignments will be used to tie the whole program together and serve as the background work for project simulation in the final module.
3 days
Project Planning and Control
A complete foundation in successful planning and implementation
How to form a project team, scope projects and manage within a Matrix Environment
Developing detailed and high-level PM plans
Creating activity-based network diagrams and working with the critical path
Delivery of tools and technology to be used throughout the program
Discussion and exercise around team leadership and effectiveness
2 days
Project Quality Management
Learn how to build quality measures into every project.
How to form a project team, scope projects and manage within a Matrix Environment
Developing detailed and high-level PM plans
Introduction to Earned Value Management
Meeting stakeholder requirements with various control strategies
2 days
Leadership, Communication and Stakeholder Management
Improving your project effectiveness in HR, Communications and Stakeholder Management
Communicating with Project Stakeholders meaningfully and effectively while supporting the success of the project
Choosing, developing, managing and organizing your project team
Identifying all stakeholders and managing their engagement
Building communication plans and using templates
Exploring strategies for challenging communication environments such as organizational change, diversity, and virtual teams
2 days
Effective Project Cost Management
Manage your projects through the lens of cost minimization.
Cost estimating: Micro versus macro
Resource planning, budgeting and cost control
Earned value concepts
Fixed, variable and unit costs
Status reporting
2 days
Contracting, Procurement and Negotiation Skills
Successfully manage key vendors and partners.
Procurement and solicitation planning
Solicitation and negotiation principles
Source selection
Contract close-out and contract law
2 days
Assessing and Managing Project Risk
Approaches to evaluating project uncertainties and risks
Project risk management framework
Risk management in project planning and execution
Quantitative and team facilitation techniques to identify risks and responses
Utilizing decision trees and expected monetary value
Applying techniques such as Delphi method and Monte Carlo simulation
2 days
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
Understand key elements of Agile and Scrum and how to apply them to any project.
Agile and Scrum Introduction
Sprint Preparation
Sprint Execution
Sprint Closure
2 days
Project Integration & Simulation
Participants apply their learning to propose, plan, execute and deliver a full-scale realistic project in teams.
With a proven curriculum based on A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK®), developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), this 18-day project management program can return many times the value of the financial investment for years to come through successfully-executed projects.
