Project Management

This course guides students through the fundamental project management concepts, best practices, and behavioral characteristics needed to successfully initiate, plan, manage, and lead projects in profit and nonprofit organizations. Successful project managers possess the skills necessary to effectively manage teams, schedules, risks, budgets, scope, and stakeholders to produce a desired outcome. Students explore project management with a practical, hands-on approach through real-world case assessments and team and individual assignments. A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is the ability to manage without direct influence, gaining the support of stakeholders and access to resources not directly under their control. Special attention is given to critical success factors required to effectively managing projects in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. The course simulates analyzing current project management issues in a project team framework, group accountability, and meeting the project sponsor's key objectives.