Applied Project Management

Take on the challenge of a project that needs professional help! Built around a case study, this course places you in the role of a newly hired Project Manager who has been brought in to rescue a project that is already in trouble. Drawing on themes from prior courses, this capstone course is a platform for you to apply project management principles to people, processes, leadership, and business strategy to make a real project a success.

 

Learning Outcomes

• Identify critical issues within a project, develop a recovery plan, and map out a strategy to get a project back ‘on track’.
• Recognize component issues within an organizational case study that comprise part of the project management plan.
• Describe what it takes to establish control over a project while reflecting on good and bad project management practice.
• Evaluate who the stakeholders are and develop a functioning team.
• Create clear communication channels.
• Create a risk checklist based on your own real-world experiences.

• Project Management Certificate