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Overview
Program Description
Project Management improves your ability to implement mission
critical work on time and on budget. Considered the cornerstone in
any organization, Project Managers are highly sought after in a
wide range of industries. Study the competencies required to move a
business opportunity through conceptualization, initiation,
planning, execution, control, and closing, ensuring success.
Please note these courses are developed for students with
prior post-secondary education or experience in project
management.
Courses
Program Requirements
| Level 1 | ||||
| Take all of the following Mandatory Courses: | ||||
| Expected Availability | ||||
| Credits | Fall | Winter | Summer | |
| Project Scope & RequirementsMGMT-6055 | 4 | Yes | No | No View More Details about MGMT-6055 |
| Students will learn the skills to define, analyze, verify, control and lead project scope. They will also identify, collect and document project requirements, create a requirements plan, communicate and implement project requirements. Students will learn how to create and align a project charter to strategic organizational plans and satisfy stakeholder expectations. Students will also create and manage a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), as well as learn decomposition techniques and their impacts to project scope. | ||||
| Project Cost ManagementMGMT-6056 | 3 | Yes | No | Yes View More Details about MGMT-6056 |
| Students will develop the competences to define project costs within the planning phases, as well as the skills to estimate using such methods such as analogues, bottom-up and top down. Students will learn to analyze, translate and adapt the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) into a project budget and assess the linkages of positive and/or negative impacts and take appropriate action as required. Students will analyze project status and react to project changes, access the impacts and assess PERT analysis, cost and schedule performance within the context of project management to ensure cost control. | ||||
| Project Time ManagementMGMT-6058 | 3 | Yes | No | Yes View More Details about MGMT-6058 |
| This course will teach students the skills to manage the time dimension of projects. They will become familiar with estimating strategies, critical path identification, project float analysis, and defining and sequencing project activities using Network Diagrams and Gantt Charts. Students will also define, sequence, estimate resources and tasks to develop and control project schedules. The curriculum gives the students the abilities to develop and measure the Earned Value Management (EVM) process and track actions to control project schedules. | ||||
| Project Risk & QualityMGMT-6062 | 4 | No | Yes | Yes View More Details about MGMT-6062 |
| In the first half of this course students learn to lead, plan, identify, and perform qualitative and quantitative project risk analysis. Students will also learn to develop risk response plans and monitor and control project risks. In the second half of the course, students learn how to lead and build quality into projects using total quality management and lean methodologies. Students will learn how to lead, analyze, plan, perform and control a quality plan that includes using techniques such as histograms, cause and effect diagrams, Six Sigma and control charts. | ||||
| Project ProcurementMGMT-6063 | 3 | No | Yes | No View More Details about MGMT-6063 |
| Students will explore the various methodologies of procurement within the project management context. They will develop a vendor management plan and a project procurement strategy and then create, execute and control the procurement plan. Students will determine the make or buy decision and communicate the rationale to key stakeholders and project vendors. Students will also evaluate source selection criteria, contract and the legalities of project procurement for their own business and within a business. Students will learn about negotiation strategies and apply them as they execute and control the project procurement plan. | ||||
| Add'l Req | ||||
| Take 1 of the following courses: | ||||
| COMM-6002, MGMT-6054 or MGMT-6061 | ||||
| Expected Availability | ||||
| Credits | Fall | Winter | Summer | |
| Organizational Business CommunicationCOMM-6002 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes View More Details about COMM-6002 |
| This course provides an overview of important communication concepts and skills required in business. Topics covered include: writing clear reports and documentation, making effective presentations, and fostering interpersonal skills. | ||||
| Project Strategic ManagementMGMT-6054 | 4 | Yes | No | Yes View More Details about MGMT-6054 |
| Students will learn how to include projects in a strategic management plan and how to employ appropriate project selection criteria methods. Students will learn and use a number of financial models such as net present value, return on investment and pay back periods and their impacts to the development of a strategic management strategy. Alternative project management methodologies such as Agile Development, Lean Project Management and Waterfall will also be introduced. Students will also create a communication/justification plan for senior managers and stakeholders. | ||||
| Agile Project DevelopmentMGMT-6061 | 3 | No | Yes | No View More Details about MGMT-6061 |
| Students learn the skills of Agile Project Development for high risk, high change projects. They determine how to develop and manage the product backlog, create and use effective users stories and develop project use cases to manage project requirements. Students role-play as ScrumMaster leader and run mock planning sessions, re-planning session, planning poker, risk and retrospective sessions. Students will estimate project tasks using story points analyze and manage the project scope and expectations with stakeholders to deliver on the project. | ||||
| Program Residency | ||||
| Students Must Complete a Minimum of 5 credits in this program at Fanshawe College to meet the Program Residency requirement and graduate from this program | ||||
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Learning Outcomes
- Manage the scope, cost, timing, and quality of the project at all times focused on project success as defined by project stakeholders.
- Align the project to the organization’s strategic plan, quality assurance processes and business justification throughout its lifecycle.
- Define and manage the overall scope of the project, deliverables, constraints, performance criteria, benchmarks (including financial) and resource requirements in consultation with project stakeholders.
- Implement project management knowledge processes, lifecycle and concepts, tools and techniques in order to achieve project success as defined by the stakeholder(s).
- Describe how to interact with team and stakeholders in a professional manner, respecting differences to ensure a collaborative project environment.
- Manage communications to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, and dissemination of project information to aid in the achievement of project objectives.
- Apply project management practices to the launch of new projects such as programs, initiatives, products, services, and events relative to the needs of stakeholders.
- Develop a comprehensive project plan that includes planning and control procedures, resource management, and risk management plans.
