Course description
Project Management Essentials
Earn an official certificate of professional achievement from George Washington University.
You'll walk away with:
- Core project management competencies, including strategic project planning and scheduling, and time, cost and scope management.
- Practical project management tools including Gantt charts, project initiation documents (PID) and work breakdown structure (WBS).
- Key interpersonal, leadership and strategic skills to enhance team motivation and stakeholder engagement for effective project execution.
- Validation of your project management skills in the form of a digital certificate of completion from the GW School of Business.
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
This program is for you if:
- You're a professional interested in developing your project management career by learning its core principles and applications
- You manage multiple projects, within any given occupation and industry, and require the skills to execute them effectively, from inception to completion
- You're an operations manager, a supervisor or a managing director aiming to advance your management skill set and gain new knowledge in a competitive market
Training content
Learn how to effectively implement and communicate project plans in the workplace as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.
Module 1
Principles of organizational theory in health care
Module 2
Initiate and develop a project
Module 3
Develop a project schedule
Module 4
Execution and control of projects
Module 5
Leadership and project management
Module 6
Communication and stakeholder management
Module 7
Project management approaches: Agile and traditional
Module 8
Measures of project and project management success
Course delivery details
Duration
- 8 weeks Excluding orientation
- 7–10 hours per week entirely online
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