YCOPD 002 - Modern Project Management: From Principles to Practice
Description
The McGill School of Continuing Studies is a Project Management Institute Authorized Training Partner.
Learn at your own pace. Anywhere you go, at any convenient time.
Project management skills are required in any workplace – whatever your profession.
Whether you seek to understand the fundamentals, to start your project management career, or to enhance your skills as a practicing professional , this online course, developed by experienced McGill instructors, is a great place to start!
Using a practical phase-by-phase approach, this course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of modern project management approaches: predictive, adaptive and hybrid, as well as related methodologies, best practices, tools and techniques.
The content of the course is aligned with the leading project management standards and practice guides, including
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide – Eighth Edition)
- A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition)
- Process Groups: A Practice Guide (2022), (which is complementary to the Seventh Edition)
- Agile Practice Guide (2017), which provides an overview of various agile approaches, as well as tools and situational guidelines.
The course consists of 10 online modules. Case studies, scenarios, videos, practical activities complement and illustrate the concepts explained in the course.
Seasoned project management professionals share their experience and advice through short video clips.
Downloadable templates allow you to apply your learning immediately on the job.
Save a total of $300 when you register for both Modern Project Management: From Principles to Practice and Agile Project Management: From Principles to Practice courses*
*To select this discount, both courses must be in your basket at checkout.
For each course, make sure to check the box beside ‘Apply a discount’ and, in the dropdown menu, select ‘Online Project Management Discount Package’.
The PMI Authorized Training Partner seal is a mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Professional Development Units / Contact Hours: 35.00
Topics Covered
- Project Management Essentials
- Modern Project Management
- Project Environment
- Predictive Project Delivery: Initiating a Project
- Predictive Project Delivery: Planning a Project
- Predictive Project Delivery: Executing a Project
- Predictive Project Delivery: Closing a Project
- Adaptive Project Delivery
- Hybrid Project Delivery
- Bringing it All Together
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive an attestation of completion from McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies indicating that you have earned 35 Professional Development Units (PDUs)/Contact Hours of formal project management education.
The course is designed to enable you to:
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of project management principles, concepts, tools and techniques
- Select the appropriate project management approach: predictive, adaptive or hybrid depending on the project size, context, industry and environment
- Apply methodologies, frameworks, practical tools and templates to your current and future projects
- Anticipate and manage some of the common situations and challenges that project managers face