Project Management Essentials

Grow Your Project Management Knowledge and Skills

Effective project management skills are important to professionals in any industry. Learn how to define, plan and execute a project whether your goal is simple or complex. Gain the tools and knowledge for delivering projects on time and on budget, while meeting performance specifications. Explore the basic components of project management and the project life cycle: determining the correct project through strategic portfolio analysis; creating a successful charter; assembling and managing a team; analyzing and controlling risk; monitoring project milestones; and closing out the project. Get the hands-on skills you need to help you successfully complete your next project management assignment.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand project, program, and portfolio management and their importance to enterprise success
• Describe the various approaches for selecting projects, programs, and portfolios
• Explain the main tasks involved in and outputs of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing projects
• Demonstrate knowledge of project management terms and techniques
• Apply project management concepts by working on a team project as project manager or active team member
• Understand PMBOK Process Groups, Knowledge Areas, Processes, and Outputs
• Demonstrate good oral presentation skills
• Appreciate the importance of good project management by sharing lessons learned and using knowledge and skills developed in this class in other settings

This course will provide 27 education hours. To receive Professional Development Units (PDU’s), submit your UCSD transcript to the Project Management Institute (PMI).  

Note: This course is the prerequisite for Project Planning and Scheduling (BUSA-40715) and Project Cost and Risk Management (BUSA-40926).

For questions about this course, please contact ProjectManagement@ucsd.edu.

Course Number: BUSA-40064
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Project Management, Supply Management

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6/27/2022 - 8/20/2022

$635

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• SECTION ID:

  166256

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Rushton, Mark

  Mark D. Rushton has over 20 years experience in software development as an engineer, engineering manager, team lead and project manager spanning from 10 person startups to multinational corporations. He combines a high level of technical acumen and engineering experience with the broad range of skills needed for modern project management. Mark currently holds many of the major certifications in agile and project management including Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching (ICA-ACC) and Six Sigma Green Belt.  

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No information available at this time.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/5/2022.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  6/27/2022 - 8/20/2022
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

6/30/2022 - 9/1/2022

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• SECTION ID:

  166257

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Herman, Zachary

  Zach Herman has over 20 years of experience in Project and Program Management. Currently, he is the Information Services PMO Manager at UC San Diego Health. He has overseen large scale programs in Healthcare for over 10 years with a focus on Process Improvement and Implementation Best Practices. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, a Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) and is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB).

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  An Introduction to Project Management: Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid Approaches 7th
  by Kathy Schwalbe
  ISBN / ASIN: 9798695713459

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 7/14/2022.
  1st no meeting date: 7/14/2022.
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
6/30/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
7/7/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
7/21/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
7/28/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/4/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/11/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/18/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
8/25/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
9/1/2022	Thu	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.