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
Learning Formats
In-class:
Traditional in-person class meetings at one of our campus locations with access to our online learning portal, "Canvas." Classes typically meet one evening a week, so working professionals can attend without having to take time off from work. Schedules can vary, so be sure to check the schedule before enrolling. Click on the “In-class” section below to view location, dates, and times.
Live Online:
Fully online instructor-led training using live virtual class meetings via Zoom or Virbela conferencing systems. Click on the “Live Online” section below to view details of the online meeting times and instructor information.

Online:
Fully online Instructor-led training with no class meeting times. Lectures are pre-recorded and your instructor will set weekly deliverables to help you stay on track and engage with the content in a meaningful way. Click on the “Online” section below to view course details.
Note: Not all formats may be available every quarter.
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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1/26/2023 - 3/23/2023
$645
Live Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Herman, Zachary
Zach Herman has over 20 years of experience in Project and Program Management. Currently, he is the Associate Director of the Information Services Project Management Office 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), Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) and holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB).
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDAn 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.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 2/2/2023.
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1/26/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
2/2/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
2/9/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
2/16/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
2/23/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
3/2/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
3/9/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
3/16/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
3/23/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
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4/12/2023 - 6/7/2023
$645
Live Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Herman, Zachary
Zach Herman has over 20 years of experience in Project and Program Management. Currently, he is the Associate Director of the Information Services Project Management Office 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), Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) and holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB).
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDAn 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.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 4/19/2023.
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NOTE:
This is a Live Online course. Students in the class will need to be present for the remote lectures via Zoom.
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4/12/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
4/19/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
4/26/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
5/3/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
5/10/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
5/17/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
5/24/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
5/31/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
6/7/2023 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
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4/13/2023 - 6/8/2023
$645
In-class
San Diego
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CLASS TYPE:
This is a traditional classroom setting.
All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
Honore, Philippe
Philippe Honore is a seasoned Project Manager with more than 20 years of experience in seven countries in diverse industries. With a background in architecture, Philippe had the opportunity to work in France, the Netherlands, the Middle East, and multiple countries in Africa. He managed a portfolio of 450 cellular phone sites, such as rooftop installations and cellphone towers in 5 regions in France. As an expatriate, his responsibility ranged from training a team of 20 construction managers in Egypt to managing a project portfolio of 100 sites in Ghana, handling 47 subcontractors with limited budgets and resources.
Philippe reinvented himself in 2011 by returning to school in the United States. He obtained his Green Card in 2013 and held a Director of Finance position at a T...Read More
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POLICIES:
No UCSD parking permit required.
No refunds after: 4/20/2023.
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DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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4/13/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
4/20/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
4/27/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
5/4/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
5/11/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
5/18/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
5/25/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
6/1/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
6/8/2023 | Thu | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Room 313, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Business, Professional & Legal Programs department at 858-534-8131 or unexbusa@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.