Special Note

This course is offered through Georgia Tech Professional Education as part of the Georgia Tech Project Management program.

Course Description

This course provides an in-depth overview of project management corporate practices in three primary disciplines:  

  • Strategic & business value delivery
  • Technical planning for scope, schedule, and cost baselines (including risk management and change control)
  • Leading people effectively (Project teams and cross-functional stakeholders).

In particular this course is designed to give insight into how project management offices can enable project managers to perform at expert levels and maximize value delivery. 

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for corporate Project Management Office (PMO) leaders, executive teams, middle management, or other boards of various kinds that are undertaking major enterprise-wide, community-wide, or societal projects.

How You Will Benefit

  • Gain perspective of PMO competencies as it relates to enabling project managers.
  • Understand tools & techniques to manage project planning baselines.
  • Understand the difference between management and leadership.
  • Gain relationship management techniques including conflict resolution and emotional intelligence.
  • Learn cross-functional collaboration strategies.

What You Will Learn

  • Introduction to corporate project management framework
  • Systematic linkage of project business case to organizational strategy
  • Working models for both waterfall & Agile life cycle development approaches
  • Practical tools for triple constraint management (scope, schedule, cost, quality)
  • Project team development models & stakeholder engagement techniques

Course Prerequisite and Related Certificate Information

No prerequisites. This course is part of the SCL Supply Chain Project Management (SCPM) Certificate.

Course Instructor(s)

Course CEUs

This course provides for 1.95 continuing education units (CEUs).

Cancellations

If SCL/GTPE cancels a course, registrants will be notified via email or phone and will receive a full refund. SCL/GTPE is not responsible for nonrefundable plane tickets, hotel and rental car deposits, nor any other expenses incurred.

Every effort is made to present the course as advertised herein; however, circumstances may make it necessary to alter the schedule and/or presenters.