Project Management Foundations

This course presents the essential skills and activities associated with managing complex projects within modern organizations. Topics include the evolution of project management, from the project management knowledge areas to the principle-centered project management performance domains. Students identify project stakeholders, analyze the various delivery approaches, and synthesize how models and artifacts benefit a project. This course will provide a solid foundation for seeking the project management certificate. Students explore case studies of project success and failures and are introduced to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK).

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:

• Understanding and discussing ethical decision making and moral leadership in project management.
• Understanding the evolution of project management and its value within organizations. 
• Discussing the Standard for Project Management and the purpose of the PMBOK® Guide.
• Understanding the values and principles of project value delivery.
• Defining projects as systems for value delivery and identifying project stakeholders to understand the benefits to modern organizations. 
• Discussing project performance domains.
• Understanding project tailoring and project life cycle development.
• Understanding project development models (predictive, adaptive, hybrid).
• Understanding Project Performance domain integration across the project lifecycles.
• Analyzing project management methods and artifacts, and how they benefit a project. 
• Understanding project management ethics and ethical decision making.
• Understanding the decision-making processes in project management.
• Discussing project lifecycle models and product lifecycle relationships.
• Assessing how artificial intelligence (AI) can be beneficial to project management in greater productivity and efficiency.

ACQUIRED SKILLS

• Critical Thinking
• Ethical Decision Making
• Principled Leadership