600

This course introduces advanced topics regarding project schedule, risk and quality management, and cost control as well as providing essential knowledge of scheduling and other topics which include: advanced time, cost, risk, and quality estimating and planning; schedule estimation and management and earned schedule; risk management (identifying and quantifying risks, and risk-response plan); quality management (plan and quality analysis (control charts, Ishikawa diagram, audits)); and resource planning: estimating, balancing.

Many organizations’ projects are delivered through complex supply chains and networks. They have several suppliers, contractors, and customers. There is a substantial amount of project procurement involving these entities and a substantial amount of detailed planning and scheduling occurs. This course begins with an exploration of core principles of project procurement and expands to a consideration of how modern organizations expand their influence beyond simple contractual relationships by considering supply chains.  Additional course discussion will include the processes for planning procurements, foundational knowledge of supply chains and developing a strategy, identifying project procurement needs, including make-or-buy analysis, negotiating and ensuring due diligence and an equitable process when contracting, and determining contract types, risks, and incentives.

Agile Project Management (APM) is an iterative approach to planning and guiding project processes. Agility refers to the ability of an organization to rapidly react to unpredictable scenarios, and within the context of product development, responding to unclear requirements. There are several industry domains where agility is being practiced, such as manufacturing, engineering, software development, and supply chain management. This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the principles, processes, and practices of agile project management. Knowledge of agile development frameworks and agile tools and techniques are introduced. Additional course discussion will include multidisciplinary review of agile literature, agile project management principles, comparison of agile and traditional PM models, and SCRUM.

This course provides an opportunity to acquire and integrate skills and knowledge regarding international projects. Global projects demand a broad range of research, analysis, and skills in the financial planning and budgeting area. A key PM issue introduced throughout the course is managing complexity in projects. Other issues introduced in this course include distributed project management, outsourcing, virtual project management, cultural diversity, and management of risks. Students have an opportunity to master the topics of managing conflict in projects, portfolio and program management. This course will engage discussion on the following: managing global projects, distributed teams and virtual project management; interpersonal skills for managing global projects; managing global teams and networks; managing change in global organizations.

International graduate students may engage in temporary employment for the purpose of gaining practical experience directly related to their major field of study.  Practicum fulfilling the Curricular Practical Training must be approved by the Program Director prior to registration, after an evaluation of the employment request and suitability of employer relative to the student’s major area of study.

This is a capstone course that provides an opportunity to demonstrate the principles of project management. The course integrates learning from the courses in the PM major with other academic courses taken and may involve interdisciplinary partnerships among university departments and/or industry.Contemporary project management utilizes the project management techniques along with modern improvements such as the most current versions of Micro- soft® Project Professional 2016, the sixth edition of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), and many approaches derived from adaptive (Agile) project management. Contemporary project management also uses many tools and understandings that come from modern approaches to quality and communications, expanded role definitions, leadership principles, human strengths, and many other sources.Experiential learning is a key focus throughout this course.