Project Management: Leading Organizations to Success

Gain an extensive understanding of all phases of project organization while you learn to strategize by using information to your advantage in this 8-week online course.

This course is aimed at

LEADERS

Team leaders from accross industries who are looking to develop their project management abilities as part of a larger management team.

MANAGERS

Middle and senior-level managers who want to acquire practical, readily applicable project management tools and the ability to setup successful teams.

EXECUTIVES

Senior executives who are looking to adapt project organizations at the forefront of a continously evolving business and technology environment.

Although having prior project management experience is advisable, there are no prerequisites for this program.

Throughout this course, you will:

Gain a deeper understanding of the various phases of project management and organizational issues while maintaining a comprehensive overview of the project life cycle in context as you explore:

Initial project strategy and conception: choosing the right projects for positive impact, defining strategy, and managing the project setup phase.
Project Planning: developing a practical, executable plan by scheduling and deconstructing the project into carefully analyzed work packages and tasks.
Project execution: ensuring the project is carried out according to planning strategy, building the right team, and keeping to schedule and budget.
Risk management: dealing with unexpected opportunities and risk, adapting the project, preparing a “plan B” and mitigation strategies, and allowing for margins in both time and resources
Project conclusion: leveraging post-project assessment and organizational learning to adjust and reuse project management strategies in future projects.

Course Outline

1

Introduction to Project Management

2

Project Birth: Corporate Finance and Project Portfolios

3

Scheduling

4

Iterations and Rework

5

Agile Projects and Software

6

Budgeting and Earned Value Management

7

Risk Management

8

Human and Organizational Aspects of Projects

Meet your instructor

Olivier de Weck

Apollo Progam Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems, MIT

The MIT xPRO learning experience

LEARN BY DOING

Practice processes and methods through simulations, evaluations, case studies, and tools.

 LEARN FROM OTHERS

Connect with an international community of professionals while working on projects based on real-world examples.

LEARN ON DEMAND

Access all content online and watch videos on the go.

REFLECT AND APPLY

Apply your newly acquired skills in your organization, using examples from technical orking environments and informed, practical advice.

DEMONSTRATE YOUR SUCCESS

Earn a Professional Certificate and 4,8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT.

LEARN FROM THE BEST

Gain insights from MIT faculty and industry experts.

What is the course comprised of?

This course content is designed to maximize practicality through;

Multiple-choice activities
Interactive contents
Projects to be developed as a team, adding value to your experience
“Action plan" activities (designed to apply what you have learned to your own company)
Video content taught by mit faculty and experts from different industries
Live webinars to clear up doubts and discuss what you have learned
Additional recommended bibliography

Learners testimonials

This has been an outstanding experience; in this program you have a very wide and complete understanding on how to manage projects from a waterfall and agile perspective. For me, coming from IT Projec...

Alexis Vega

Project Delivery Manager at Alicorp

I am glad to have taken this course as it helped me to understand the art of Project Management. The program was very didactic and motivating. Unlike other courses, I liked how they teach you the conc...

Yofre Jacome

Senior Project Engineer at COES