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At the beginning of a project, your responsibilities as a project leader will largely revolve around designing a plan that aligns with your organization's corporate strategy while providing fully functional deliverables that meet your stakeholders' needs. University of West Georgia offers the PM Skills - Planning and Project Design programme.

Overview

Key facts

But project planning is not a one-time event: it occurs throughout a project's life cycle, so you need to remain prepared to make changes and have contingency plans in place to address unexpected situations.

University of West Georgia's PM Skills - Planning and Project Design self-paced, fully online course will introduce you to the tools, techniques, and strategies you can use to develop successful projects and release plans. These tools and strategies can guide you in your efforts to create a just-in-time methodology that will complement your organization's strategic and tactical plans and enhance your product life cycle planning in the most efficient way possible.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Describe the importance of strategic and sustainable planning
Explain the need for just-in-time planning
Differentiate between portfolios, programs, and projects
Consider the needs of stakeholders in your planning and project design
Recognize the necessity of tailoring your plans
Recite the stages of the Waterfall project life cycle and Agile development cycle
Recognize the components of a project plan, product backlog, and product roadmap
Describe the characteristics of a contingency plan and potential contingency planning strategies
Utilize adaptive tools and techniques for successful planning
Discuss the need for ongoing maintenance and operations
Explain how to capture lessons learned through reviews and retrospectives

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Credits

3 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Project Management Design View 103 other Short Courses in Design in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Tuition Fee

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International

79 USD/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 79 USD for the full programme
National

79 USD/full

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 79 USD for the full programme

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PM Skills - Planning and Project Design