Principles of Project Management

Project management is possibly the most critical skill separating successful managers from ineffectual ones. Whether you have formal responsibility for projects or not, abilities such as how to establish schedules, set priorities and deliver to commitments are essential to personal productivity and organizational success.

This three-day program will introduce you to a project management discipline that can be implemented in any organization. You will acquire a framework of information and tools to plan, estimate, schedule, and control projects ranging from the simple to the complex.

As your career advances, your work will tend to evolve from routine tasks to more challenging projects. Every professional can benefit from studying the practices developed to execute projects on schedule and budget while minimizing the stress to yourself and your project team.

This program enables you to learn and practice project management skills and techniques and ultimately become an expert in project completion.

Highlights

This course provides a solid overview of project management concepts and principles using lectures, small group case studies, and class discussions. Teams of students work to develop a real project from concept to conclusion, emulating the project management life cycle. After completing the program, you will have learned to:

  • master fundamental project management skills, concepts, and techniques
  • create project charter, scope statement, work breakdown structure, project network, project schedule and project budget
  • link project goals and objectives to clear, compelling stakeholder needs
  • recruit and manage high-performance teams
  • set realistic, measurable objectives and ensure positive results
  • apply concepts such as critical path, schedule compression, crashing, slick/float, fast tracking and resource leveling
  • identify, evaluate and manage project risks and develop risk management plans
  • close-out projects and capture the lessons learned.

Unique Features

The Principles of Project Management program at Florida International University offers students a unique combination of benefits:

  • tried and true techniques first developed by technical professionals and now considered best practices for general use
  • "hands-on " case work to help integrate the lessons and new skills in action
  • recommended strategies for handling multiple projects and tasks
  • Certified Project Managers may earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) in this course.
  • suggested tools and advice on communications within the project team and the larger organization
  • special emphasis on managing the all-important human resources aspect of projects
  • a structured approach for concluding projects including how to capture and communicate what worked well and areas for improvement

Participants

This program is of value to anyone who has responsibility for project planning and management who has not had formal project management training.

For more information about program topics, faculty, schedule, tuition, location, and registration, see the detailed program information.

Program Courses

Introduction & Initiation to Project Management
Planning principles
Tools & Techniques principles
Risk Management principles
Quality Management principles
Human Resources Management principles
Project Organization & Control
Project Closeout & Summary

Faculty

Larry Smith, PhD PMP 
Associate Professor
Decision Sciences and Information Systems 
College of Business Administration

Dr. Smith has extensive consulting and training experience in project management, time and stress management, leadership, and quantitative techniques. He has consulted with more than fifty major corporations and many Fortune 500 companies around the world and been a speaker at many professional conferences. He also has published in many academic journals and been on the editorial boards of the Project Management Journal, Successful Project Management and the International Journal of Project Management. Dr Smith won the Award for Teaching Excellence at Florida International University in 2005.

Schedule

Saturdays, March 24th - April 14, 2012  | Register Now

Tuition

The program fee is $1,375. The fee is subject to change and is payable in advance.

Location

Classes are held at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, located at 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami. This location is convenient and easily accessible from the Florida Turnpike and the S.W. 8th Street Exit. Directions

Register

Saturdays, February 4th - 18th, 2012  | Register Now

Class size is limited. We encourage you to register early to reserve your place in the class.

By telephone

Please call our office at 305-348-4217, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we will take your registration and payment information. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Card.

In person
Come to the Office of Professional and Executive Education, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and we can process your application. Our location is College of Business Administration, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, CBC 223, Miami, Florida 33199-0001.

Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirming your place in the program.

Registration and Withdrawal Policies

Payment Policy: Program fees are due in full upon acceptance into the program.

Substitution Policy: Qualified substitutes for participants can be accommodated with advance written notice.

Withdrawal Policy: Due to costs associated with establishing, holding, and replacing participant slots, the following guidelines will be implemented:

  • 1 week prior the program: the participant will be charged 50% of the program fee.
  • 2 - 4 weeks prior the program: the participant will be charged 25% of the program fee.
  • The remainder of the above mentioned will be transferred to another program upon receipt of written notice.

Note: Florida International University reserves the right to change, without notice, any statement in this bulletin concerning, but not limited to, curricula, courses, faculty, tuition, fees, policies and rules. If course or curriculum changes take place after you begin the program, we will make every effort to implement the changes in your best interest.