Project managers rely on principles of project management to guide their actions and those of the stakeholders involved in the project. The resources in this course will introduce you to those principles and show practical examples of using them. Each lesson will have practice activities allowing you to practice the principles learned in that lesson.

During this course you will:

• Explain what “Agile Methods” or “Agile Approaches” to project management.
• Select the correct approach from either an adaptive/agile approach or a predictive/waterfall approach to project management.
• Describe the twelve principles of project management.
• Identify stakeholders and team members in a given project.
• Identify sources of project complexity.
• Identify methods of troubleshooting project pain points.
• Identify scope of a given project.
• Describe methods of tailoring projects.
• Describe models and frameworks for managing a project.
• Identify the roles of a project sponsor.

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Mentoring this course is Darrel Erickson an Associate Faculty member for the University of Phoenix, Hawaii Campus in the College of Information Systems and Technology. His areas of teaching expertise include Analysis and Communication, as well as teaching various courses in IS&T, Project Management, Technical Writing, and work in the School of Business, Operations Management and Project Management at the Graduate level.

Darrel continues to teach both classroom and online Management courses for Wayland Baptist University. Additionally, he consults and provides services to organizations as they assess and implement technology projects. He is also an active member of Project Management International (PMI) Honolulu Chapter and volunteer in their Professional Development Committee and PMP Exam Prep course.

Trained in formal Project Management in Undergrad and Graduate studies in Project Management, with military program and project experience, Darrel obtained certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) in 2005. He holds a Master of Science Degree (Technology Management) and a Bachelor of Science (Management Studies) from the University of Maryland (UMUC).

In the world of project management, workers are required to lead and instruct others on how to best complete high level projects. To help prepare you for this field, this certificate will offer a wide-range of skills that are required to succeed.

Here are some of lessons you will take in this course:

• System for Value Delivery
• Project Management Principles
• Performance Domains 1-7
• Uncertainty and Tailoring
• Models, Methods, & Artifacts
  
  

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