Fundamentals of Project Management
- Online delivery
- eClass
- 39 hour course, no prerequisites
The dynamics of today’s business environment requires organizations to change, grow, and reinvent themselves. These new directions can only be achieved through the effective identification and implementation of projects. This seminar will provide you with a fundamental understanding of project management theory. You will develop an understanding of what projects are, what constitutes a complete project scope, how to develop an overall project schedule, what processes the project will have to follow, and what business systems will be required to ensure a successful outcome. A comprehensive project management model will be provided. As well, this seminar will address the human elements of project management.
Course at a glance
- Recognized by CIQS, Gold Seal, and Blue Seal both as required education for accreditation and continuing professional development (post-accreditation maintenance).
- Aimed at a wide range of construction workers, including tradesmen and journeymen, managers and supervisors, administrators, contractors, consultants, architects, and construction business owners.
- Varied class dynamics, with learning facilitated through lectures, case study review, and extensive group work.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Perform a stakeholder analysis.
- Understand and apply stakeholder requirements to form a scope statement.
- Convert project requirements to objective and build a work breakdown structure.
- Build a project schedule in the form of a Network Diagram and Gantt chart.
- Perform a bottom-up estimate and explore various techniques for estimating.
- Build an HR and communications plan and review organizational behaviour.
- Use the project schedule and cost estimate to produce a baseline planed value.
- Use earned value analysis to forecast project completion.
- Inject change management into the project scope and mode the outcome.
- Participate in an executive-level presentation of you project plan deliverables.
Take note:
- Required textbook: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 6th edition, Project Management Institute, 2017.
- All course assessments will be completed in class, with no post-course work assigned.
- BYOD is recommended but not required.
This course has no prerequisites
Students from all educational backgrounds welcome. You can register for this course without applying and enrolling in a program.
Offered:
Fall courses: all online
All courses will be delivered online, including many that were previously unavailable in the online format.
If you do see a program on our website announced as an in-person or downtown Edmonton offering, please disregard the format – but not the program. There will be no in-person offerings through the Faculty of Extension for the Fall term.
Get ready to keep learning! Register for a course and join us online this Fall.
Your Instructor
Larry Fox
Synchronous online learning, eClass
In synchronous online courses, students move through the course material at the same pace as their peers. These courses also provide learners with pre-scheduled online lectures that have the instructor and students interacting at the same time. All components of this type of course are accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool. format details
Weekends (Mon, Fri, Sat)
Oct 30, 2020Nov 9, 2020
Oct 30Nov 7
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Nov 2Nov 9
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Textbook
Required
PROJECT MGMT.
Guide To Project Mgmt.body Of Knowledge
6 editionISBN 9781628253825
Class info
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This is a synchronous course that features live online activities at predetermined times. For the real-time classroom sessions, a computer with both audio input and output (such as a microphone-equipped headset) is required. To start your online learning experience visit www.ext-leo.ca/students
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39 course hours in total
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Cost assistance: May be eligible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant and the Canada Training Benefit. (view all)
Corporate multi-registration packages are available for most Extension courses. Contact us at excorp@ualberta.ca for preferred pricing. -
Open for registration until October 30, 2020. Register at least one week before the course start date to secure your spot. If space is available you may register until the day the course starts.
Currently counts towards
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Certificate
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Construction Management & Administration
└ core course
* If you are already enroled in this program, please refer to your specific program requirements as outlined at the time of your admission: Bear Tracks > Academic Advisement.
You can register for and take a course without applying and enrolling into the program.
We recommend that you apply to the program as soon as possible to lock in your course requirements as they are subject to change.
cst@ualberta.ca
Looking for different course dates?
New course schedules are released each June and October.
- 1 scheduled
- Online delivery
- 39 hour course, no prerequisites
Fall courses: all online
All courses will be delivered online, including many that were previously unavailable in the online format.
If you do see a program on our website announced as an in-person or downtown Edmonton offering, please disregard the format – but not the program. There will be no in-person offerings through the Faculty of Extension for the Fall term.
Get ready to keep learning! Register for a course and join us online this Fall.