TMP X450 - Introduction to Project Management

Course Description

Project management has become an expected professional skill for managers and specialists in all disciplines. Driven by global competition and new technologies, the use of project management is expanding wherever organizations need to achieve performance objectives within scope, cost, and time constraints. For serious students of project management, this course provides a conceptual and operational foundation for further study. Topics include the following:

• Theoretical underpinnings of project management
• Project management from a historical perspective
• Examples of successful and unsuccessful projects
• Working vocabulary of project management terms and acronyms
• Survey of project management knowledge areas

By completing this course, students are equipped with sufficient conceptual understanding to participate in subsequent in-depth courses in project management. In addition, students are able to put previous experiences in project management into a more systematic, conceptual context.

UCSB PaCE Project Management courses are taught by PMP Certified Instructors and have more than 35 hours of instructional time. Thus meeting the PMI Educational Requirements to take the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and qualifying for currently certified individuals to earn PMP Professional Development Units (PDUs).               

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Learner Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Summarize the issues, concepts, tools, and techniques of successful project management.
• Discuss the process groups and knowledge areas which comprise PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide.)
• Explain the general project management topics that will be covered in greater depth in subsequent courses in the certificate program.
• Identify and discuss the key examples of successful and unsuccessful projects.

_{PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.}

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Business Administration and Management : Leadership and Strategy Specialization: 2 Courses (8 units)
• Business Leadership : Elective Courses (Choose 1)
• Foundations of Agile Project Management : Required Courses
• Project Leadership Badge : Digital Badge
• Project Management : Required 4 Courses (16 Units)