START DATE
September 27th, 2022
DURATION
8 weeks
COMMITMENT
6-8 hours per week
PRICE
$1,450 USD
IDIOMA
English
FORMAT
Online
MANAGING COMPLEX PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR SUCCESS
Leverage your management abilities and take your organization’s projects to the next level.
Project leaders are responsible for the planning, execution, monitoring, control, and success of entire projects. They need to be true leaders, motivators and organizers keeping all timelines, dependencies, and responsibilities on track. Modern theories of project management are changing as are the industries that use them. This course presents an integrated framework for setting up organizations and projects for success, while setting realistic expectations and commitments.
Throughout the project lifecycle, project managers need to process large amounts of information. Project management is rooted in gathering and organizing information. From collecting project requirements and setting up a team to tracking the progress of the project and reporting its financial status and value delivered, this process can easily become overwhelming.
In this novel course backed by the reputation of MIT, one of the world’s leading research institutions, participants will gain the ability to design and manage
complex technology projects in a holistic way. The fundamental project management skills acquired will make them more effective project leaders.
THROUGHOUT THIS COURSE, YOU WILL:
Gain a deeper understanding of the various phases of project management and organizational issues while maintaining a comprehensive overview of the project life cycle in context as you explore:
- Initial project strategy and conception: choosing the right projects for positive impact, defining strategy, and managing the project setup phase.
- Project Planning: developing a practical, executable plan by scheduling and deconstructing the project into carefully analyzed work packages and tasks.
- Project execution: ensuring the project is carried out according to planning strategy, building the right team, and keeping to schedule and budget.
- Risk management: dealing with unexpected opportunities and risk, adapting the project, preparing a “plan B” and mitigation strategies, and allowing for margins in both time and resources
- Project conclusion: leveraging post-project assessment and organizational learning to adjust and reuse project management strategies in future projects.
THIS COURSE IS AIMED AT
- Team leaders from accross industries who are looking to develop their project management abilities as part of a larger management team.
- Middle and senior-level managers who want to acquire practical, readily applicable project management tools and the ability to setup successful teams.
- Senior executives who are looking to adapt project organizations at the forefront of a continously evolving business and technology environment.
Although having prior project management experience is advisable, there are no prerequisites for this program.
CERTIFICATE
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Olivier de Weck
APOLLO PROGRAM PROFESSOR OF ASTRONAUTICS AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, MIT
THE MIT LEARNING EXPERIENCE
WHAT IS THE COURSE COMPRISED OF?
This course content is designed to maximize practicality through;
- MULTIPLE-CHOICE ACTIVITIES
- INTERACTIVE CONTENTS
- PROJECTS TO BE DEVELOPED AS A TEAM, ADDING VALUE TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
- “ACTION PLAN» ACTIVITIES (DESIGNED TO APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED TO YOUR OWN COMPANY)
- VIDEO CONTENT TAUGHT BY MIT FACULTY AND EXPERTS FROM DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
- LIVE WEBINARS TO CLEAR UP DOUBTS AND DISCUSS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
- ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
