MGMT 0003 - Advanced Project Management
Course Description
Take your project management expertise to the next level with this advanced course designed for professionals ready to lead complex, multi-phase projects with confidence and precision. This course focuses on mastering advanced skills in contract management, project closure, stakeholder engagement, and integrated project execution across schedule, cost, and risk domains.
Whether you're overseeing large-scale implementations, multi-department initiatives, or cross-functional programs, this course equips you with the tools and strategies to navigate contractual obligations, manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure successful project delivery from initiation through formal closure. You’ll learn how to handle change orders, mitigate risks, align resources across phases, and drive accountability in high-stakes environments.
Over 12 weeks (120 hours), you’ll engage in interactive video lectures, real-world case studies, applied exercises, and a comprehensive capstone project that simulates complex project scenarios. By the end of the course, you’ll earn a credential-backed advanced skillset that prepares you to confidently manage end-to-end project execution and lead integrated project outcomes across any industry.
Who Should Take This Course?
- Project managers, coordinators, or team leads with prior project management training or experience
- Individuals working in roles that involve managing multiple stakeholders, budgets, or project phases
- Team members transitioning into formal project leadership or program-level responsibilities
- Professionals who have completed a foundational project management course.
- Professionals in industries such as IT, construction, healthcare, education, business operations, or engineering who manage complex initiatives
What You’ll Learn:
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- Apply Advanced Contract Management Principles – Understand key terms such as substantial completion, damages, and retainage, and apply them to ensure compliance and accountability.
- Manage Contract Changes and Risks – Handle change orders and contract amendments while minimizing disputes, penalties, and project disruptions.
- Lead Effective Project Closure – Verify deliverables, secure client approvals, and ensure all contractual and project requirements are completed.
- Conduct Lessons Learned and Project Archiving – Facilitate lessons learned sessions and properly document and archive project knowledge for future use.
- Manage Complex Stakeholder Relationships – Address competing stakeholder needs, resolve conflicts, and maintain alignment across diverse project groups.
- Apply Advanced Communication and Negotiation Skills – Use structured communication and negotiation strategies to influence outcomes and support project success.
- Develop Integrated Multi-Phase Schedules – Create and manage schedules that align tasks, resources, and dependencies across multiple project phases.
- Align Cost and Risk Across Project Phases – Forecast budgets and manage risks in an integrated way to maintain control across complex projects.
- Coordinate End-to-End Project Execution – Integrate scope, schedule, cost, and risk to successfully deliver complex, multi-phase projects from start to finish.
Course Delivery & Format:
100% Online asynchronous - includes interactive elements (e.g., discussions)
Includes:
- Video lectures
- Readings
- Quizzes
- Case studies
- Discussions
- Capstone project Completion