Project Management

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Project Management Principles is an introductory course covering key predictive project management principles for students to begin building a foundation in project management. The class sessions and outside assignments generate 21 hours of education requirements. Students seeking PMP certification will also need to take the Agile Project Management course to earn an additional 21 education hours and meet the PMI’s 35-hour education requirement to sit for the PMP exam.

Course Structure The course is highly interactive, uses a “learn by doing” approach, and creates a high energy positive learning environment addressing cognitive and behavioral skills. The class consists of short lecture presentations followed by discussion or exercises performed as a class or small groups with report and discussion. As individuals students complete exercises between classes, which are shared and/or discussed in class. The purpose of the exercises is to apply the principles from the lectures to learn by doing. Every exercise includes a specially formatted worksheet (usually a single page) to organize results for reporting, consolidating, and comparing.

Course Materials
Project Management Principles aligns with the 6th and 7th editions of the PMBOK® Guide. The course includes the Predictive Projects eWorkbook 6th edition (450 + pages) consisting of topics, slides, and exercises covering the full spectrum of predictive project management from which selective topics are covered. Upon completion of the course students receive the instructor guide (150 + pages) which allows students to continue a self-study of topics not covered in the introductory course timeframe as prep for PMP exam.

PMP Certification Requirements
Four- year degree, three years leading projects, 35 hours project management education/training or CAPM® Certification

OR

High School diploma or global equivalent, five years leading projects, 35 hours project management education/training or CAPM® Certification

Details on additional requirements to sit for the exam can be found on the PMI website.

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As an Authorized Training Partner of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Oakland University offers the Agile Project Management Principles and Practices Course in a 100% live online, instructor-led format.

The course provides students with a solid foundation of Agile principles and practices. Throughout the course, students will be presented with best practices in Agile approaches including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Extreme Programming (XP), and Feature-Driven Development (FDD).

Oakland University's Agile Project Management Principles and Practices Course fulfills the PMI’s
prerequisite of 21 contact hours of training in Agile practices required to sit for the PMI-ACP Certification exam.

Why Agile?
As more organizations move towards flexible, value-driven cultures to deliver faster and better solutions that meet the customer requirements, the Agile approach provides cross-functional collaborative teams and engaged stakeholders to the organizations to meet the dynamic needs of the market. The need for “Organization Agility” has been never been greater. As reported by PMI in their "Achieving Greater Agility" report, "Organizations with high agility report more projects successfully meeting original goals and business intent".

The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® is the Project Management Institute’s fastest growing certification.

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the Agile mindset, practices, and principles.
• Identify the best approach for a project and apply it to deliver successful solutions.
• Apply the Agile Methodology to provide value-driven solutions to customers.
• Engage with and manage stakeholders to provide transparency in decision making and
  success measurement.
• Create a collaborative environment to build and manage high-performing and
  continuously improving agile teams.
• Identify risks, problems, and issues that affect a project and engage the team to execute
  mitigation plans.

Prerequisites for PMI-ACP Exam:

• Secondary Degree
• 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
• 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or
  PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP.
• 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

Fall 2023 Courses (Live Online Format)

*Registration for both courses will open on May 1. Please join the program email list to receive updates on registration. Students who are looking to sit for the PMP Exam will earn the 35 Project Management Education hours required by the Project Management Institute upon completion of both courses.

This live online course provides a live classroom environment in a virtual setting. Students meet synchronously with both course instructors and other students during class meetings. This best represents the type of real team environment encountered in today’s digital workplace while utilizing the 100% virtual model required in the current environment.

*Students who sign up for both courses will receive 15% off...no discount code needed.

Project Management Principles

Dates: September 11 - September 28, 2023
Days: Monday/Thursday
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
*18 total contact hours
Location: Live Online via Zoom virtual meeting software
Course Cost: $900*
Books: An E-workbook will be included at no extra cost.

Agile Project Management

Dates: October 17 - November 7, 2023 (No class October 31st)
Days: Tuesday/Thursday
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
*21 total contact hours
Location: Live Online via Zoom virtual meeting software
Course Cost: $900*

*A 10% discount is available for OU alumni on individual course purchases and groups of 5 or more. E-mail oupace@oakland.edu for information. Students are required to attend all class sessions in order to receive their 35 and/or 21 PDUS and a certificate.