CPMGT/301
Strategic Portfolio and Project Management
Online
Format
$1194
Estimated Tuition
3 credits
Total credits
5 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Undergraduate
This course introduces students to the planning phase of project management. Students will discover the connection between strategic portfolio management and project management. Other topics include project-based versus non-project-based organizations, activity planning and sequencing, human resource planning, communications planning, and project management planning.
Prerequisites
None
What you'll learn
Course skills and outcomes
Week 1
- Explain how portfolio management supports an organization’s strategic management.
- Explain how strategic portfolio management relates to project management.
- Compare project-based and non-project-based organizations in project management.
Week 2
- Define activities for a project.
- Sequence activities for a project.
Week 3
- Compare performance measurement practices.
- Determine financial compensation and rewards for the project team.
- Develop a human resource plan for a portfolio or a project.
- Align human resource plans in a project portfolio to an organization’s strategic objectives.
Week 4
- Evaluate communication methods for a project and a portfolio.
- Create a communication management plan for a project and a portfolio.
- Discuss stakeholder influences on project portfolio management.
- Explain project portfolio control approaches.
Week 5
- Incorporate activities sequencing, human resource needs, and communication planning into portfolio and project management planning.
- Analyze project portfolio risk.
- Develop project portfolio risk strategies.