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Project Management |
School of Applied Technology |
2012/2013 Program AvailabilityNorth Fall: Open Winter: Open Summer: Open |
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Type:
Ontario Graduate Certificate Postgraduate
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Campus:
North
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Program Code:
31521 |
Length: Two consecutive semesters, beginning in September, January and May |
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CONTACT INFORMATION: Don Mitchell, program co-ordinator | 416.675.6622 ext. 5579 | don.mitchell@humber.ca
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Project management training prepares graduates to move into project management roles by increasing their versatility and professionalism, as well as their leadership abilities. Students will learn the comprehensive competencies required to move a project through the typical project life cycle phases of conceptualization, initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing. The curriculum, closely aligned to PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), also provides a thorough exploration of project economics and financial analysis, operations management, procurement management, leadership skills, and professional best practices.
The School of Applied Technology has established corporate relationships with a wide range of industries and organizations in banking, health care, engineering, manufacturing, and the service sectors.
The Humber Project Management Centre is a Global Registered Education Provider with the Project Management Institute.
In June 2009, the Project Management Institute (PMI) stated that, based on a study conducted by The Anderson Economic Group, project-based industries could be at risk due to the lack of skilled project managers. By the year 2016, it is forecasted there will be a $4.5 trillion increase in project spending with approximately $200 billion at risk due to project management skill shortages. Whether you currently work or want to work in the construction, automotive, information technology, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, oil, gas and petrochemical, finance, government or the health-care sector, the demand for leaders and team members with project management skills remains the same. The Humber Project Management postgraduate certificate has been designed to help the new graduate, the new project manager, the experienced project manager, or the experienced professional looking to change careers accelerate the learning process for acquiring these in-demand skill sets.
Note: For more information visit Selection Procedures.
Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.
For an alternative course of study refer to Humber’s continuing education certificate programs in project management, Project Management Certificate 30471 and Construction Project Management 31241.
The 2011/2012 fee for two semesters was
– domestic $5,964.30
– international $12,200.
Amounts listed are the total of tuition, lab and material fees, student service and auxiliary fees for the first two semesters of the 2011/2012 academic year.
Fees are subject to change.
For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.
Semester 1 | ||
| Course Code | Course | Credits |
| PMPG 500 | Principles of Project ManagementPrinciples of Project ManagementCourse Code: PMPG 500 Credits: 3 The Principles of Project Management course provides students with baseline knowledge of the tools and techniques required to manage projects. The course follows the methodology of managing projects as recommended by the Project Management Institute, (PMI). The topics cover all of the project management knowledge areas, in addition to the tools and techniques that are used for managing projects successfully. This course is taught as a condensed format, classes occur twice a week for the first half of the semester. The course is finished by mid-term in the semester. | 3 |
| PMPG 501 | Project Quality ManagementProject Quality ManagementCourse Code: PMPG 501 Credits: 3 Analyzing and managing project requirements are cornerstone activities for any successful project. Participants will study how to identify, write, analyze, and manage requirements for projects and deploy proven quality management tools and techniques. The emphasis is put on the relationship between project success and effective quality management. Areas of study include, understanding project stakeholders, their requirements, and the embedding of quality into all the project processes, to satisfy these requirements. | 3 |
| PMPG 502 | Project Finance and AccountingProject Finance and AccountingCourse Code: PMPG 502 Credits: 3 Project Finance and Accounting involves formulating, estimating, evaluating and documenting a project?s economic outcomes when alternatives to accomplish the scope are available. The course covers a collection of principles, standards, processes and techniques that are required in analyzing and influencing the budgeting and financial performance of projects. The key topics covered include the fundamental of business finance and accounting, project estimating techniques, activity based costing (ABC) principles and techniques, project financial feasibility assessment mathematical models, earn value management and the basics of project financing, reporting and accounting principles and techniques. | 3 |
| PMPG 503 | Operations ManagementOperations ManagementCourse Code: PMPG 503 Credits: 3 This course is designed to provide a business context for project management. It is a broad-based course encompassing the role of manufacturing in a market economy and the global marketplace and the process of providing a product or service. Students will briefly examine manufacturing from a macroeconomic perspective and identify the requirements and advantages of participating in the global economy. Opportunity will be provided to examine in more detail how goods and services are produced from an operations management perspective and how project management is used to achieve business objectives. Topics include quality, process strategies, plant layout, human resources, supply-chain management and sustainability. Emphasis will be placed on illustrating the interaction of operations management decisions at all levels of operations. This course is taught as a condensed format, classes occur twice a week for the first half of the semester. The course is finished by mid-term in the semester. | 3 |
| PMPG 504 | Project Resources Planning and SchedulingProject Resources Planning and SchedulingCourse Code: PMPG 504 Credits: 3 Project Resources Planning and Scheduling course is designed to empower the student/practitioner with the skills and techniques required to plan and schedule the project resources throughout its life cycle by using professional project management tools and techniques and deploying computer programs. The core topics include planning, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, monitoring and controlling the project and allocating resources to implement the project. Other techniques include scope planning, development of the WBS, developing schedules, network diagrams, allocation and levelling of project resources and earned value analysis. | 3 |
| PMPG 512 | Project CommunicationProject CommunicationCourse Code: PMPG 512 Credits: 3 This course is designed to provide students with insight regarding project communications management, with a basis in the Project Management Institute, PMI® Body of Knowledge and Methodology. Communication is a critical element of successful projects and from initiation to closing, project managers must develop and execute integrated communications plans involving all project resources and stakeholders. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as the tools and practices to be employed for effective project communications management. | 3 |
Semester 2 | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| PMPG 505 | Project Risk ManagementProject Risk ManagementCourse Code: PMPG 505 Credits: 3 In this course, the processes and activities necessary to manage risk throughout a project lifecycle will be identified and applied. Students will be exposed to practical exercises, tools and techniques for both qualitative and quantitative analysis for handling project risks. There will be an introduction to a comprehensive project risk management process/matrix that extends from initiation through to project completion and from risk symptoms to risk event impact. Critical to risk management success is the business risk to project risk alignment and mitigation strategies beyond the basic financial contingency approach. | 3 |
| PMPG 506 | Project ProcurementProject ProcurementCourse Code: PMPG 506 Credits: 3 The Project Procurement course provides students with a detailed understanding of the tools and techniques required to procure goods and services for projects. Project procurement management introduces students to the methodology of purchasing goods and services from both the buyer and seller?s perspective. The topics cover all of the processes from the requirement stage to contract close out. The course also focuses on managing these activities in order to complete the procurement of goods and services for the project successfully. | 3 |
| PMPG 507 | Project Plan Integration, Monitoring and ControlProject Plan Integration, Monitoring and ControlCourse Code: PMPG 507 Credits: 3 This course emphasizes the integrative nature of the project environment with a focus on people, process, technology and support aspects associated with project integration. The study areas include: the methodologies, tools and techniques applied to project integration management, the overall framework of planning the integration of outputs from other project management knowledge areas and the project life cycle, monitoring of the project plan execution and the key aspects of getting project results through integrative risk management, overall change control process and the creation of project plan updates, corrective actions and lessons learned. | 3 |
| PMPG 508 | Project LeadershipProject LeadershipCourse Code: PMPG 508 Credits: 3 This course is designed to provide students with insight into project human resource management and leadership, with a basis on the Project Management Body of Knowledge Module 9. Project human resource management is a critical element of successful projects and from initiation through execution and closure of a project, project managers must ensure that staffing plans are developed, and managed. Leadership is a people activity and is distinct from the administrative paper work or planning activities. This course will explore the theories of leadership and provide some application through case studies of leadership on a project team. Students will learn the core concepts, as well as tools and practices to be employed for effective project human resource management and leadership. | 3 |
| PMPG 510 | Management Ethics and Case StudiesManagement Ethics and Case StudiesCourse Code: PMPG 510 Credits: 3 This case-study course is designed to help participants develop competencies by way knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to perform effectively as members of project teams, or project managers, or functional managers, who use projects as building blocks in the design and execution of organizational strategies. The emphasis is on application to demonstrate how projects can be used to develop and execute strategic initiatives in preparing the organization for its uncertain future. The course emphasises an integral view of projects involving cross-functional and cross-organizational teams, as highly versatile strategic resources and key elements for strategic planning, organizing, motivating, directing and controlling projects | 3 |
| PMPG 511 | Major Project PracticeMajor Project PracticeCourse Code: PMPG 511 Credits: 3 This case-study course is designed to help participants develop competencies by way knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to perform effectively as members of project teams, or project managers, or functional managers, who use projects as building blocks in the design and execution of organizational strategies. The emphasis is on application to demonstrate how projects can be used to develop and execute strategic initiatives in preparing the organization for its uncertain future. The course emphasises an integral view of projects involving cross-functional and cross-organizational teams, as highly versatile strategic resources and key elements for strategic planning, organizing, motivating, directing and controlling projects. | 3 |
