Project Management Foundations Certificate

This program will prepare participants to acquire the fundamental competencies, knowledge, and tools to move into a project management role. During this program, participants will uncover the competencies required to manage a project using the eight performance domains, processes management, program life cycle management, deliverables identification techniques, and stakeholder management. The program will also provide guidelines on how to tailor a project to meet the needs of a specific work environment.

What You’ll Learn

• Describe the purpose, key terms, and concepts of The Standard for Project Management.
• Explain how agile approaches differ from the traditional project management approaches.
• Describe the basic principles and standards of project management.
• Explain the fundamental value delivery components that make up a project system of value delivery.
• Recognize the eight performance domains of a project and how these domains interact with each other to meet stakeholder requirements during project implementation.
• Describe different steps, techniques and tools required in a project tailoring process.
• Describe different project life cycle management approaches and related activities critical for successfully delivering project outcomes, deliverables, and business needs.
• Analyze how a process-based approach can lead to a project output, input, or deliverable in different organizational contexts.
• Apply project management models, methods, and artifacts required for successful project implementation under the performance domains.
• Create project plans and documents that align with the four Step Tailoring Process using appropriate learning activities.