Project Management Program

Graduates of the Project Management graduate certificate program in Toronto will be prepared to manage project scope and change, provide innovation and goal setting, project control, project staffing, risk management, utilize project management tools and perform other functions in careers that incorporate project management or in stand-alone project manager positions. Graduates will have demonstrated their knowledge, job skills, soft skills and abilities related to business in general and project management in particular.

What You’ll Learn

• Manage the scope, cost, timing, and quality of the project, at all times focused on project success as defined by project stakeholders.
• Align the project to the organization’s strategic plans and business justification throughout its lifecycle.
• Identify project goals, constraints, deliverables, performance criteria, control needs, and resource requirements in consultation with stakeholders.
• Implement the PMI project management knowledge areas, processes, lifecycle phases and the embodied concepts, tools and techniques in order to achieve project success.
• Adapt projects in response to issues that arise internally and externally.
• Interact with team and stakeholders in a professional manner, respecting differences, to ensure a collaborative project environment.
• Utilize technology tools for communication, collaboration, information management and decision support.
• Implement general business concepts, practices and tools to facilitate project success.
• Reflect on their role and effectiveness as a leader and follower.
• Apply appropriate legal and ethical standards.
• Adapt project management practices to meet the needs of stakeholders from multiple sectors of the economy (i.e., manufacturing, technology, consulting, government, arts, media and not-for-profit organizations).
• Apply project management practices to the launch of new programs, initiatives, products, services and events relative to the needs of stakeholders.
• Appraise the role of project management in organizational change.

PMI’s Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is an entry-level certification for project practitioners. To apply for the CAPM, you need to have: A secondary degree (high school diploma or the global equivalent) and at least 1,500 hours of project experience, OR 23 hours of project management education by the time you sit for the exam. You will well exceed the 35 hours’ education requirement upon completion of the Project Management Program. The CAPM exam is 150 multiple-choice questions.

Although the program is not a preparation course for writing the PMP or CAPM exams, these exams draw on materials found in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK version 6), which is published by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The course materials in the program are also based on information found in PMBOK version 6. Therefore, the Project Management Program will assist students preparing for the PMP or CAPM exams, by learning tools, techniques and concepts directly related to questions that appear on the PMP and CAPM exams.