Method
Flexible
Term
FALL
WINTER
Units
3.0 QUARTER UNITS
Cost
$900

Skills you will gain

  • Agile & Iterative Development: Work in self-organizing agile teams to deliver complex projects efficiently.
  • Scope & Requirement Management: Define project deliverables with clear traceability to business requirements.
  • Strategic Scheduling & Cost Control: Develop and optimize project schedules using critical path and cost-effective compression techniques.
  • Risk Management & Mitigation: Identify, quantify, and develop strategies to manage project risks and opportunities.
  • Project Monitoring & Outsourcing: Apply earned schedule management techniques and learn effective project outsourcing strategies.

Course Description

This is the final course in the certificate program and enables students to apply what they've learned from previously completed project-management courses, by developing a simulated but realistic team project. Students will be given project-management tools to facilitate the development of their project. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of project-management principles, processes, and techniques, including project control, cost management, project tracking, and project outsourcing.

Students will also learn how to control project schedules, budgets, and scope, using methods that minimize or completely eliminate "scope creep." Techniques such as fast-tracking, critical-path crashing, stochastic estimating, and exploiting activity lead-lag times will enable students to develop fast, accurate project schedules. In-class exercises and case studies lead students to skills they can take back to work and immediately apply to their own projects.

Topics

  • Project portfolio management techniques
  • How to estimate project costs and forecast investment returns
  • How to apply cybernetic-control techniques to schedules and budgets
  • How to use earned-value management (EVM) to track and control projects
  • How to fast-track and crash the project's critical path
  • How to use stochastic techniques to ensure accurate project schedules
  • How to apply project management principles in a simulated team project
Syllabus Library
David Bakhtnia
David Bakhtnia
Mar. 21 - Apr. 11, Saturday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
  • Flexible Attend in person or via Zoom at scheduled times.
PPMT.X417.(43)
Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Sat, 03-21-2026 8:30am 5:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 03-28-2026 8:30am 5:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 04-04-2026 8:30am 5:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
Sat, 04-11-2026 8:30am 5:00pm Flexible SANTA CLARA / REMOTE
 

This class meets simultaneously in a classroom and remotely via Zoom. Students are expected to attend and participate in the course, either in-person or remotely, during the days and times that are specified on the course schedule. Students attending remotely are also strongly encouraged to have their cameras on to get the most out of the remote learning experience. Students attending the class in-person are expected to bring a laptop to each class meeting.

To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Students attending the class in-person are expected to bring a laptop / tablet to each class meeting.

This course applies to these programs:

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