Project Management: Leading Organizations to Success
Leverage your management abilities and take your organization’s projects to the next level.
Project leaders are responsible for the planning, execution, monitoring, control, and success of entire projects. They need to be true leaders, motivators and organizers keeping all timelines, dependencies, and responsibilities on track. Modern theories of project management are changing as are the industries that use them. This course presents an integrated framework for setting up organizations and projects for success, while setting realistic expectations and commitments.
Throughout the project lifecycle, project managers need to process large amounts of information. Project management is rooted in gathering and organizing information. From collecting project requirements and setting up a team to tracking the progress of the project and reporting its financial status and value delivered, this process can easily become overwhelming.
In this novel course backed by the reputation of MIT, one of the world’s leading research institutions, participants will gain the ability to design and manage complex technology projects in a holistic way. The fundamental project management skills acquired will make them more effective project leaders.
Throughout this course, you will
- Initial project strategy and conception: choosing the right projects for positive impact, defining strategy, and managing the project setup phase.
- Project planning: developing a practical, executable plan by scheduling and deconstructing the project into carefully analyzed work packages and tasks.
- Project execution: ensuring the project is carried out according to the planning strategy, building the right team, and staying on schedule and within budget.
- Risk management: dealing with unexpected opportunities and risks, adapting the project, preparing a “plan B” and mitigation strategies, and allowing for margins in both time and resources.
- Project conclusion: leveraging post-project assessment and organizational learning to adjust and reuse project management strategies in future projects.
This course is aimed at
- Team leaders from across industries who are looking to develop their project management abilities as part of a larger management team.
- Middle and senior-level managers who want to acquire practical, readily applicable project management tools and the ability to set up successful teams.
- Senior executives who are looking to adapt project organizations at the forefront of a continuously evolving business and technology environment.
- Technology professionals eager to explore cutting-edge advancements in AI and deep learning.
Certificate
Meet your instructor
Olivier L. de Weck
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering Systems, MIT, Redactor Jefe de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Académico de INCOSE
The MIT Learning Experience
Practice processes and methods through simulations, evaluations, case studies, and tools
Connect with an international community of professionals while working on projects based on real examples
Access all online content and watch videos from anywhere
Bring the newly learned skills into your company through examples of technical work environments and good thoughtful prompts.
Earn a Professional Certificate and 4.8 Continuing Education Units from MIT xPRO (MIT xPRO CEUs).
Get training from MIT professors and industry experts
What is the course comprised of?
- Multiple-choice activities
- Interactive contents
- Projects to be developed as a team, adding value to your experience
- Action Plan Activities (Designed to Apply What You Have Learned to Your Own Company)
- Video content taught by mit faculty and experts from different industries
- Live webinars to clear up doubts and discuss what you have learned
- Additional recommended resources
