Project Management Essentials
Issued by
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Earners of this 23-hour micro-credential have demonstrated foundational project management skills by selecting appropriate development approaches, creating initiation and planning documents, building schedule and cost baselines, analyzing project performance using earned value, identifying and treating project risks, and producing lessons learned to support continuous improvement.
Additional DetailsSkills
- Applying earned value calculations to assess project performance
- Building schedules using critical path analysis
- Creating core project initiation documents (charter
- Developing scope baselines and work breakdown structures
- Producing lessons learned with actionable improvement recommendations
- Selecting and justifying project development approaches
Earning Criteria
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Explain foundational project management concepts and principles. Demonstrate understanding of key PMI concepts including the 12 principles and 8 performance domains through classwork and assignments.
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Apply appropriate project development approaches and create initiation documents. Select predictive/iterative/incremental/agile approaches and justify the selection. Produce a project charter, stakeholder analysis, and communication plan.
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Develop scope and planning baselines for a project. Create requirements, a scope statement, and a work breakdown structure aligned to project objectives.
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Build schedule and cost baselines and identify/treat risks. Perform critical path analysis (forward pass, backward pass, float). Develop cost baselines and contingency plans. Identify, rank, and treat project risks.
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Track and analyze project performance using earned value management. Calculate EV, PY, AC, CV, SV, SPI, CPI, and EAC and interpret schedule and cost performance.
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Produce actionable lessons learned to support project close-out and improvement. Identify successes, areas for improvement, and propose concrete improvement actions based on project experience.