Project Management Gold Badge

Issued by University of Minnesota

Through lecture and hands-on activities, students participated in two 90-minute sessions focusing on the basic concepts of project management. Students are now able to: define major characteristics of a project, be familiar with various formats of Work Breakdown Structure, understand Project Scheduling terminology (such as critical path analysis, triple constraints, and slack), know the difference between cost estimating and cost budgeting, and expose students to estimating and budget methods.

Type Learning
Level Advanced
Time Days
Cost Free

Skills

Analytical And Problem Solving
Communication
Critical Thinking
Leadership
Project Management

Earning Criteria

To demonstrate content knowledge, students completed three deliverables to receive the digital badge: 1. provide a scenario that includes project tasks, predecessors, successors, and time durations 2. prepare a Work Breakdown Structure and a preliminary Gantt chart depicting the schedule 3. prepare a cost estimate for the overall project using open source material