Higher Education Project Management Certification

Propel Project Progress:  Higher Ed Essentials Ahead 

Are your higher ed projects stalled or stuck? Do your carefully curated plans unravel once the project team meets? 

Let project and planning consultant Jami Yazdani introduce you to the basics of project management, offering essential and actionable strategies that can help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.  

Learn how to use scope, schedule, and deliverable planning to foster a shared purpose, marshal diverse stakeholders, and encourage project momentum. From project initiation and planning to project closing, gain communication techniques to triumph over common higher ed project challenges. Whether working with large teams or on smaller initiatives, learn how to achieve more successful outcomes. 

Session 1: Introduction to Project Management for Higher Education

• Why project management? 
• Project Management Phases 
• Project Lifecycle 
• Planning areas of focus 
• Planning approach for higher education 

Session 2: Stakeholders and Communications 

• Project initiation 
• Stakeholders and Inclusion
• Effective communication
• Communication process 
• Team Roles and Management 
• Communication planning  

Session 3: Scope, Deliverables, and Schedule 

• Scope, scope planning, and scope creep 
• Deliverables and deliverables planning 
• Project Quality 
• Schedule and schedule planning 
• Project management tools 

Session 4: Project Closing and Beyond 

• Project Integration 
• Project Budgeting 
• Project Closing 
• Agile Approaches 
• Common Project Problems 
• Beyond Projects