Project Management Professional

Geared toward the project management professional, Essentials of Project Management supports the new PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition. This fundamental online course covers one of businesses’ fastest growing, most in-demand professional disciplines in the world today. Essentials of Project Management offers you a basic introduction to the practice of project management, blending theory with practical examples and case studies.

What You’ll Study:

  • Understanding project management professional practices
  • Issues in Project Quality
  • Issues in Project Risk Management
  • Project Communications
  • PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition

What You’ll Learn:

  • Understand the role of the project management professional
  • Examine the 9 project management knowledge areas
  • Learn to use the five processes of project management
  • Apply the project life cycle in daily operations
  • Understand project risk management and minimization techniques

Essentials may serve the project management professional as a stepping-stone to further study, to a Master Certificate in Project Management, and also to industry-recognized and tested professional certification. As with other Villanova University Online programs, this specialized course may be completed in just eight weeks.