The Project Management Micro-Credential Student Learning Outcomes below are grouped to emphasize the 1) development of business acumen enhanced by project management skills, 2) followed by project management leadership, 3) then by project management-focused aspects for a comprehensive understanding of project management principles.
1) Business Acumen Enhanced by Project Management Skills:
- Apply a structured methodology to manage projects in different fields.Break down projects into their main components/areas and develop comprehensive management plans.
- Identify and analyze project risks, formulating appropriate response plans.
- Develop a strategic approach for identifying project stakeholders and engaging them.
- Demonstrate proficient communication skills, ensuring clarity, coherence, and understanding among team members and stakeholders.
2) Project Management Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Ethics:
- Lead authentically and with integrity, aligning with project objectives and diverse stakeholders, including Project Sponsors, team members, and others.
- Employ effective emotional management strategies to enhance leadership and maintain a positive project environment.Deliver constructive, useful, and motivational feedback to team members and stakeholders, fostering continuous improvement and positive dynamics within the project context.
- Leverage personal strengths and emotional intelligence to adeptly manage resistance to change within the project context, collaborating with Project Sponsors, project teams, and other stakeholders.
- Integrate ethical considerations into decision-making processes, ensuring actions align with the highest professional standards for all involved stakeholders, including Project Sponsors, project teams, and other key contributors.
3) Project Management-Focused Aspects:
- Integrate ethical considerations into project management practices, ensuring decisions and actions align with the highest professional standards.
- Demonstrate proficiency in project selection methodologies, understanding the criteria and processes involved in choosing viable projects.
- Ensure excellence in project deliverables, emphasizing quality assurance and adherence to project requirements.
- Showcasing mastery across key knowledge areas like scope, cost, schedule, risk, quality, resources, and procurement as outlined by PMI, project managers demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of essential project management principles.
- Exhibit competence in navigating the 5 process groups defined by PMI, demonstrating the ability to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects effectively.
