Master in Project Management
Master
In Barcelona (Spain)
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Barcelona (Spain)
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
October
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Credits
60 ECTS
The current market dynamism and business environment have led to companies and organizations needing to manage numerous projects simultaneously. Within this context, the figure of Project Manager takes on a key importance in organizations and companies of all sizes, as they play a critical role in terms of designing efficient business strategies that take full advantage of the available resources. Meanwhile, globalisation, the emergence of new competitors and sudden changes in business strategies mean that, as well as being equipped with an in-depth knowledge of project management, Project Managers also need to have highly developed personal skills and performance competencies.In response to this business demand, the Master in Project Management is designed to equip executives to lead, plan, organize and oversee complex global projects efficiently and effectively.
Professionals equipped to lead teams based on the development of executive skills and techniques required by directors. In short, Project Directors who can align the present needs of companies in terms of project management with the current requirements stipulated in the global standard of the Project Management Institute (PMI): minimizing risks, creating new opportunities and achieving the objectives that have been set.
PMI® is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute
Important information
You must have one of the following qualification levels to take this course: Bachelor's Degree, Professional Diploma, Masters, Ph.D
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About this course
1.PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Training expert Project Managers with the capacity to reach the targets set, increase profitability and enhance the overall quality of the project.
2.STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: Insight into the key aspects of strategic project management and its importance within the global strategy of the organization.
3.DECISION-MAKING: Strengthening decision-making in complex projects, taking into account all of the technical, financial, quality, environment and risk exposure aspects involved.
4.BUDGET PROFICIENCY: Knowing, selecting and adequately using the tools required for the effective management of project budgets.
5.PEOPLE LEADERSHIP: Equipping participants with the executive skills required to manage a project team in order to ensure its success.
6.PMI CERTIFICATION: Successfully passing the certification examination to become a Project Manager Professional (PMP) of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
The institutional qualification of Continuing Education Master’s Degree in Project Management from EAE Business School and the institutional qualification of Continuing Education Master's Degree in Project Management from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
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Subjects
- Strategic Management
- Financial Management
- Business Environment
- Project Manager
- IT Project Management
- Global
- Project
- Project Management
- People Management
- Organizational business environment
- Project Planning and Supervision
- Management of the Quality
- Risk and Legal Aspects in Projects
- Management of the project risk
Course programme
Strategic Leadership: Transformation & Change - 5 ECTS
- Liquid organizations and change.
- Balanced scorecard.
- Agile Manifesto. Agile principles.
- Customer experience in the digital age.
Project Life Cycle. Value Delivery - 5 ECTS
- Business analysis techniques and tools.
- What is a project and what is project management? Benefits.
- "Life Cycle" and "Delivery" domains in PMBOK7.
- Key project management frameworks: PMBOK, Prince2, Scrum, Kanban.
- Scope management in predictive projects.
Advanced Project Planning: Timing, Cost and Resources - 5 ECTS
- New PMBOK 7 "Planning" domain.
- Planning timeline and cost management.
- Techniques for defining, sequencing and estimating the schedule and cost of activities.
- Programming methods: Critical path vs. Critical chain.
- Practical Microsoft Project workshop.
Managing Uncertainty and Quality in Projects - 5 ECTS
- Uncertainty in Project Management. Updated approach for PMBOK7.
- Risk definition. Benefits and good practices.
- Practical workshop on probabilistic modelling workshop using @RISK (Montecarlo analysis).
- Quality assurance and control tools.
- Lean management and continuous improvement.
Procurement and Contract Management. Knowledge Assets - 5 ECTS
- Project Manager versus Contract Manager.
- Relationships with the "Project Work" domain in PMBOK7.
- Contract types (advantages and disadvantages) and distributing financial risk.
- Make or buy, advantages and disadvantages of the sole buyer/seller relationship.
- Practical cases to apply lessons learned in predictive and agile projects.
Team Performance and Stakeholder Management - 5 ECTS
- Introduction to soft skills required for Project Management.
- Leadership, influencig and team management.
- Communication and project management. The communication plan in the project.
- "Team Performance" domain in PMBOK7.
- Stakeholder Management in predictive and hybrid projects.
Value-driven Projects and PMO Data Analytics - 5 ECTS
- Introduction to PMOs, programs and portfolios.
- Benefits of a PMO.
- Project portfolio management.
- New ""Measurement"" domain in PMBOK7, impact at a project and business level.
- Data dashboards in projects and portfolios. PowerBI practices.
Agile Project Management and Agile Transformation - 5 ECTS
- Scrum working framework in detail.
- Kanban and experimenting with the benefits of the WIP (Work In Progress) limits for improving the project workflow.
- Disciplined Agile working framework.
- Why scale? "Growing" versus 'Scaling'. Striving for the Lean-Agile organization.
- Organizational design: Value streams, transition, skills and roles, practice communities and Agile PMO.
Preparation for Certifications and Project Management Game - 5 ECTS
- Comprehensive prior review of PMBOK (knowledge areas, process groups and executive processes).
- Practical collaborative examination simulation in the classroom using real recent tests, based on the instructor's bank of questions (discussion and reflections).
- Preparation for PSM I certification of scrum.org. Test questions and simulation.
- Practical collaborative simulation with the Project Management Game tool.
15 ECTS
It’s not just the research paper you need to do in order to get your master’s degree — it’s the right time and the right place for you to combine your academic experience with your professional ambition, personal vision and your creativity. It’s your chance to put everything you’ve been learning into practice and to work in order to get to where you want to be.
Master in Project Management