Postgraduate certificate Hard Skills for Project Management

Managing a project professionally means trying to meet the planned objectives. A professional Project Manager tries to ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget, delivering the artifacts included in the scope with the expected quality, etc. This is usually achieved with proper team collaboration. However, excellent collaboration does not necessarily mean that the project will be a success, as things can happen that prevent the project from being completed on schedule. To avoid this, people must collaborate dynamically and smoothly, but if they are members of a project team, then a professional Project Manager must take responsibility for management. This manager must have the essential soft skills to lead the project, to engage stakeholders, to manage the expectations of managers and customers, but must also have the necessary technical skills to manage scope, schedule, financing, costs, risks, subcontracting, etc.

University certificate

duration

6 weeks

Modality

Online

Schedule

At your own pace

Exams

Online

start date

Credits

6 ECTS

financing up to

3 months

Price(first year)

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The world's largest school of business”

Introduction to the Program

Acquire the essential hard skills for your professional development and become a successful Project Manager” 

Why Study at TECH?

TECH is the world's largest 100% online business school. It is an elite business school, with a model based on the highest academic standards. A world-class centre for intensive managerial skills training.  

TECH is a university at the forefront of technology, and puts all its resources at the student's disposal to help them achieve entrepreneurial success"

At TECH Global University

Innovation

The university offers an online learning model that combines the latest educational technology with the most rigorous teaching methods. A unique method with the highest international recognition that will provide students with the keys to develop in a rapidly-evolving world, where innovation must be every entrepreneur’s focus.

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The Highest Standards

Admissions criteria at TECH are not economic. Students don't need to make a large investment to study at this university. However, in order to obtain a qualification from TECH, the student's intelligence and ability will be tested to their limits. The institution's academic standards are exceptionally high... 

95% of TECH students successfully complete their studies.

Networking

Professionals from countries all over the world attend TECH, allowing students to establish a large network of contacts that may prove useful to them in the future. 

100,000+ executives trained each year, 200+ different nationalities.

Empowerment

Students will grow hand in hand with the best companies and highly regarded and influential professionals. TECH has developed strategic partnerships and a valuable network of contacts with major economic players in 7 continents. 

500+ collaborative agreements with leading companies.

Talent

This program is a unique initiative to allow students to showcase their talent in the business world. An opportunity that will allow them to voice their concerns and share their business vision.

After completing this program, TECH helps students show the world their talent.

Multicultural Context

While studying at TECH, students will enjoy a unique experience. Study in a multicultural context. In a program with a global vision, through which students can learn about the operating methods in different parts of the world, and gather the latest information that best adapts to their business idea.

TECH students represent more than 200 different nationalities. 

Learn with the best

In the classroom, TECH teaching staff discuss how they have achieved success in their companies, working in a real, lively, and dynamic context. Teachers who are fully committed to offering a quality specialization that will allow students to advance in their career and stand out in the business world.

Teachers representing 20 different nationalities.

TECH strives for excellence and, to this end, boasts a series of characteristics that make this university unique:  

Analysis

TECH explores the student’s critical side, their ability to question things, their problem-solving skills, as well as their interpersonal skills. 

Academic Excellence

TECH offers students the best online learning methodology. The university combines the Relearning method (a postgraduate learning methodology with the highest international rating) with the Case Study. A complex balance between tradition and state-of-the-art, within the context of the most demanding academic itinerary. 

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Economy of Scale

TECH is the world’s largest online university. It currently boasts a portfolio of more than 10,000 university postgraduate programs. And in today's new economy, volume + technology = a ground-breaking price. This way, TECH ensures that studying is not as expensive for students as it would be at another university. 

At TECH, you will have access to the most rigorous and up-to-date case studies in the academic community”

Syllabus

The teachers of this Postgraduate certificate in Hard Skills for Project Management of TECH Global University have structured the syllabus in an understandable way for the students. In such a way that they take steps forward in their learning in a simple way, self-managing their own study time thanks to its online methodology. In addition, the program includes the fundamental concepts in this field that will be essential for the professional development of Project Managers.

Take an academic tour through the most relevant concepts in this area, which will be fundamental for your professional development”  

Syllabus

The Postgraduate certificate Hard Skills for Project Management of TECH Global University is an intensive program that prepares students to face challenges and business decisions in the field of integrated project management. Its content is designed to promote the development of managerial skills that enable more rigorous decision-making in uncertain environments. 

Throughout 150 hours of study, students will study a multitude of practical cases through individual work, which will allow them to acquire the necessary skills to successfully develop in their daily practice. It is, therefore, an authentic immersion in real business situations.  

This program deals in depth with different areas of the company and is designed for managers to understand project management from a strategic, international and innovative perspective.

A plan designed especially for students, focused on their professional improvement and that prepares them to achieve excellence in the field of leadership and business management. A program that understands your needs and those of your company through innovative content based on the latest trends, and supported by the best educational methodology and an exceptional faculty, which will give you the skills to solve critical situations in a creative and efficient way.  

This Postgraduate certificate is developed over 6 weeks and distributed in 1 module:  

Module 1. Hard Skills for Project Management

Where, When and How is it Taught?

TECH offers the possibility of developing this Postgraduate certificate in Hard Skills for Project Management completely online. Over the course of 6 weeks, you will be able to access all the contents of this program at any time, allowing you to self-manage your study time.

Module 1. Hard Skills for Project Management

1.1. Project Lines: Scope, Time and Cost

1.1.1. Scope Baseline
1.1.2. Schedule Baseline
1.1.3. Cost Baseline

1.2. Scope, Schedule and Cost Planning

1.2.1. Duration and Cost Estimation Techniques
1.2.2. Planning of Financing Requirements
1.2.3. PERT Method

1.3. Monitoring and Control of Scope, Schedule and Costs

1.3.1. Critical Path Method
1.3.2. Critical Chain Method
1.3.3. Earned Value Method

1.4. Project Management Scorecard

1.4.1. Visual Representation of the Progress Information
1.4.2. Qualitative and Quantitative Scorecards
1.4.3. Key KPI and OKR Indicators

1.5. Risk Management

1.5.1. Uncertainty, Threat, Opportunity and Assumption
1.5.2. Risk Planning
1.5.3. Control Risks

1.6. Qualitative Risk Management

1.6.1. Risk Decomposition Structures
1.6.2. Risk Identification Techniques
1.6.3. Probability x Impact Matrix

1.7. Quantitative Risk Management

1.7.1. Expected Monetary Value Method
1.7.2. Decision Tree Method
1.7.3. Tornado Diagram Method

1.8. Calculation of Reserves

1.8.1. Term and Budget Reserves
1.8.2. Contingency Reserves
1.8.3. Management Reserves

1.9. Project Follow-Up

1.9.1. Status Reports
1.9.2. Progress Reports
1.9.3. Change Log

1.10. Monte Carlo Simulation

1.10.1. Application of the Monte Carlo Simulation Method
1.10.2. Simulation of Time and Cost Range
1.10.3. Monte Carlo with Excel

A unique and decisive academic experience for your professional development” 

Postgraduate Certificate in Hard Skills for Project Management

The Postgraduate Certificate in Hard Skills for Project Management at TECH Global University is an academic program focused on learning technical skills for effective project management. If you are a professional in the area of project management and you are looking to develop your technical skills, this Postgraduate Certificate is the right one for you. During the Postgraduate Certificate in Hard Skills for Project Management, you will have the opportunity to learn and deepen your knowledge of the essential tools and techniques for successful project leadership. From planning and organization to project execution and closure, you will have a practical and effective approach to project management. This program is 6 weeks long, each of which will provide you with significant knowledge in key areas of project management.

Develop your career with new project management skills.

Some of the topics to be covered include the following: - Project planning: You will learn how to define project objectives and scope, create a work plan, and how to accurately estimate the Resources needed. - Risk management: Risk management is key to project success and in this program you will learn how to identify, evaluate and mitigate potential risks to avoid possible deviations in the project budget, schedule and quality. By the end of the Postgraduate Certificate, you will be equipped with the technical skills necessary to successfully lead projects. In addition, you will have the opportunity to put your new skills into practice through real projects that will allow you to apply everything you learned in the daily experience of project management. Don't miss the opportunity to improve your skills and increase your leadership capacity in project management, study at TECH and its best Business School.