Project Management Certification

Applied Project Management

Master the essential skills for effective project leadership.

Full Course
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Online

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Self-paced
Foundations Extended*
Start Anytime
$750
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Location:

Online

Schedule:

Self-paced

*Must have completed Foundations of Project Management

Course Summary

Learning Objectives

Course Overview

Credentials

Instructional Team

Course Summary

Discounts

The following GoBlue pricing discounts are available and cannot be combined. Please contact us at [email protected] for a promotional code that will allow you to apply the eligible discount to your registration.

With 15 or more enrollments, you may want to consider a custom program for your organization. Please contact us to learn more about our partnership opportunities.

Once you have paid, a discount cannot be added retroactively.

THESE DISCOUNTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE FOR PARTNER PROGRAMS.

Name Details Level
Group Discount Level 1 Enroll 3-4 participants in one course offering. 5%
Group Discount Level 2 Enroll 5 or more participants in one course offering. 10%
U.S. Government Current employees with .gov email (not applicable to government contractors). 10%
U.S. Military Active duty personnel, reservists, retired or disabled veterans. 10%
Students Currently enrolled student from any university; please send photo of date-stamped student ID. 10%
Michigan Engineering Professional Education Alumni Past participants of any Michigan Engineering Professional Education certificate course. 10%
U-M Alumni U-M alumni from any school or department – please send uniqname to [email protected] for confirmation. 20%
U-M Students and Staff Current U-M students, faculty, and staff – please send uniqname to [email protected] for confirmation. 20%
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Completion Time Contact Hours PDUs CEUs
Full Course 9 months from start date 50 50 5
Foundations Extension 6 months from start date 30 30 3

Contact Hours includes online lectures, quizzes, and assignments.

An understanding of project management is essential to leading successful projects. This is a skill set that is not limited to project management professionals—people in any role where they lead business-related projects can benefit from this knowledge. With established tools and strategies, cross-functional projects can run smoothly.

The Applied Project Management certification course provides a core set of essential business skills for managing projects that do not require advanced analysis. This online, self-paced certification will immediately prepare you for project success.

Learning Objectives

This certification is aligned with the PMI PMBOK and provides core tools and processes in project management. Course content allows you to:

  • Understand what a project is, how to develop one, and how to select the best approach to successfully lead different types of projects
  • Align projects to strategic initiatives and ensure business value
  • Gain the ability to create a project charter, refine the project scope and analyze stakeholders
  • Develop, lead, and motivate project teams
  • Determine the Work Breakdown Structure, sequence work, build a project schedule and budget, and monitor progress
  • Identify, analyze, and mitigate project risks and manage uncertainty
  • Successfully pass milestone stage gate reviews, document projects, and close them accordingly

Course Overview

Applied Project Management is fully online and self-paced. The course includes approximately 30 hours of recorded instruction, graded exercises, the submission of an industry project report, and participation exercises. After purchase, you have 180 days to complete the course. 

This Applied Management Course fulfills the minimum required 35 hours of project management education toward eligibility for the PMP certification. 

Already completed Foundations of Project Management? You will receive a $1000 discount on the Applied Project Management certification. Send us an email at [email protected] to apply the discount. 

  • Understand the definition of a project and the role of a project manager professional
  • Be familiar with the project management performance domains and project management principles
  • Learn different project development approaches to apply project life cycles (predictive v adaptive, waterfall, iterative, incremental, agile, extreme)
  • Be familiar with common life cycles to lead projects with product or knowledge deliverables
  • Create the project charter and refine the project scope
  • Evaluate prospective projects, select projects to execute, and determine project business case
  • Apply requirement gathering techniques
  • Perform stakeholder analysis
  • Select, motivate, and lead project teams
  • Tailor project development approach for each unique project
  • Identify project activities and build a Work Breakdown Structure
  • Negotiate for project resources and determine project team roles
  • Determine time and cost estimates for project activities
  • Sequence activities and optimize resources to build a project schedule
  • Create a project budget
  • Identify and analyze project risk
  • Measure project performance and create project status reports
  • Effectively use evidence-based decision-making techniques
  • Establish effective communication with project team and stakeholders
  • Manage project teams including conflict management, motivating team members, and managing global teams
  • Measure project performance including the use of burndown charts
  • Create status reports and successfully pass milestone stage gate reviews
  • Manage project uncertainty
  • Adapt to change by following a change management approach, change control, and contingency planning
  • Learn closeout activities
  • Document project outcomes and lessons learned

Who Should Attend

Individuals who lead business-related cross-functional projects will benefit from this course. This includes:

  • Engineers (all specializations)
  • Project managers
  • Construction managers
  • Product managers
  • Executive assistants
  • Marketing managers
  • Account managers

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Instructional Team

Nicole Friedberg

  • Master Black Belt and Project Manager 
  • Lecturer, Michigan Engineering
  • Instructor, Six Sigma Programs
Pat Hammett, PhD

Pat Hammett, PhD

  • Lead Faculty, Six Sigma Programs
  • Associate Chair of Masters Education, Integrative Systems + Design
  • Lecturer, College of Engineering

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