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CERTIFICATE PROGRAM in Project Management

Project Management
Fall Quarter 2013
Cass Tang, PMP Instructor
40 Hours; 4.0 CEUs

Contact hours: Pre-arranged and announced in class
Office phone:
E-mail: 206-304-3655
Course Resources:
[email protected], [email protected]
Class meetings:
Prerequisites: http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/keybank-professional-development-
Technology requirements: center/project-management-certificate

Wednesdays, 09/18/13 through 11/20/13, 5:00 - 9:00 pm

At least 1 year of experience with managing projects

Access to word processing, spreadsheet, diagramming, and
presentation software tools.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Project Management Certificate provides a comprehensive overview toward successful project
implementations. The ten week course is highly interactive and energetic and will include a
combination of lecture, Q&A, group exercises, and tests to evaluate knowledge transfer. Key tenets of
good project management practice is excellent communication, empowering leadership, strong people
skills, a firm and consistent management style, combined with experience and wisdom.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Understand project management terminology, processes, tools and techniques.
2. Become familiar with the different project management methodologies.
3. Learn how to apply the phased-based templates for the phases of a project.
4. Identify how to document, communicate, and handle team challenges during a project.
5. Be prepared to create a project health report for budget, schedule, scope, and quality.
6. Experience real-time team exercises that can be applied in the workplace immediately.

COURSE TOPICS

1. PM Overview that will include PM Framework, Leadership, Certification Process, and Meeting
Management.

2. Scoping and Planning
3. Estimating, Schedule, and Schedule Tools
4. Cost, Quality
5. Time, HR, Communications
6. Risk, Ethics
7. Day 1 – Case Study

8. Day 2 – Cast Study, Monitoring and Controlling, Conflict Management
9. PM Methodologies
10. Class Group Presentations

COURSE FORMAT

This is a lecture-workshop course in which topics are presented by the instructor, questions answered
interactively, group breakout exercises performed and reported, and quizzes given to evaluate knowledge
transfer. Final group presentations will provide knowledge application and retention. You should scan textbook
assignments as indicated IN ADVANCE, and be ready to discuss the material in class.

The class syllabus, assigned readings, and the class exercise details will all be available from the class webpage.

TEXT(S) AND REQUIRED SUPPLIES

Required text:
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) Fifth Edition, by PMI®.
ISBN: 978-1935589679

Optional text:
A Project Manager’s Book of Forms: A Companion to the PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition, by Cynthia Snyder
Stackpole. ISBN: 978-1118430781 (Some forms will be provided in class but this book is good reference and has
many more forms that you may wish to use in your workplace.)

Supplies: You are responsible for your own media for taking notes.

EVALUATION AND GRADING

Coursework will be weighted as follows:
• Grading is SC/USC (successful completion/unsuccessful completion). SC is a minimum of 75% or higher.
• 80% attendance is required. Excused absences may be accepted. Discuss with the instructor.

1. Class 30% Interactive participation is high encouraged. This will help to pace
Participation the course so that all attendees learn to be best of their ability.

2. Quizzes 10% There will be several quizzes that will be self-graded. There will be
no make-up quizzes.

3. Case Study 30% The case study must be presented by all team members, be
Presentation cohesive, flow logically, and have addressed the key components of
a project along with review of lessons learned.

4. Attendance 30%
TOTAL 100%

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CLASSROOM RULES OF CONDUCT

1. Turn off cell phones.
2. Respect the person who is speaking
3. If speaking, be brief and to the point.
4. Participate fully and share your ideas.
5. Notify the instructor by email in advance if you are unable to attend class.

OTHER INFORMATION YOU WISH TO INCLUDE

Tips for Success: Review the material by scanning / reading in advance. Retention and understanding are
heightened during class as the theory is presented to you in lecture. Stick to a study routine to ensure that you
stay on top of the curriculum. We will be moving fast and we want for all of us to be together as we cross the
finish line. Feel free to schedule study groups outside of class.

Instructor background: Cass Tang has taught courses for the University of Washington, Sound Transit, Pierce
Transit, and several corporations including Group Health, Clearwater Paper, United State Gypsum, Hytek
Finishes / Esterline, Puget Sound School Districts. In addition, she has managed projects as small as a few
months and a handful of folks to multi-year projects with over 100 direct and indirect resources. This diversity of
clients and challenges has added to the overflowing project management toolbox that Cass will share along with
providing the foundation for you to springboard your career in project management. Cass’s family of four is lives
in the Pacific Northwest where she and her son and daughter are University of Washington Huskies and her
husband is an avid Husky sports fan!

Approach: The material is presented in a logical fashion. The project management processes will first be
broken down into discrete pieces. This helps to categorize the material for your internal file cabinets for ease of
future retrieval. We will then combine pieces in a concurrent fashion that more simulates a real-life scenario.
Lastly, we will apply the concepts learned in breakout sessions. Most adults learn by “doing.” Since this is an
evening course, will be more interactive and leverage experiential exercises.

Expectations: This course is a pathway into your future professional career. The instructors will be dressed in
their typical project management “business casual” attire. It is said that you feel the way you look, take this
opportunity to dress in a professional manner. You never know who you may meet, even in class, who may be a
potential referral or employer. Be on time to class. Project managers are either early or on time. They must set
the bar and be a role model for the project team.

DATE DAY COURSE SCHEDULE PLAN
September 18 Wed
September 25 Wed TOPIC/ACTIVITY
Wed
October 2 PM Overview
• PM Framework
• Leadership
• PMP and CAPM Certification Process
• Meetings, Bloody Meetings

Before class scan over Chapter 2: Organizational Influences and Project Life
Cycle and Chapter 3: Project Management Processes

Scoping / Time
Before class scan over Chapter 5: Project Scope Management and
Chapter 6: Project Time Management

Estimating / Schedule / Schedule Tools
Before class review Chapter 6: Project Time Management

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DATE DAY COURSE SCHEDULE PLAN
October 9 Wed
October 16 TOPIC/ACTIVITY
Wed
October 23 Cost / Quality
October 30 Before class scan over Chapter 7: Project Cost Management and
Chapter 8: Project Quality Management
November 6
November 13 Time, HR / Communications
November 20 Pre-reading: Scan over Chapter 9 Project Human Resource Management and
Chapter 10 Project Communications Management

Wed Risk / Ethics
Wed Pre-reading: Scan over Chapter 11 Project Risk Management and PMI® Code
of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Day 1 – Case Study
Pre-reading: Scan over Chapter 4: Project Integration

Wed Day 2 – Case Study

Wed PM Methodologies and Prepare for Presentations

Wed Class Group Presentations and Graduation

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