Accelerated Project Management Certificate Program

Level I: PMCP 7101 Project Management Essentials (21 hours)

Schedule (choose from two learning formats): 

ONLINE BLENDED: 

PMCP 7101 - 021 - ENROLLMENT OPEN
Virtual Instruction: Tuesdays, May 13 - June 17, 2025 |  5 pm - 7 pm
Self-Directed Modules: approximately 9 hours

This section is blended with 12 hours of virtual instructor led sessions and approximately 9 hours of self-directed eLearning that participants do in between sessions. Daily online participation (at least 80% attendance) and successful completion of all eLearning self-directed modules is required to achieve the course Certificate of Completion from UWindsor Continuing Education.

 

ONLINE CLASSROOM:

PMCP 7101 - 018 - ENROLLMENT OPEN

Virtual Instruction: Wed/Thurs/Fridays, Jan. 29 - Feb. 7, 2025 | 8:30 am - 12 pm

 

PMCP 7101 - 019 - ENROLLMENT OPEN

Virtual Instruction: Tues/Wed/Thursdays, May 6 - 15, 2025 | 8:30 am - 12 pm

See the registration page for more sections

 

This fundamental course presents an accessible, hands-on journey through a project from initiation to closing, with a special emphasis on initiation and planning. Course participants work in project teams to practice PM tools while they experience the realistic challenges that are encountered on projects. Although it is possible to customize a case study for a specific industry or organization, this course offers 2 case studies so there is something for everyone.

Real-life stories from a variety of industries are used to illustrate key concepts and best practices and the instructor encourages course participants to share their experiences. This ensures the discussions are realistic and relevant.

Project Management Essentials is compliant with the Project Management Body of Knowledge and it introduces tools and terminology without overwhelming participants with jargon. The course focuses on developing practical skills that can be applied immediately to increase the level of success on projects. The instructor leads you through a course that is fun, fast-paced, interactive, and adapted as required based on the needs of each audience.

Project Management Essentials is Level I of the Accelerated Project Management Certificate.

Course Outline:

Introduction and PM Context

• Portfolios, programs, projects
• Project success, project life cycles
• Workshops: Project priorities, project success

Initiating the Project

• Stakeholders and requirements
• Project team, working in a matrix
• Workshops: Project stakeholders, project charter

Planning the Project

• Work breakdown structure
• Project Change Control
• Communications planning
• Estimating
• Project Risk Management
• Critical path scheduling
• Workshops: WBS, critical path scheduling, change control, project communications plan, risk management, project schedule

Project Execution

• Roles and responsibilities
• Scope management
• Conflict management
• Leadership and motivation
• Schedule control
• Cost Control
• Workshops: roles and responsibilities, conflict management, schedule updates, reporting and control

Project Closure 

• Closing and lessons learned

Wrap-up

• Workshops: lessons learned

Learner Outcomes:

• Use the terminology and processes of modern project management
• Prepare a complete and accurate project plan for your project
• Facilitate team discussions to learn from the PM experiences of others
• Practice PM skills using templates
• Value the benefits of a consistent PM methodology

Notes:

The Project Management Essentials course is appropriate for individuals who are:

• Responsible for managing smaller projects.
• Participants on a project team of any size, especially those who have not yet been exposed to the tools, techniques and terminology of formal project management.

This course is offered in partnership with Procept Associates Ltd.

Learners will require access to a computer with high-speed internet access. Learners will be sent a Zoom link approximately one week prior to the start of the course.

Daily online participation (at least 80% attendance) and successful completion of learning activities is required to achieve the course Certificate of Completion from UWindsor Continuing Education.

Prerequisites: 

To ensure successful completion of this course, it is expected that learners will have:

1. Basic computer skills
2. English language proficiency
3. Some post-secondary education (strongly recommended)

Location: Online, live-virtual instruction.

Fee: $1295+hst. UWindsor Alumni save 10% pre-tax and UWindsor staff save 5% pre-tax enrolment. Contact us at continue@uwindsor.ca to receive the discount code.

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Level II Elective: PMCP 7208 Project Closeout Best Practices - 7 hours, 2 half-days

Schedule: March 18 & 19, 2025 | 8:30am-12:00pm, ONLINE

As project managers, we tend to keep our eyes focused on the finish line. For us, it is all about on-time completion. Once the deliverables have been handed over to our project sponsor or client, we relax -- the project is over. But is it really? 

Project closeout always presents challenges: from getting final approvals, to performing administrative and contract closure, to capturing lessons learned, and more. At the rapid pace of business today, efficient project closure is a must and may even give you a competitive edge. This online instructor-led workshop introduces project managers to the best practices for getting final signoffs and closing out projects. Project managers will come away with a structured closeout framework and some templates that can be used to complete an orderly project closeout. 

This course is intended for beginner and intermediate project managers across all industries. 

This is one of three elective courses in Level II of the Accelerated Project Management Certificate. 

Course Outline

Topics:

• Introduction and Definitions 
• The Project Charter and Plans (Start with the End in Mind) 
• Getting Final Approvals 
• Scope Barriers (Customer Satisfaction, Quality Issues) 
• Lifecycle Barriers 
• Post-approval Closure Activities 
• Contract Closure Activities 
• Administrative and Lessons Learned Closure Activities  
• Marketing Closure Activities 

Active participation (at least 80% attendance) and successful completion of learning activities is required to successfully complete the course.   

Learner Outcomes:

Participants will gain practical skills to: 

• Use a structured approach to get final sign-off and closing out a project 
• Describe the barriers to project closeout including both scope and lifecycle barriers 
• Describe how to overcome closeout activities including financial, administrative, and legal closure (and more!) 
• Use lessons learned to drive continuous improvement 

Prerequisites: To ensure successful completion of this course, it is expected that learners will have: 

1. Completed the Project Management Essentials class 
2. Basic computer skills  
3. English language proficiency 
4. Some post-secondary education (strongly recommended) 

If you have significant project management experience or a have completed a course in Project Management at a recognized institution then a Prior Learning Assessment may be considered for exemption of the Project Management Essentials prerequisite. Contact continue@uwindsor.ca for more details.   

Instructor: Janice Petley

Materials: Learners will require access to a computer with high-speed internet access.  Learners will be sent a Zoom link approximately one week prior to the start of the course. 

Location: Online, live-virtual instruction.

Fee: $499 + HST.  UWindsor Alumni save 10% pre-tax and UWindsor staff save 5% pre-tax enrolment. Contact us at continue@uwindsor.ca to receive the discount code.

Level II Elective: PMCP 7206 Defining and Managing Project Requirements - 7 hours, 2 half-days

Schedule: October 31 & November 1, 2024 | 8:30am-12:00pm, ONLINE

Course Description

In today’s ever-changing world, complexity is unavoidable. Whether you are engaged in formal project work or you are accountable for creating policies, improving operational performance, launching a new product, good or service, or creating solutions that drive organizational change, your success is highly dependent on well-defined and understood business requirements, product requirements, and specifications. Investments in requirements processes have proven to be key contributors to success in any endeavour.

This online class focuses on the requirements management process. Using an exercise taken from a real-life project, participants will learn how to define the problem, assess its business impact, and identify and manage stakeholders’ expectations. Participants will use elicitation tools and techniques to discover the underlying requirements that contribute to deliverable solutions that produce desired outcomes. Through the use of techniques for clarifying expected deliverables and discovering overlooked requirements, participants will be better prepared to work on projects characterized by uncertainty and high levels of change. This instructor-led class will cover requirements verification, traceability and change management techniques for both predictive and agile project environments. Participants will discover different ways to present requirements to stakeholders to maximize comprehension and encourage feedback.

This is one of three elective courses in Level II of the Accelerated Project Management Certificate. 

Learner Outcomes

Participants will gain practical skills to:

• Utilize an enterprise requirements management framework and processes
• Identify impacted stakeholders and discover and define their real problems
• Realize and uncover real requirements using various methods and tools
• Create appropriate questions to ask in surveys, interviews, job shadowing, and JAD sessions
• Discover functional requirements that deliver business value
• Document requirements clearly using standard formats, including user stories and use cases
• Analyze, verify, and validate requirements
• Refine, manage, and control changes to requirements
• Use a hierarchical solution selection process to build a foundation for future requirements
• Conduct financial analysis of proposed solution(s) to maximize benefits realization
• Prioritize, select and present the best requirements solutions to problems/opportunities
• Transfer a practical requirements management methodology back to the workplace

Notes

This course is offered in partnership with Procept Associates Ltd.

Learners will require access to a computer with high-speed internet access. Learners will be sent a Zoom link approximately one week prior to the start of the course.

Active participation (at least 80% attendance) and successful completion of learning activities is required to successfully complete the course.

Prerequisites

To ensure successful completion of this course, it is expected that learners will have:

1. Completed the Project Management Essentials class
2. Basic computer skills
3. English language proficiency
4. Some post-secondary education (strongly recommended)

If you have significant project management experience or a have completed a course in Project Management at a recognized institution then a Prior Learning Assessment may be considered for exemption of the Project Management Essentials prerequisite. Contact continue@uwindsor.ca for more details.

Instructor: Ori Schibi

Location: Online, live-virtual instruction.

Fee: $499 + HST.  UWindsor Alumni save 10% pre-tax and UWindsor staff save 5% pre-tax enrolment. Contact us at continue@uwindsor.ca to receive the discount code.

Level II Elective: PMCP 7207 Project Procurement & Contract Management  - 7 hours, 2 half-days

Schedule: March 20 & 21, 2025

Procurement management, and especially contract administration, has become an essential project management skill in today’s trend of outsourcing. 

We will guide you through procurement practices, the bid process, contract negotiations, managing contractors and vendors for optimum performance and provide a taste of contract law. This online instructor-led course will provide the fundamental tools required for project managers. It will also offer you an insight into the role of the procurement officer or buyer on a project team. 

This course is important for those working on projects with large numbers of vendors/contractors, where coordinating the selection and management of these vendors is a primary challenge.  Typically, procurement and contract management are a primary challenge in engineering and construction projects. 

This is one of three elective courses in Level II of the Accelerated Project Management Certificate. 

Topics:

• The Procurement Process 
•   Plan Procurements (including contract law, make-or-buy, bids, contract types) 
•   Conduct Procurements (proposal evaluation, negotiation) 
•   Due Diligence 
•   Control Procurements (dispute management, inspections & audits) 
•   Contract Closure 

Active participation (at least 80% attendance) and successful completion of learning activities is required to successfully complete the course.   

Learner Outcomes:

Participants will gain practical skills to: 

• Use proven techniques, tools and skills for managing contracting and procurement on projects 
• Know how to plan and control procurement management scope of work 
• Understand and use the procurement management terminology 
• Define the work required to manage a specific contract 
• Make a plan for administering the contract and managing the vendor 
• Co-ordinate and monitor activities of on-site contractors in a commercial and professional manner 
• Value the importance of knowing the contractual requirements 
• Work within the requirements of your company’s contracting procedures. 

Notes:

This course is offered in partnership with Procept Associates Ltd.

Learners will require access to a computer with high-speed internet access. Learners will be sent a Zoom link approximately one week prior to the start of the course.

Active participation (at least 80% attendance) and successful completion of learning activities is required to successfully complete the course.

Prerequisites: To ensure successful completion of this course, it is expected that learners will have: 

1. Completed the Project Management Essentials class 
2. Basic computer skills  
3. English language proficiency 
4. Some post-secondary education (strongly recommended) 

If you have significant project management experience or a have completed a course in Project Management at a recognized institution then a Prior Learning Assessment may be considered for exemption of the Project Management Essentials prerequisite. Contact continue@uwindsor.ca for more details.   

Instructor: Amber Howard

Location: Online, live-virtual instruction.

Fee: $499 + HST.  UWindsor Alumni save 10% pre-tax and UWindsor staff save 5% pre-tax enrolment. Contact us at continue@uwindsor.ca to receive the discount code.