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Level 1
Course details
Effective Writing and Presentation for Business
COMM8041
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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- CoRequisites:
Conestoga 101
CON0101
- Hours: 1
- Credits: 0
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Project Leadership and Team Management
MGMT8295
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Introduction to Project Management
MGMT8300
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Project Planning - Scope and Quality
MGMT8310
Project managers need to ensure that the scope of the project is effectively managed from concept through to implementation. This course will focus on all aspects of scope management, including the link to company strategy, concept development, business case, contract management, requirements gathering, work breakdown, scope definition, and scope control. Directly related is the need to ensure that the project implements the scope as intended. Quality management techniques will be studied in detail.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Stakeholder Management
MGMT8320
In the past few years, today’s world has evolved by using technology to communicate effectively with stakeholders. Hybrid and remote work has changed the culture of organizations and processes regarding stakeholder management. Employers will be looking for employees well versed in collaborative tools to facilitate effective presentations and meetings. Students will simulate specific situational applications of effectual communication skills in stakeholder change management. This approach to communication and presentation skills will address written, spoken, and electronic modes—non-verbal communication and body language, to foster business-appropriate competencies for the professional.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Business Operations
MGMT8340
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
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Level 2
Course details
Projecting Planning - Schedule and Budget
MGMT8360
This course will focus on the development of the project schedule and budget as a crucial part of the planning and control process. Project costing and financial management related to projects will be covered. Using the popular MS Project software, extensive project schedules containing time and cost information will be created and analyzed.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Project Risk and Issues Management
MGMT8370
This course builds on the knowledge acquired in the introductory Project Management course. Students will learn a structured multi-tiered approach that can be used to identify the different types of risks associated with projects such as technical, time, costs, quality and others. Students will learn to communicate risks effectively and share the responsibility of managing risks with team members, customers and management. Students will develop creative thinking skills and problem solving skills in the context of dealing with issues encountered while managing a project.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Advanced Project Planning and Control
MGMT8400
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Project Management - Capstone
MGMT8460
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Project Management - Applied Project
MGMT8560
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
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Agile Project Management
MGMT8750
This course will prepare you to apply Agile concepts to manage projects. You will explore Agile values and principles along with how Lean has influenced Agile. Learn how to perform key agile functions such as user story creation, estimation, backlog and sprint planning, sprint execution and scrum, as well as, the use of information radiators to monitor sprint progress. Practical case scenarios will be utilized to teach the effective use of Jira software to manage many Agile functions. This course will be of interest to students who would like to pursue a career as a Scrum Master or become more familiar with Agile.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Program outcomes
- Manage the scope, cost, timing and quality of a project including the project success as defined by the project stakeholders.
- Align a project to an organization's strategic plans and business justification throughout the lifecycle.
- Establish project goals, constraints, deliverables, performance criteria, control needs, and resource requirements in consultation with stakeholders.
- Perform tasks with professionalism, ethics, and integrity to work effectively as a project leader and role model to teams.
- Adapt projects in response to issues that arise both internally and externally to an organization.
- Integrate inclusive practices to support and promote equity, participation, and collaboration of diverse stakeholders when managing projects.
- Utilize technology tools for communication, collaboration, information management, and decision support.
- Determine the most appropriate project methodology, such as Agile or Waterfall, and implement the relevant framework to effectively manage projects throughout their lifecycle.
- Apply appropriate legal and ethical standards to the execution and management of a project.
- Facilitate effective communication to produce high-quality business documents that integrate project management terminologies to support project outcomes.
- Recognize the importance of project objectives and outcomes that consider an inclusive and a sustainable global economy, to support alignment with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).