(9 Courses - 405 Clock Hours)

The Project Management Specialist Program is available to meet the needs for Project Managers in the information technology industry. The intent of the program is to provide students with the necessary project and program management skills that will provide opportunities for career advancement.

The Project Management Specialist Program provides students with an overview of industry-standard project management processes and techniques. During the course, students participate in exercises to provide key project deliverables for a case study. The course is divided into three days, covering specific lessons. With the exception of Lesson 1, Introduction, and Less 2, Framework, all other lessons cluster topics by Project Management Process Groups. Upon completion of this program students will also possess skills to successfully manage, install, configure, and operate various types of information technologies which can be customized for apprenticeship or workforce development.

Students must complete and pass 405 clock hours from the curricula in the categories listed below. Click on course number for additional course information.

ITT-CTPR - Information Technology (IT) Project+, 45 Clock Hours
Description: The demand for skilled project managers is significant and many companies either preferentially hire or require the IT Project+ certification, including State Farm, COMARK, CompuCom, Cable Express Technologies, EMTEC and Care Call, Inc. Additionally, IT Project+ is also endorsed by the National Skill Standards Board. The CompTIA IT Project+ certification validates your knowledge and abilities as an IT project manager. IT Project+ certification is a vendor-neutral credential recognized worldwide. Having an IT Project+ certification is proof that you have the critical knowledge of business practices, interpersonal skills and project management processes, in addition to the ability to effectively plan, implement and complete IT projects on time and within your budget.

MDP405 - Managing Information Technology (IT) Projects, 45 Clock Hours
Description: In today’s dynamically changing business environment projects are initiated under tighter budgetary, resource and time constraints than ever before. This seminar will provide the attendees with proven "real life" tools and techniques to be utilized in managing projects in a "multi-project" IT environment.

MDP425 - How to Assess & Manage Project Risk, 45 Clock Hours
Description: Project managers are critically examining their approach to managing risk. To remain competitive, projects cannot afford to set up contingencies or control measures for every conceivable risk. Rather, project managers must adopt a "graded approach" to managing risk. This course builds upon the four-step process for assessing and managing risk, and introduces learners to widely accepted computer-based risk assessment and risk management tools.

MDP460 - Simulation of Real-World Project Management, 45 Clock Hours
Description: This is a dynamic interactive seminar designed primarily as, but not limited to being, a "cap stone" for the Project Management Certificate program. Working with proprietary simulation software and a case which resolves around an entrepreneurial company, you will be challenged to satisfy the needs to achieve an aggressive time schedule and budget, with limited resources.

MDP408 - Estimating & Managing Project Costs, 45 Clock Hours
Description: The first step in successfully managing a project’s costs is to have a project budget that realistically reflects the costs for executing the project. This course gives project managers the tools they need to develop reliable cost estimates by assessing necessary project resources, applying one or more cost estimating methods, and adjusting the estimates based on resource availability and project risk. Students are also taught a process for evaluating the quality of cost estimates prepared by others.

MDP410 - Project Procurement & Contract Management, 45 Clock Hours
Description: This seminar takes a detailed and operational view of the project procurement and contract management process. You will be introduced to the procurement, solicitation, and contract processes as outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)TM. A systematic approach will aid you in developing an in-depth understanding of buyer - seller relationships, direct & indirect costs, preparation of specifications and bids, and the multiple complexities of contract administration.

MDP525 - Project Quality Management, 45 Clock Hours
Description: This course focuses on the quality of the management process within which projects are undertaken as well as how the project management process impacts the quality of the products or deliverables which are produced. It also provides exposure to the tools, techniques and metrics which can be used to ensure that sufficient quality of process and product are achieved. It includes exercises which allow attendees to assess their organizations’ quality environments and the effectiveness of their organizations’ project management processes.

MDP427 - Managing Project Communication, 45 Clock Hours
Description: Managing project communications is one of the most important duties of a project manager. Project managers must keep project owners, team members, management, subcontractors, and others informed of project status, while constantly evaluating where the project is and where it is going. This course helps project manager assess their project communication needs, plan for meeting those needs, and effectively communicate project status and forecasts throughout the project life-cycle. The course concludes with a lesson on how to manage project closure.