PROJ 150 - Project Management Basics

Course Description
This course introduces the basic concepts and processes for successful project management. Explore proven best practices for defining, planning, organizing and executing a project. Examination of the project life cycle will highlight the need for a phased-approach to project work with stage-gate approvals to ensure strategic alignment and effective project governance. The learning material and group exercises provide you with hands-on experience using the vocabulary, knowledge, and tools needed to properly define, plan, manage and successfully implement a project. Special emphasis is given to the crucial up-front effort to clearly define, in consultation with key stakeholders, the project scope, the project’s strategic value and expected results. Throughout the course, we’ll examine and apply widely recognized project management techniques, tools and templates.

0 credits

Additional Requisite Information:

This is a Gold Seal accredited course with the Canadian Construction Association (CCA). Please check www.sait.ca/goldseal for more information.
Distance Education Students
- Required Textbook - Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^®Guide) (6th ed.), Project Management Institute, Inc.
- Purchasing the Textbook: Go to www.bookstore.sait.ca/buy_main.asp?, click “Select A Campus Term”, select the “Distance Learning” option for the term you are enrolled in, and click GO to locate and order the book for this course.
- Note: The Spring/Summer booklist will be available mid-April; the Fall booklist will be available mid-August; the Winter booklist will be available mid-December.
- Software Requirements:
  - Windows 7 or higher,
  - Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for PC or Microsoft Office 365, and
  - Internet Explorer 11 or higher.
- Important Notes: All students begin on the listed start date. Your end date is based on the length of the course. You are required to meet any assessment deadlines set by the instructor. Extensions are not available for non-credit courses.
- For more information about online learning, contact distance.education@sait.ca.