Project Management Certificate

Analyzing and prioritizing elements of a learning initiative or talent solution helps to ensure a meaningful and relevant learner experience. Effective project management requires being able to plan, organize, direct, and control resources for a finite period to complete specific goals and objectives.

In addition, developing project management skills can equip you to proactively identify roadblocks or constraints that can hinder project completion. Project management skills help you build capacity in critical thinking and problem solving, key areas of competency in every industry.

Upon successful completion of this project management course, you will be able to:

• Communicate project management principles, processes, and roles.

• Establish the project charter necessary for project initiation.

• Establish a project management plan, related sub-plans, and identify constraints.

• Manage a project in accordance with established plans and guidelines.

• Execute the project close-out processes.
  

• Learn essential project management skills and how you can apply them to a TD context.

• Become a skilled project manager who can take on and manage any learning project with ease.

• Practice project management tasks throughout the program in your own personal project.

• Get proven techniques to stay ahead of and solve issues quickly to ensure successful projects, large and small.

• Gain access to ATD-exclusive templates and tools that you can apply to your own work as a project manager.

• Earn an industry-recognized project management certificate, continuing education credits, and an ATD digital badge to share with your networks upon completion of your project management program.

• This certificate in project management is geared toward talent development professionals who may have assumed project management responsibilities or who frequently manage talent development initiatives. You do not have to be a full-time project manager to benefit from this program.

• Others who may benefit from this certificate program include instructional designers, talent development managers, consultants, trainers or facilitators, human resource professionals, and organization development professionals.

• This course is designed for people without prior project management experience.

The project management course consists of 14 hours of instruction. The in-person option is delivered across two eight-hour days, each with a one-hour lunch break. The live online format includes four instructor-led sessions, each lasting three and a half hours. 

This course starts with the foundations of project management and is appropriate for people without prior project management experience. 

ATD’s Project Management Certificate program is a credential, not a certification like the PMP, which is offered through the Project Management Institute. This certificate program is designed for project management professionals in the talent development field and provides a foundational project management education that can be applied in a workplace learning environment. The project management tools and resources included in the course are specifically tailored to the needs of learning projects.  

The PMP® is a broadly focused project management certification that requires several years of project management experience. To earn the PMP, participants must pass a rigorous exam.  

Project management skills can be applied across many disciplines and industries. Learning essential skills like project initiation and agile project management can differentiate your capabilities when it comes to leading and managing projects of any size.

Additionally, developing project management skills deepens your business acumen by equipping you to think critically and proactively about projects, deepening your understanding of business processes and cross functional collaboration, and communicating effectively with stakeholders.

Yes, organizations can schedule an on-site project management course. Our team can work with you to pick a date, time, and facilitator of your choosing. We can also customize the training course to meet your organization’s specific project management needs. Contact us to schedule a time to talk to a member of our team!

This additional information will help you prepare to earn your certificate in project management.

• Completion Requirements: Review the attendance policy before your project management course begins to ensure your successful completion.

• Technical Requirements: Ensure your tech is ready for the first day of your program.

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• What Is Project Management?

  • Defining tasks, Projects, Programs, and Processes

  • Project Goals

• Project Management Principles

  • PM Approaches: Four-Phase, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban

  • Project Constraints

  • Project Roles

• Initiate – the Foundation

  • Project Charter

  • Project Objectives

  • Project Scope

• How Do We Initiate a Project?

• The Planning Phase

• Logistics of a Project

• Developing Sub-Plans

• Manage the Project

• Skills to Help Manage Projects

  • Communication

  • Conflict Management

  • Scope Creep

• Closure Basics