Project and Program Management Certificate | UCSC Silicon Valley Extension

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Certificate Program
Project and Program Management

The pace of productivity

Certificate Description

As practiced by Silicon Valley leaders

We teach aspiring and seasoned project and program managers to serve as organizational pace-setters, motivating teams to produce value for all project stakeholders. You will learn the latest principles, practices, processes and tools to quickly originate project plans that:

Establish business needs;
Define products;
Estimate costs and schedules; and
Manage risk.

Study current industry practices including agile and lean project leadership methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and the Adaptive Project Framework.

Project and Program Management certificate program objectives

Plan and execute successful projects
Analyze stakeholder’s needs and requirements
Enlist and lead successful teams
Assess and manage project risks
Use both traditional waterfall and lean-agile project models
Make informed and profitable project business decisions
Prepare for the Project Management Institute’s PMP® exam
Qualify for the internationally recognized Master Project Manager® credential

Registered Education Provider

As a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute, UCSC Silicon Valley Extension agrees to abide by PMI-established quality assurance criteria. The PMI Registered Education Provider logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Cost: $6,000 | International Tuition Cost

Required Credits: Total Required: 7 courses/15–17 units. Take 3 required courses (7.5 units) and 3 elective credit courses (4.5–6.5 units), ending with 1 required capstone course (3.0 units)

Duration: A full-time student can complete the certificate in 6–12 months.

Courses

Course	Units	Fall	Spring
1. Required Courses
Project Integration and Risk Management	3.0
Project Leadership and Communication	3.0
Role of the Project Manager	1.5
2. Elective Courses
Achieving Organizational Agility using the Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe©	1.5
Agile Product Life-Cycle Management (APLM)	1.5
Agile Project Management Using Scrum	1.5
Clinical Project Management	2.0
Creating the Successful Team	1.5
Decision-Making Tools and Techniques	1.5
Effective Negotiations: Principles, Strategies, and Techniques	1.5
Extreme-Agile Project Management	1.5
Lean-Agile Project Management: Achieving Business Value	1.5
Managing International Projects	1.5
Managing Projects at Startup Companies	1.5
Managing Projects with Microsoft Project	1.5
Managing Software Projects	1.5
Managing the Development of New Products	1.5
Outsourcing and Contract Management	1.5
Principles of Business Analysis	3.0	+	+
Quality Management for Enterprises, Products, and Programs	2.0
Schedule Optimization Techniques for Managers	1.5
3. Capstone Course
Applied Project Management	3.0
4. Required Certificate Review
Project and Program Management Certificate Completion Fee	None
Special Offering (not part of the certificate program).
PMP® Examination Preparation: 35 Hour	3.5

Certificate Inquiry Form

Speak to a student services representative.

(408) 861-3860

extension@ucsc.edu

Requisite Knowledge

Please review the course descriptions to ensure that you have taken necessary prerequisites or meet the requirements through job experience or previous education.

Recommended Course Sequence

Please follow this sequence

Begin with Role of the Project Manager. Then you can take Project Integration and Risk Management or Project Leadership and Communication, ending your core requirements with Applied Project Management. Electives may be taken in any order provided the prerequisites are met.

Substitutions

You may take one elective outside the certificate curriculum, if you receive prior approval from the Academic Services Department.

To receive your certificate

Upon completion of the course sequence you may request your Project and Program Management Certificate Completion Review.

Professional Development

PMI®-Approved

As a PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.), UCSC Silicon Valley Extension has agreed to abide by PMI-established quality assurance criteria.

PMBOK® Guide

Our courses are compliant with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition.

PMP® Exam Prep

Courses prepare you to sit for the PMP® exam, plus we offer the PMP® Examination Preparation course.

PMI® Professional Development Units

You can earn professional development units by taking our PMI®-approved courses toward each of the seven PMI® professional certifications.

The number of units for each UCSC Extension course is based on how the content fits into the PMI Talent Triangle® of three critical areas—Technical Project Management, Leadership, and Strategic & Business Management. In a nutshell, leadership and strategic and business management course hours are applicable for PDUs in all seven PMI certifications. However, course hours spent on the technical area can only be applied to technical certification. See our PMI® PDU chart for more information.

The Project Management Institute (PMI)®, the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, and the PMBOK® Guide are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Advisory Board

Certificate Program Chair

FRANK M. MANGINI, M.S.E.E., M.B.A., PMP®, PMI-ACP®, CSP, has over 25 years’ experience in project management and product development and served as the director of programs for ARGOSystems/Boeing Electronic Defense Systems. As senior programs manager and director of programs, he led multi-year programs that developed and produced shipboard and submarine electronic detection and protection systems for domestic and international naval forces. He has also been involved in commercial consulting and startup enterprises including the development and production of online sports training systems. Mangini is a lifetime member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has also been a member of Toastmasters International since 2006 and has achieved the competence levels of Advanced Communicator Bronze and Advanced Leader Bronze. He has taught project management courses for the UCSC Extension since 2002. He teaches classroom, online and on-site corporate training courses for the Project and Program Management certificate program. His special interests are project risk management, critical chain project management and Agile-Lean development projects.

Certificate Program Advisory Committee

DAVID BAKHTNIA, BSEE, MSEM, CSM, CSPO, CSP, SPC 4.5 (SAFe®)
Agile Coach & TPM Consultant
 UCSC, Silicon Valley Extension PPMT Instructor

VAIDEHI BHANDARI-JAIN UCSC, MS, PMP
Senior Manager, Program Management Office, Facebook
Silicon Valley Extension PPMT Instructor

WILLIAM BROOKS, M.A., MPM, CIPM
 Co-founder of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension PPMT certificate program and a former instructor in the program.

MOHAMMED FENNICH , PHD
Senior Management Consultant, SalesForce.com
Co-founding Manager, Kaditek
UCSC Extension Instructor

HAMID NOURI, MBA
 Managing Principal and Executive Advisor AgiLeanIT-NAI
Founder of Nouri Associates, Inc. and Agileanit

MARY ANN HIGGS, BA
 Former HR Chief of Staff, Cisco Systems, former Business Operations Manager at Cisco Systems

RAVI KALLURI , MS, MBA, PMP
Principal Program Manager, Aerohive Networks
Certified SAFe Program Consultant
UCSC Extension Instructor, Project and Program Management

FRANK M. MANGINI, M.S.E.E., M.B.A., PMP®, PMI-ACP®, CSP
UCSC Extension Instructor/Chair, Project and Program Management

HONG NGUYEN-PHUONG, BSEE, MSCS, PMP®, PSM I, PSPO I, SASM, SA
Director of Engineering, Kryptono
Consultant, Silicon Valley Alliances
Co-founder, Net-Tags
UCSC Extension Instructor, Project and Program Management

RICH RONDEAU , MS, PMP, ITIL CSM, SAFe® 4
Project Manager, Vindicia
Vonzos Entrepreneur in Residence
UCSC Extension Instructor, Project and Program Management

Declaring Candidacy

You can enroll in a certificate program any time during your studies.

Once you create your student account, you can enroll in a certificate program. Although you can enroll in a program at any time, the benefit of enrolling early is that it locks in your certificate requirements. This means that even if program requirements change, the requirements to complete your certificate will remain the same for you.

You must enroll in the certificate program before enrolling in the Certificate Completion Review.

You have a total of five years to complete all necessary courses in a certificate program.

All the necessary units in a certificate must be completed within a five-year window. The clock begins on the first day of your first course in the certificate program. For example, if you started a course on Sept. 5, 2017, you would have to complete all of the required units in this certificate by Sept. 4, 2022.

Enrolling in a certificate program does not trigger the beginning of the five-year window. It begins the first day of the first course that applies to a certificate program.
The Certificate Completion Review process does not have to occur within the five-year timeframe.

Grade Requirements

Please note that only letter grades of C- or higher may be applied to a certificate, and in some programs, students may have more stringent requirements. Students in most employer- and government-sponsored payment programs, such as workforce development, as well as international students on F-1 visas, need to maintain a B average to meet their requirements. Personal Financial Planning students have additional grade requirements for individual courses to attain a certificate.

See Grading and Credits Policy for further information.

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