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.

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

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.

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.