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