Units
1.5 QUARTER UNITS
Cost
$720
Skills you will gain
- Effective Group Decision-Making: Apply soft skills to collaborate and make informed group decisions.
- Structured Decision-Making: Use decision-making processes to approach complex project challenges.
- Analytical Techniques: Implement Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and Decision Trees to guide decisions.
- Cost and Budget Management: Make informed trade-offs to handle project cost and budget uncertainties.
- Practical Tool Application: Utilize spreadsheet techniques and Internet tools to support decision-making in real-world scenarios.
Course Description
Project managers are, above everything else, decision makers and problem solvers. A project manager's effectiveness is directly proportional to his or her decision-making ability. This course is for those professionals who want to improve their decision-making skills through the use of modern-day computer tools and techniques. Participants learn how to make effective decisions relating to project schedules, product design trade-offs, project cost estimating, problem solving and project risk analyses. Examples, in-class exercises and homework using spreadsheet techniques and Internet tools enable participants to become confident in the use and application of practical decision-making methods.
Topics
- Spreadsheet modeling and decision analysis
- Decision tools for project schedule management
- How to make multicriteria decisions using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP
- Making effective project cost decisions
- How to use computer tools to optimize product designs
- Decision trees: when and how to use them
- How to make decisions when dealing with schedule and cost uncertainties
- How to select the most appropriate decision-making tool
Additional Information
AI* - This course allows students to use AI to support homework and enhance data-driven storytelling, provided they are able to explain each step and demonstrate thoughtful oversight in their analyses.
Prerequisites / Skills Needed
Prerequisites:
- PPMT.X425: Project Management in the Age of AI
Skills Needed:
- PPMT.X425 - "Project Management Fundamentals"
You may enroll in this offering at any time.
Feb. 3 - Mar. 3, Wed, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
- Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
PPMT.X418.(10)
Schedule
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 02-03-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 02-10-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 02-17-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 02-24-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
| Wed, 03-03-2027 | 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Live-Online | REMOTE |
This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.
To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
|| Prerequisites: Skills Needed:
Prerequisites / Skills Needed
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