PGP in Project Management

A PGP in Project Management helps you responsibly plan, procure, execute, and complete a project within the restraints of time and budget.

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Accreditation / Approval

GISMA Business School, UPES

Duration

6 months

Fees

UPES-GISMA INR 1,25,000/- + GST
UPES-ON INR 75,000/- + GST

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Start Date

January, April, July, October

Post Graduate Program in Project Management

Most projects are complicated and challenging. They demand a delicate balance between meeting user needs, confining to the allocated budget, optimizing resources, remaining within the scope, maintaining quality and completing within schedules. In short, project management is critical to your business's success.

A PGP in Project Management equips you with the skills required to allocate tasks, resources, and accountability effectively. It enables you to ensure that the issues of budget, time, and scope are not compromised. As a project manager, you can streamline activities, reduce potential hazards, and improve performance.

Key highlights

35 Professional Development Units (PDUs)

Dedicated academic & career advisor

24/7 online library & content access

Career essential programs

20+ interactive live sessions by industry experts & global faculty

Global peer-to-peer interaction enhancing exposure

Career prospects

Product Manager
Corporate Planning Manager
Risk and Compliance Manager
Project Analyst

Skills covered

Project modelling methods
Gantt Chart
Evaluation & monitoring techniques
PERT & CPM
MS Projects Project Planning
Financial Planning & Risk Management

Quality & Resource Management
HR management in Projects
Project feasibility assessment

Eligibility

Bachelor’s Degree with 50% or equivalent passing marks
Minimum 1 year of work experience

Selection process

Fill out the application form
Candidates are shortlisted based on professional experience and academic scores
An offer letter is sent to the selected candidates

Syllabus

Module 1

2 Weeks
2 Hours

Understanding Projects & Stakeholder Management

Understand the phases in the life cycle of projects and their significance
Appreciate the need for use of project management tools

Module 2

3 Weeks
3 Hours

Project selection

Identify and apply appropriate numeric & non-numeric selection models for project selection

Module 3

3 Weeks
3 Hours

Project Planning

Understand the various aspects involved in project management
Disintegrate the project into smaller tasks and work packages
Create and develop a responsibility matrix based on Work Break Structure
Develop a network schedule for a project and estimate the time for completion
Analyze Project Network and determine project completion time using CPM
Estimate the probability of project completion in a specific time
Plan for budget

Module 4

4 Weeks
4 Hours

Project Execution Control

Control Schedules, Costs, specifications or quality
Monitor both the cost and schedule of a project in financial terms

Module 5

5 Weeks
5 Hours

Project Auditing

Do continual and periodic verification of the project progress
Identify deviation from plans and take actions if required
Ability to audit a project and identify deviations

Module 6

6 Weeks
6 Hours

Project Termination

Understand the conditions warranting project termination
Process involved in terminating a project

Module 7

7 Weeks
7 Hours

Project Risk Management

Ability to identify potential risks in a project.
To categorize the project risks.
To define the strategies for managing the project risks.

Module 8

8 Weeks
8 Hours

Project Quality Management

Project Quality Management
Ability to interpret the results of the tools to monitor the quality.

Module 9

9 Weeks
9 Hours

Project Human Resource Management

Understand human issues in managing projects
Manage teams for achieving project objectives

Module 10

10 Weeks
10 Hours

Project Procurement Management

Identify the need for outsourcing
Plan the procurement
Understand the 3 R’s of procurement

Module 11

11 Weeks
11 Hours

Developments in Project Management

Understand the concept of critical chain in projects
Understand the application of MS Projects to manage the projects efficiently

Module 12

12 Weeks
12 Hours

Agile Project Management

Understand the dynamic nature of project planning and execution
Understand the concept of agile for software projects

Module 13

13 Weeks
13 Hours

Introduction to PMP

Understand the FAQs of PMP
Become confident to take PMP

Our Facilitators

Prof. Dr. Rajesh Gupta

Professor & Head UPES CCE read more...

Mr. Debashis Jena

Project Mngt. trainer-coach-assessor PMP, CSM, MSP, Prince 2 read more...

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