Clarkson: Advanced Project Management Tools & Techniques
Advanced Project Management Tools & Techniques
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About this micro-credential
The Advanced Project Management Tools & Techniques micro-credential is a short non-credit online course where earners will learn about three advanced Project Management Tools & Techniques, IMS (Integrated Master Schedule), SRA (Schedule Risk Analysis), and Earned Value/Schedule Management. Earners will be able to learn about a new and innovative software product named Chrono™, which integrates all three of these advanced functions into one user-friendly tool which uses software wizards and new IP (Intellectual Property).
Meet Your Instructor
Michael M. Bissonette (MS, MBA, PfMP) is a highly successful engineer-turned-businessman and is considered both a thought-leader and subject matter expert in Portfolio, Program and Project Management within several diverse industries. His work experience spans over 40 years of product development and organizational management, including executive positions in large Fortune 500 companies. He is an author of two books on the subject of “Strategic Project Management” (the first is titled: Project Risk Management: A Practical Implementation Approach, a best-seller published by the Project Management Institute, Inc., in 2016, and the second was recently published in 2021 – titled Achieving Epic Business Results with Strategic Project Management). Mike is an instructor (at his alma mater, Clarkson University) in the MS-EM curriculum. He is an entrepreneur (Founder of RTConfidence, Inc. – a SaaS [Software as a Services] company), developing Chrono™, the most advanced and affordable integrated IMS (Integrated Master Schedule)/SRA (Schedule Risk Analysis)/ESM (Earned Schedule Management) SaaS Tool on the market. Mike has been a guest speaker at numerous events around the world. He has always been a world-wide training asset within all the organizations he’s worked at. And he has been engaged on occasion to help facilitate enterprise-level transformational change.
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Assessments
KNOWLEDGE: Earners will be assessed via several multiple-choice exams and one comprehensive exam. Exams are graded immediately and multiple attempts are allowed.
Delivery Method/Format
Advanced Project Management Tools & Techniques is a self-paced, online micro-credential course that Earners may work on and complete at any time.
Schedule
Earners can register at anytime for this micro-credential.
Estimated Time to Earn
Earners are estimated to complete this micro-credential course in 10 hours or less.
Instructional Plan
The Advanced Project Management Tools & Techniques Micro-Credential is composed of the following 3 learning modules: Module 1 - The Integrated Master Schedule, Module 2 - Schedule Risk Analysis, and Module 3 - Earned Value and Earned Schedule Management. Within each module is an interactive lesson, instructional resources, e.g., PDF articles, webpages, or videos, and a multiple-choice exam.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Earning Criteria
- Work through the following three asynchronous and interactive lessons: The IMS (Integrated Master Schedule), SRA (Schedule Risk Analysis), and EV (Earned Value) and ES (Earned Schedule) Management.
- Pass multiple, short "knowledge check" quizzes (multiple retries are allowed). <
- Pass a final exam, which is largely a compilation of 26 quiz questions taken from the four lessons, with a score of 80% or higher.
Related Micro-Credentials
Advanced Project Management Tools and Techniques is the third micro-credential in a series (or "pathway") of five micro-credentials on Strategic Project Management. The recommended order in which to take them is (1) Project Portfolio Management, (2) Managing Project Risks, (3) Strategic Project Management Methodologies, (4) General Project Management Topics for Leaders, and (5) Advanced Project Management Tools and Techniques.