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Project
Management
COURSE DELIVERY:
04/09/21 - 04/10/21
COURSE TITLE
Charting the Course Using Agile Project
Management
DESCRIPTION
A growing number of businesses are realizing that their ability to
successfully execute projects is closely tied to revenue growth
and profitability. Business leaders are entrusted to manage the
resources and assets of the firm, and their understanding of
project management principles helps them ensure that they
apply those resources in a way that maximizes shareholder
value. This course helps the participant understand the basic
skills associated with traditional and agile forms of project
management, including making tradeoffs between schedule,
cost, performance, risk managment, stakeholder management,
project monitoring, release planning, and iteration management.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Understand and apply common project
management tools and techniques such as
work breakdown structures, project networks,
Gantt charts, critical path analysis, earned value
management and schedule buffering.
2. Understand the major differences between agile
and traditional project management and where
each method is more appropriate in business.
3. Provide a foundation for professional
certifications from the Project Management
Institute (PMI), including the Project
Management Professional (PMP).
Tim Rodgers has been employed at the CSU College of Business since
2014, teaching graduate-level courses in project management, agile project
management, supply chain management, quantitative business analysis, and
strategic decision making.
Tim’s career includes 25 years at Hewlett-Packard and Lockheed Missiles &
Space in a variety of roles, including management of manufacturing engineering,
international supply chain management, and quality engineering teams. He was
Director of Manufacturing and Quality at Foxconn eMS in Shenzhen, China, from
2009-2011. Tim also held positions at Eastman Kodak Co. and Advanced Energy
Industries, Inc.
Tim has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California (Santa Cruz), and
an MBA from the University of Oregon. He is a Project Management Professional
(PMP) and a Six Sigma Black Belt. He hosts the podcast “Dare to Know,” which
features interviews with quality and reliability thought leaders.
Instructor: Dr. Tim Rodgers
16 College of Business