Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Define a project and project management;
• Identify the key historic factors and crucial role formal project management plays in today’s world;
• Describe a scheme for prioritizing projects that ensures top management involvement and minimizes conflicts;
• Identify and use common project selection techniques to align projects to organizational goals and objective;
• Identify types of project organizational structures in terms of function, features, benefits, and drawbacks;
• Demonstrate knowledge of the project management life cycle, process groups and project management knowledge areas;
• Define project boundaries by identifying the project’s scope limits and exclusions;
• Initialize a project using Project Management software to define project activities, activity sequencing, and dependencies to develop a preliminary schedule, and illustrate a milestone.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Describe what culture is and how worldviews impact interactions with one another.
  • Define culture.
  • Explore worldviews.
  • Demonstrate cultural intelligence and appreciation for cultural differences.
  • What is cultural intelligence?
  • Why is it important to appreciate cultural differences?
• Develop an awareness of cultural diversity of Indigenous People in Canada.
  • Discuss the cultures, societies, languages, and histories of Indigenous People in Canada.
  • Identify the Inuit People, First Nations People, and Métis People
  • Describe specific Indigenous cultural contexts and histories.
• Increase the awareness and respect for different cultural knowledge paradigms, values, and cultural norms.
  • Examine why cultural diversity within the Indigenous population is frequently not recognized.
  • Analyze how multiculturalism impacted the First Nations and Inuit communities.
• Explain how treaty relationships have impacted the interactions between the cultures in Canada.
  • Evaluate how Canada’s history of settlement and colonization resulted in a multicultural society.
  • What are the long-established cultural groups?
  • Were their collaborations in building the Canadian culture?
  • What are cultural clashes?
  • What contributions have been made by different cultures in the development of Canada?

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Write effective business documents for both: internal and external audience (business stakeholders);
• Integrate new communication techniques and technologies into an existing media toolkit;
• Recognize the differences in academic and professional/technical business writing;
• Formulate documents consistent with the standards of formatting/structure for electronic and print versions - including informational essay, blogs, case study analysis, formal business report, memorandums, and meeting minutes;
• Examine techniques for delivering good and bad news;
• Develop persuasive communication through ethos, pathos, and logos technique;
• Illustrate strategic negotiation, professional interviews, and industry research skills; and
• Demonstrate business presentations skills for business settings.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Identify personal and organizational thoughts and processes that encourage or prevent creative and innovative solutions;
• Link personal creativity to organizational innovation;
• Explain how organizational structures can be made to foster, or inhibit, innovation;
• Re-cast problems and questions into taxonomies that enable easier, quicker, and better solutions;
• Research and apply proven techniques to increase creativity;
• Examine mistaking myths of creativity for evidence-based creativity; and
• Exercise self-awareness of personal thinking to make more creative decisions, and to cultivate innovation in organizations.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Apply project leadership terminologies and best practices for effective project management;
• Develop and manage engaged, high-performance project teams and resolve conflicts among team members;
• Describe the inputs, tools and techniques, outputs, and processes necessary for effective project Human Resources management, project communications, and project stakeholder management;
• Identify, evaluate, and apply different leadership styles and behaviors necessary for project success;
• Evaluate the impact of changes on project teams/stakeholders and develop the techniques and skills necessary to act as a change agent;
• Describe and apply the tenets and principles of ethical project leadership;
• Create a project team environment and differentiate the organizational structure that is best fit for agile/waterfall project implementation; and
• Evaluate leadership, teamwork, and associated project management practices for different projects through case study analysis.

Upon successful completion of this course learners  will be able to:

• Understand the benefits of professional networking and establishing connections in Canada;
• Recognize the importance of communication styles in professional networking;
• Distinguish the effectiveness of offline versus online networking in the workplace;
• Identify networking opportunities in the Canadian context through research.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Understand the context, evolution and relationship between quality and risk management.
• Illustrate the implementation of quality management frameworks, total quality management standards and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Analyze and implement effective quality prevention, inspection and control measures and differentiate between quality assurance and quality control.
• Identify the cost of embedding quality in projects and establish corrective actions.
• Identify project risk management structure and processes that can be applied through all the project phases as organization navigate uncertainty.
• Develop strategies to assess, quantify, mitigate risks through risk response strategies that account for risk appetite and tolerance, implemented for different industries.
• Leverage quality management to reduce risks by analyzing case studies of successful integration of quality and risk management initiatives.
• Understand technology role in data driven quality improvement and predictive analytics for risk management.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Develop a higher level of competence and understanding of the entire field of business and management in the business world.
• Comprehensive understanding of how to align project goals with organizational objectives, manage resources efficiently, and deliver successful projects within a business context.
• Explore areas of specialization in the business world and discuss topics in relation to Business Management, Operations, Customers’ Requirements Management, Marketing, Business Ethics, Finance and Accounting.
• Gain basic understanding of terminology of the business world and apply business technology to current topics.
• Describe the methods of encouraging ethical behaviour and the laws encouraging good corporate practices.
• Relate relevance of the business concepts to their learning of Project Management.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Explore Indigenous ways of knowing and being,
• Explore Indigenous living and being, prior to contact with Canadian settlers,
• Discuss the role of Indigenous sovereignty,
• Explain the colonization of Canada,
• Analyze a historical timeline of the colonization of Canada,
• Explain key policies impacting relationships between Canadian and Indigenous Peoples,
• Appraise the development of Canadian/Indigenous relationships, and
• Examine residential schools in relation to truth and reconciliation.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Examine how individual behaviour in organizations can play in developing an effective organization; Assess the role of workplace attitudes, personality, and emotions in organizations;
• Explore job satisfaction, values, and perception;
• Demonstrate effective oral, written, and non-verbal interpersonal communication;
• Connect motivational theories to individual and organizational success;
• Explain the difference between Team vs. Groups, and the Stages of Group and Team Development;
• Analyze group behaviour in organizations, including communication, leadership, power and politics, conflict, and negotiations;
• Develop and apply negotiation and conflict resolution skills;
• Review the organizational system, including organizational structures, culture, human resources, and change;
• Examine the leadership theories and styles and determine leadership/management fit within organizations;
• Analyze the role of Organizational Structure; and
• Review organizational change and finding the resistance to change.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Describe and comment on the inequitable foundations of Canadian society and analyze critically the impact of an official policy of Multiculturalism;
• Illustrate how intersectional identities influence those living and working in Canada, and in so doing;
• Identify personal identity characteristics;
• Examine the impact of power, privilege, and oppression;
• Recognize, and describe the importance of recognizing unconscious bias and steps that can be taken to mitigate the results of this bias;
• Apply the concept of cultural humility to one’s life and describe its importance in establishing culturally safe environments; and
• Discuss the importance and application of EDI in the context of project management in Canada.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Link projects with organization’s strategic plans, documenting the business needs and justifications for the project;
• Describe the benefits and usage of approaches, including, Adaptive (Agile, Iterative) and Predictive (Plan Driven, Waterfall) Approaches, and Hybrid Approaches;
• Differentiate among adaptive and predictive approaches to project management and learn how Agile principles are complementary to traditional project management practices;
• Define and manage the project's overall scope, documenting project goals, deliverables, constraints, performance criteria and resource requirements in consultation with project stakeholders;
• Plan and manage the scope, cost, timing, and quality of the project, always focusing on project success by the stakeholders;
• Identify, analyze, and refine project costs to produce a budget and control project costs;
• Identify, analyze, and refine project time to produce a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and develop a schedule;
• Implement project control procedures, resource management, change management, issue management and risk management plans; and
• Manage communications to ensure the timely and appropriate generation, collections, dissemination, storage, and disposition of project information to aid in the achievement of project activities.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Develop project schedules and controls, integrate budget and resources to estimate project completion.
• Analyze critical path and chain methods and estimate activities.
• Develop resource and cost estimates.
• Analyze and establish project cost estimates to ensure budget availability and management and control using earned value management (EVM).
• Analyze business specific case studies understand the resource scheduling problem and how time-phased budget baseline is used to monitor projects.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Describe the major forces of globalization and trade;
• Identify key management, strategy, and human resource issues in international environments;
• Explain the role culture can play in an organizational context;
• Describe key components and dimensions of the international trade and investment; and
• Explain the implications of globalization on managers, from entrepreneurs to those in the largest global companies.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Explore the importance of the role of a business analyst in terms of strategy, assessment, project planning, communication, and management.
• Describe key concepts, competencies, and techniques of business analysis.
• Identify the business need, assess risks and opportunities, obtain “buy-in,” and implement solutions.
• Analyze data using a variety of analysis models and approaches and transform data into actionable information.
• Synthesize findings into formal recommendations. Develop charts, tables and presentation slides that present finding in a compelling manner.
• Prepare formal reports that communicate key findings and recommendations to decision makers.
• Explore systems thinking and organizational knowledge to improve strategic analysis business processes.
• Apply process improvement to teamwork, learning what to eliminate, what to refine, or what to add to help the team deliver results.
• Identify, analyze, verify, validate, and define the requirements for business improvement solutions.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Describe what a PMO is and does;
• Describe the PMO’s purpose, mission, and benefits;
• Assess the appropriate type of PMO for an organization;
• Establish a scalability model that fits with an organizations’ needs of the PMO;
• Evaluate the considerations for setting up, building, and sustaining a PMO;
• Establish guidelines for PMO communication strategies and metrics;
• Establish policies for hiring and managing talent; and
• Explore the various Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Tools and select best fit for a PMO.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Develop and learn strategies to assess and audit project health,
• Review projects and identify when a project is failing or troubled,
• Implement best practices for preventative and corrective actions,
• Use earned value management calculations for cost re-forecasting.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by using applicable leadership in crisis situations to bring troubled projects back on track.
• Develop a troubled project recovery plan.
• Plan and execute a failed project shutdown.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Evaluate various organizational influences affecting ethical decisions while exploring ethical decision-making framework.
• Understand different ethical theories, apply ethical reasoning to resolve ethical dilemmas.
• Analyze the global, political, social, environmental, technological, and cultural context of the business environment.
• Articulate issues in business ethics, the ethical business environment, and their potential effect on personal, managerial, and corporate decisions.
• Explore issues of the social responsibility of corporations, the rights and duties of employers and employees, and the problem of discrimination.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Define organizational change and its importance in today's dynamic business environment and its relationship with projects.
• Analyze the various types of organizational change, such as technological, structural, cultural, and strategic changes.
• Identify the key drivers and reasons for initiating organizational change.
• Evaluate the impact of organizational change on employees, stakeholders, and the overall business.
• Develop change management strategies that align with organizational goals and values.
• Create communication plans to effectively convey the rationale, objectives, and progress of the change initiative.
• Design methods to engage employees and stakeholders in the change process, fostering ownership, commitment, and adoption.
• Address resistance to change through proactive strategies and techniques.
• Apply project management principles to the execution of change initiatives, including timeline management and resource allocation.
• Assess and measure the success of change initiatives using relevant metrics and key performance indicators.
• Understand ethical considerations and social responsibility related to organizational change.
• Formulate strategies for sustaining and embedding changes over the long term in various organizations.

Upon successful completion of this course learners will be able to:

• Differentiate among adaptive and predictive approaches to project management and see Agile principles as complementary to traditional project management practices;
• Determine which approach to use in given situations, based on costs and benefits;
• Describe the Scrum framework and principles;
• Define a project plan utilizing Agile principles and define product vision/scope;
• Create in JIRA your team roles, user stories and estimates to develop a product backlog to develop an end product that can be used by the customer;
• Assess the skills required to play an active role on an Agile Team and enhance communication using visualization tools (JIRA);
• Analyze the challenges of adapting and applying Agile on an enterprise level; and
• Identify, assess, monitor, and control the deliverables and outcomes of your project including risks, issues that may impact the project.