{"id":7870,"date":"2021-09-07T23:31:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T23:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aju.ac.zw\/newaju2021\/?page_id=7870"},"modified":"2021-09-14T08:48:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T08:48:08","slug":"executive-certificate-in-project-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aju.ac.zw\/newaju2021\/executive-certificate-in-project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Certificate in Project Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Overview<\/span><\/h4>\n

The AJU Executive Certificate in Project Management is a 6 month long professional certification in Project Management.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Tailored for professionals earmarking career growth in the field of Project Management.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Offers practical training on project management in any field.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Principles are derived from Agile Project Management principles.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Prince2 and Scrum methodologies of project management.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Lectures are online for now. A total of 6 hours per month of contact lectures, the course is part time, to suit the working professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion style=”modern” active_section=”0″][vc_tta_section title=”ENTRY REQUIREMENTS” tab_id=”1631527583128-bf45198e-7574574a-a3aa”][vc_column_text]The prospective students must meet the regular university requirement in Zimbabwe or country of origin for a BA honours degree (5 O Levels, 2 A levels including English and Mathematics), relevant diplomas and certificates will be considered. All will be considered without discrimination of race, age, nationality, gender or religion etc.<\/span>
\nMature Entry with minimum 5 years industry experience in any field will also be considered<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”CURRICULUM” tab_id=”1631527583170-42aefcd3-2e4f574a-a3aa”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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  • Module 1: Introduction to Project Management<\/span>\n
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    • Introduction to Projects and Project management<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Project Management vs Operations Management<\/span><\/li>\n
    • The Triple Constraint (Cost, quality & Scope)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Project Roles and Responsibilities<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Why projects fail<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Project Manager as a Transformational Manager<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Project Roles and Responsibilities<\/span><\/li>\n
    • RACI Matrix<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Module 2: Project Initiation and Planning<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • The project management organisation<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Business Case<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Project Requirements and documentation<\/span><\/li>\n
      • MoSCOW Prioritisation in projects<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Project scoping<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Goal and objectives of a project<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Project Initiation Documentation<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Project Scope<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Communication Strategy<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Managing Risk and RAID Log<\/span><\/li>\n
      • RACI Matrix<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Benefits identification<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Module 3: Execution\/Dev Ops + Monitoring and Control<\/span><\/p>\n

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        • Project Task Scheduling and Planning<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Work Break Down Structure<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Managing work packages<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Project Scheduling \u2013 Use of Microsoft projects<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Project Schedule Management<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Change Request Handling<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Ethics and Project Management<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Stakeholder Management<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Managing Conflicting requirements<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Project Monitoring and control<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Module 4: Quality Management<\/span><\/p>\n

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          • Quality Assurance Testing<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Quality assurance methods<\/span><\/li>\n
          • User Acceptance Testing<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Team Building<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Change Management<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Training<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Knowledge Transfer<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Managing resistance in change<\/span>\n
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            • Planning for launch<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Project Reporting and accountability<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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              Module 5: Budgets and Cost Management<\/span><\/p>\n

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              • Project Budgeting Developing the budget of a project from various types of costs<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Estimating Project Cost methods<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Managing the Baseline<\/span><\/li>\n
              • The meaning of variances in cost and progress<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Diagnosing causes of variances<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Remedial measures<\/span><\/li>\n
              • TCO Calculation Methodology (Practical)<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Benefits Realisation Tracking<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Monitoring & Controlling Project costs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                Module 6: Project Closure<\/span><\/p>\n

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                • Project handovers to operations and support<\/span><\/li>\n
                • Premature and normal closure<\/span><\/li>\n
                • Project Evaluation<\/span><\/li>\n
                • Documenting Project closure<\/span><\/li>\n
                • Closure Meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                  Course Work<\/span><\/p>\n

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                  • 3x Group Presentations<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • 4x Individual Assignments (With Case Studies)<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • 1x In-class Online Test<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                    Lectures<\/span><\/p>\n

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                    • 12x 3 Hour sessions fortnightly with 100% attendance will be required<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                      • Prince 2 Foundation Principles<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Agile Project Management Approach<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Scrum methodologies<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Practical Project Management training with tangible case studies to upskill students to handle any project management scenario in the work environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”COURSE FEES” tab_id=”1631527807633-133d2a68-d5f1574a-a3aa”][vc_column_text]Tuition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USD 200<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Application fee:\u00a0\u00a0 USD 20<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Enrollment fee:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USD 20<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”CAREER PROSPECTS” tab_id=”1631530254679-52347dca-3a6a”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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                        • Project Manager<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Programme Manager<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Programme and Portfolio Manager<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Business Analyst<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Project Support Office<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”COURSE WORK” tab_id=”1631530308686-52127e6c-4726″][vc_column_text]\u2219 3x Group Presentations<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u2219 3x Individual Assignments<\/span><\/p>\n

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