Efficiency. Budget. Deadlines. All core considerations within any workplace. A project manager’s role is to achieve peak organizational output while optimizing all vital resources—time, money, and human capital. Companies know they need that level of leadership to tackle the realities of global competition, emerging technologies, and increased customer demands.
Once you learn how to select, govern, fund, and implement organizational activities using project management tools, processes, and techniques, you will be capable of managing major initiatives that impact a business’s success. Be the one to maximize return on investment for your organization and you could do more than improve your company’s bottom line—you could improve your own.
Apply your project management skills to anything from the design of an alternative fuel-powered vehicle to closing on new construction in the next hip downtown neighborhood, and to anywhere from ecommerce to aerospace. With three tracks to choose from—business, information technology, or construction—the possibilities are endless.
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NEW! Kaplan Continuing Education has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
As a PMI® Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) Kaplan Continuing Education has agreed to abide by PMI® established quality assurance criteria.
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Imagine What You Can Do
Initiate
Authorize and define the scope of work for developing a new consumer product or technology-enhanced service.
Plan
Hone the project scope, develop the project management plan, and identify and schedule project activities.
Execute
Complete the work as defined in the project management plan to accomplish objectives.
Control
Compare actual performance with planned performance; analyze variances; effect process improvements; evaluate alternatives; recommend appropriate corrective actions.
Close
Formally complete all activities on a project or phase and transfer the completed product to clients or investors.
Manage
Oversee everything from integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, and procurement.
Nonprofits and small companies need project management, as do government agencies and multibillion dollar companies. Industries include business, information technology, construction, insurance, financial services, engineering, health care, training and education, manufacturing, government, utilities, consulting, aerospace, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, real estate, food and beverage, and resources (agriculture, mining, etc.).*
Project managers may earn from $63,000 to $100,000, plus bonus. Senior project managers may earn $70,000 to $150,000, plus bonus.† Median annual earnings of computer and information systems project managers in 2006 were $101,580. The middle 50 percent earned upward of $129,250.‡ Median annual earnings of construction project managers in 2006 were $73,700. The middle 50 percent earned upward of $98,350, while the highest 10 percent earned more than $135,780.§
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Is This Program Right For Me?
KCE’s Project Management Certificate is ideally suited for business, information technology, and construction professionals. The program first concentrates on providing a strong foundation in project management, then combines the advanced skills from one of three core practice areas:
- Business
- Information Technology
- Construction
All interested applicants are encouraged to apply.
Click here to view the program comparison guide.
For complete course descriptions, click here.
Take the First Step
In 12 months or less, you could be on your way to a more rewarding career. Take the first step by calling 866.542.4042 (Toll Free) or click here for more information.
*Kaplan Continuing Education’s programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.
† “Compensation,” WetFeet, Inc., a recruitment solutions provider (accessed February 2008).
‡Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008–2009 Edition, Computer and Information Systems Managers, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm (accessed February 2008).
§Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008–2009 Edition, Construction Managers, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos005.htm (accessed February 2008).
