Managing and directing projects efficiently has become a necessary tool when executing any kind of project, including those focused on the company itself and/or for clients in general. This means knowing all the stages and the lifecycle of an IT project, and knowing at all times how to apply the methodologies and best practices today (both the most agile ones, like Scrum, and the more traditional ones, like PMBOK, impacting concepts like the “Lean Startup”, Six Sigma, etc.), to properly define and carry out projects of all kinds and dimensions.
In the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) sector, just as in other activity sector (industrial, pharmaceutical, construction, etc.), in their day-to-day work
many professionals have to manage IT (information technology) projects and need to have the right tools to ensure that the results are what the companies expect. Currently, all SMEs, and all companies in general, regardless of their size, undertake IT projects within their organisation. Oftentimes, these companies do not have enough knowledge of the best tools and methodologies to successfully bring to fruition the projects they are in charge of or participate in, such as defining the scope of the project, the quality plan, risk management, costs, or using Scrum to determine the different histories, the preparation, and the launch of sprints, etc.
This programme proposes specific training in the field of direction and management of projects which encompasses the different factors that will allow participants to be introduced to and consolidate the concepts and techniques of IT project management and the field of technology in general. Thus, it works on different methodologies and best practices in the market, from agile methodologies to the more traditional ones, such as PMBOK, SCRUM, METODE3, etc.
Properly applying a project management methodology allows the company to save a great deal of money, since it generates higher-quality products or services, while at the same time it leads to higher income by launching products in a way that better matches substantial results.
The course includes specific classes to prepare students for the PMI-PMP Certification (Professional Project Management certification from the Project Management Institute) following the best practices of PMBOK@. The essential objective is to help students understand the purpose of this certification and how to obtain it.
