The principles of project management

Project management is a skill-set that really enhances employment opportunities, the unfortunate part of studying project management at post-graduate level is the costs are about double of an undergraduate course despite learning pretty much the same concepts. That being said, I would recommend a principles of project management unit for most business based qualifications.

At the diploma level, a qualification in project management offers candidates eight units including employability skills such as workplace relationships and personal time management but is unfortunately a lightweight qualification. You really want to focus on project management principles, not the rest of the employability skills that are picked up during general business courses. The focus is learning the principles of project management, one would expect a project manager to possess the necessary people management skills.

At the tertiary level, the Program Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) meets entry criteria into the Program Management Institute so graduates have the ability to network with project management professionals. As I am entering the final two units of my online MBA, I am beginning to reflect on the previous two years and how I can embed my prior learning into actual projects. This is a course I am actually looking forward to taking as it has so many practical applications.