Project Management
8 Weeks
Exam and Certification Preparation
Rize's Project Management program prepares students for real-world project roles through hands-on simulations, Agile methodologies, and strategic decision-making. The curriculum also provides comprehensive preparation for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam, giving students a competitive edge with industry-recognized credentials and essential project management skills.
Project Management
Courses
Courses & Curriculum
Rize programs leverage the courses you already have
Our Partnerships Team works closely with you to create a customized program that integrates your existing courses. A potential Project Management major could look like:
Example courses from your institution
- Accounting/Finance
- Business Law
- Business Communication
- Business Management/Leadership
- Statistics
- Precalculus or higher
- Micro/Macroeconomics
Courses
from Rize
- Project Management Fundamentals
- Predictive Project Planning
- Managing Risk and Uncertainty
- Project Execution, Monitoring and Control
- Agile Frameworks and Methodologies
- Full-Cycle Project Management
Student Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
- Develop project initiation and planning documents that define scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations.
- Design comprehensive project plans, including schedules, budgets, and resource allocations, demonstrating the ability to coordinate complex projects effectively.
- Create a comprehensive risk management plan to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, enhancing project resilience and decision-making.
- Implement performance monitoring systems and corrective action plans that ensure projects remain within scope, cost, and time constraints.
- Construct Agile project roadmaps and iteration plans that adapt to changing requirements and promote continuous delivery of value.
- Execute a comprehensive project from initiation to closure, applying all project management knowledge and skills to deliver measurable outcomes.
- Build a career plan that maximizes chances of success by applying project management principles like communication, professionalism, and stakeholder engagement.
Certifications
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Program provides comprehensive preparation. Students are expected to be ready to sit for the CAPM exam.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Students would have the foundational knowledge to sit for the CSM certification. To be eligible to sit for the exam, they would also have to attend a 2-day (14-hour) CSM course from a Certified Scrum Trainer.
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Program provides foundational knowledge; additional experience required for eligibility.
- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
The program offers exposure to Agile; additional experience required for eligibility.
Skills
- Organizational Structure
- Project Planning
- Project Closure
- Change Management
- Quality Assessment
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Project Management Life Cycle
- Project Management
- Backlogs
- Agile Methodology
- Project Schedules
- Milestones (Project Management)
Testimonials
Students give these courses rave reviews
"Rize courses have really helped me fall in love even more with my future profession that I want to go down."
Sean G.
Adrian College
“The class experience is amazing!”
Mary D.
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
“Throughout the class time in Rize, the teacher is going over exactly what we need to do… he gave us the freedom to think creatively, to do our own project and it helped us do what he was teaching us to do on our own.”
Cole B.
Walsh University
“Rize has given me an opportunity to add something to my degree. Something that I wanted to find at my school but wasn’t there.”
Chisunta C.
Albertus Magnus College
“My experience with Rize classes has been extremely positive. I think they’re really well structured, and the professors really care as well - they’re really out there to help you”
Daniel W.
Lasell University
