PMC - Project Management: Information Technology | School of Information Technology Administration & Security | Seneca Students

Program Overview:

In this eight-month graduate certificate program, you will learn about the advances in project management taking place in the Information Technology (IT) industry. This program teaches an understanding of when to apply methodologies in the IT industry, including when each methodology is appropriate to use. This program will also refine your project management skills by providing enhanced awareness of IT projects, programs, and policies in two consecutive semesters. This program offers an optional work term for students to gain practical experience in the IT sector prior to graduation.

As a student in this program, you may have the opportunity to participate in events such as the Annual Hackathon.

Program Map:

Program Curriculum and Pre-Requisite Planner

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Program Learning Outcomes: 

As a graduate, you will be prepared to reliably demonstrate the ability to:

• Link projects with organization’s strategic plans, documenting the business needs and justifications for the project.
• Define and manage the overall scope of the project, documenting project goals, deliverables, constraints, performance criteria and resource requirements in consultation with project stakeholders.
• Implement the PMI project management knowledge areas, processes, life cycle phases and the embodied concepts, tools and techniques in order to achieve success in Information Technology projects from project concept to closure.
• Plan and manage the scope, cost, timing, and quality of the project, at all times focusing on project success as defined by the project stakeholders.
• Implement project control procedures, resource management, change management, issue management, and risk management plans.
• Develop, implement, and analyze key financial information, translating financial information into project terms and establishing financial benchmarks.
• Identify, analyze, and refine project costs to produce a budget and control project costs.
• Determine quality requirements and implement quality assessment activities.
• Manage communications to ensure the timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage and disposition of project information to aid in the achievement of project activities.
• Identify potential risk events, monitor and control risk events and assess risk management outcomes.
• Identify procurement requirements, establish procurements processes, and implement and evaluate contracts.
• Monitor a project’s progress, identify variances and take timely action to deal with problems and opportunities.
• Anticipate and respond to challenges inherent in large-scale, multi-national or virtual team projects.
• Apply appropriate legal and ethical standards.
• Interact with team and stakeholders in a professional manner, respecting differences, to ensure a collaborative project management environment.
• Apply the appropriate system development life cycle and methodology to new software development and IT administration projects as well as integrating legacy systems into current environments.

*Edited 12/2022*