Advanced Professional Project Management Course
Business & Management
A course by
UC Online
Advance your project management skills with a practical, advanced short course developed by a leading project management consultant. Learn frameworks, methodologies, leadership, and cultural responsiveness and develop your own project management approach.
Online study
Flexible online learning from anywhere
It will take a total of 8 weeks
This course requires 6 hours per week
Core skills this course teaches
Master advanced project management terminology, tools, and techniques
Gain deeper knowledge of industry-standard terminology, tools, and advanced methods used by the project management profession in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Apply frameworks and methodologies to real projects
Learn to implement project management frameworks and methodologies (Agile, Predictive, Hybrid) to your own projects and organisational practices.
Manage and coordinate multiple projects and programmes
Acquire practical techniques for organising, managing, and balancing resources across concurrent projects or programmes to achieve strategic objectives.
What You're Signing Up For
The Advanced Professional Project Management Course is designed for experienced project managers and professionals seeking to deepen their skills. Delivered fully online, this intensive, flexible programme covers advanced project management frameworks and tools, business case development, forecasting, leadership, Agile and Adaptive techniques, and cultural strategies integrating Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Learners will practice techniques for managing multiple projects, develop robust stakeholder strategies, and build their own project methodologies, applying knowledge to real-world situations. The course includes quizzes and assessments and awards a digital badge upon completion.
Course Content
- Project management frameworks and methodologies
- Managing multiple projects and programmes
- Culturally responsive project strategies with Te Tiriti o Waitangi integration
- Business case development
- Forecasting and planning bias mitigation
- Team development and leadership
- Agile and Adaptive approaches (Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall)
- Building bespoke project management methodologies
What you need to know first
Recommended: Completion of the Professional Project Management course or equivalent knowledge and experience in project management fundamentals.
Confidence in listening, reading, and writing in English.
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Project Management
Business
Construction
Engineering
IT
Health
Marketing and Communications
Future employment opportunities might be
Project Manager
Programme Manager
Senior Business Analyst
Portfolio Manager
Team Leader or People Manager
Specialist project management roles in business, construction, IT, health, engineering, marketing, and communications