General Information
Project Management/Business Analyst

We offer courses in the following areas:

• Project Management Evening Certificate Program

  This certificate program guides professionals in any field who need to manage or lead projects or operations using flexible, tailorable methods addressing what matters: RESULTS. The program empowers and educates through multiple learning channels including direct team-based project experience, best practices discussion, adapting processes to fit every situation, lectures, exercises, graphics, homework, provided and tailored templates, and frequent presentations complete with multiple feedback channels.

  Each real-world homework assignment is designed to bring experienced professionals through at least one full project life cycle. Our approach reduces the forms, processes, and other low-value activities, allowing practitioners to focus on actionable efforts leading to immediate improvements in team and process performance. Attendees experience effective discussions leading to quick consensus and planning for risk and variance outcomes that enable fast and low conflict adjustments to processes and priorities.

  Participants work in teams to perform key project processes, including creating an integrated project presentation that serves as a best practice template and addresses one of the biggest challenges leaders face: motivating others to perform unfamiliar processes. This focus fosters higher levels of accountability. Each attendee brings back real-world, proven templates and processes to apply immediately on the job. In addition, the course includes one complementary PMP Exam application review and one on-the-job document or process review under non-disclosure.

• Foundations Project Management
  
  • Project Management Fundamentals
  • Project Schedule Management
  • Project Management Evening Certificate Program
• General Project Management
  • Project Risk Management
  • Project Quality Management
  • Project Procurement and Human Resource Management
  • Managing Chaos and Complexity in Projects
• Government Project Management
  • Managing Public-Sector Projects: Challenges, Methods and Tools (Workshop Suite)
• IT Project Management
  
  • Information Technology Project Management Concepts
• Advanced Project Management (coming soon)
• Program Management (coming soon)
  
  In today’s business environment it has become essential for organizations to develop project managers who can complete projects on time and within budget.  It is even more critical to develop an organization that can leverage its project management capability into a key competitive advantage.
  
  Our in-depth Project Management Day Certificate Program addresses this need by developing the advanced skills needed, across the organization, to execute business strategies effectively. Participants receive guidance and practical instruction on the processes, organizational structure and tools that assure that project work yields the desired business results.
  
  Students who complete a total of six courses, including five core courses will receive the St. Edward’s University Day Project Management Certificate.  Courses may be taken at our center or on-site at your organization. We highly recommend that all students take Project Management Fundamentals as their first course, as it introduces the framework for all the other courses in the program.
  
  Key Elements:

  • Core courses (required):
  • PM 101 – Project Management Fundamentals Workshop
  • PM 102 – Project Schedule Workshop
  • PM 103 – Project Scope Workshop
  • PM 104 – Project Communications Management
  • PM 201 – Project Risk Management Workshop
    
  • Electives - choose at least 1 of the following:
  • PM 202 – Project Quality Management
  • PM 203 – Project Procurement and Human Resource Management

  Certificate Requirements of the Project Management Daytime Program

  • Demonstration of capability is performed in each course, as part of the student projects and homework
  • Exams are given at the end of each course, and a participant must pass each exam to qualify for a certificate.  
  • Throughout the program, a minimum of 80% attendance is required for each course.

  Upon demonstration of completing all requirements, a participant receives a Certificate in Project Management from St. Edward’s University Professional Education Center.

• PMP Exam Preparation Course
  St. Edward’s is proud to host the PMP® Prep course offered by the Austin Chapter of PMI.  Learn more.
  

  ® Project Management Professional and PMP are the registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute.

• The fundamental skills business analysts and project managers need to be effective
• Why a process for analyzing and managing business requirements is essential for developing quality products
• How to gather complete business requirements quickly and thoroughly – without burdening your stakeholders
• How to translate business requirements into industry-standard documents
• How to document and analyze business processes and how to improve and reengineer them

Key Elements

• Core courses (required):
• BA101 – Requirements 101 (1 day)
• BA102 – Elicitation and Documentation (2 days)
• BA201 – Visualization (2 days)