The USM Project Management Certificate Program

Certificate Program in Project Management

Jim Milliken holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification of the Project Management Institute, and can provide training designs based on the PMI Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge as desired. He teaches the project management certificate program at the University of Southern Maine (USM) in Portland.

Project management is the methodology employed to maintain control over schedule and resources and assure quality results in the midst of risk and uncertainty. The USM Project Management Certificate Program consists of a three-course core curriculum and electives. The core builds individual and organizational skills through a series of progressive courses based on proven practices. The electives allow participants to customize the program to match their individual career or organizational needs.

Required courses: must be taken in the following sequence (8 days/56 hours):

Effective Project Management (21 hours)
Implementing Project Management (14 hours)
Advanced Project Management (21 hours)

Elective courses (minimum of 12 hours): choose any combination of courses from the Business and Management catalog.

Organizations need frequent tune-ups to maintain effective workflow amid change. Jim has long experience – plus creative tools -- to help executives analyze their organizations, then design and implement better ways.

Project Management is the 21st-century model for managing complex, risky innovations to on-time outcomes within budget. Jim Milliken offers workplace-tested designs in customized formats for onsite implementation and classroom training.

Communication is the lifeblood of human organization, in small partnerships and large corporations – and the pipeline to their markets. Jim provides practical approaches to all the oral and written forms.

Personal Productivity is fundamental, and it consists of skills that can be examined, practiced and perfected. Likewise Leadership and Supervision. Jim has common-sense training designs for dozens of these essentials.

There is no obligation, financial or otherwise, arising from a preliminary discussion of consultation or training solutions.