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Project Initiation: How to Launch Successful Projects

BUS ADM X442.7

47379985
Delivery Options Classroom and Online

This course focuses primarily on pre-project planning activities—the process of identifying and translating business needs into project requirements. You learn how to launch project initiation, develop stakeholder management plans and conduct requirements analysis. You also learn to justify projects through ROI analysis, feasibility studies and a comprehensive business case. As a result, you gain an understanding of the project charter as the output of comprehensive initiation processes that then guide project planning and delivery.

The course ends with an examination of how to launch project planning, with a look at team building, developing project infrastructure and project-kickoff activities.

Prerequisites:

Students must start with Project Management BUS ADM X470.

Learner Outcomes

After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Produce portfolio-quality project initiation deliverables
  • Define projects in terms of their business value and the importance of satisfying user requirements
  • Lead project initiation efforts and business case development that culminate in a project charter
  • Conduct a thorough stakeholder analysis that produces a stakeholder map, stakeholder register, RACI matrix, and a stakeholder management plan
  • Conduct a requirements analysis that explores a wide range of elicitation techniques, especially a SWOT and gap analysis
  • Create a requirements traceability matrix and project scope statement
  • Demonstrate project feasibility in terms of technical requirements, ROI, legal or regulatory compliance, operational capacity, and schedule
  • Define project governance
  • Create a business case
  • Produce a project charter
  • Launch project planning activities
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Sections

Section 052

Jun 02 to Jul 28

Type: Online, Fixed Date

Instructor:

  • Tom Kendrick

Cost: $1,045.00

See section 052 Details

Type Online, Fixed Date

Dates

Jun 02, 2022 to Jul 28, 2022

Instructional Hours

30.00

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Section Notes

Students must score a 70% or higher on the final paper and presentation or exam to pass the course.

 

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Optional)

    A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, BABOK v3 by International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

    © 2015 3rd edition ISBN 1927584027
  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme by Robert Wysocki

    © 2019 Wiley 8th edition ISBN 1119562805

Section 051

Jul 19 to Aug 18

Type: Classroom

Location: Berkeley

Vaccine Requirement

Instructor:

  • Alan Tsuda

Cost: $1,045.00

See section 051 Details

Type Lecture

Days

T, Th

Time

6:30PM to 9:30PM Pacific Time

Dates

Jul 19, 2022 to Aug 18, 2022

Location

Berkeley

Building

UC Berkeley Extension Golden Bear Center, 1995 University Ave.

Room

Classroom 204

Schedule and Location

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Instructional Hours

30.0

Location

Berkeley

Delivery Options

Classroom

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Section Notes

 

 

Section Materials

  • Textbook

    (Optional)

    A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, BABOK v3 by International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

    © 2015 3rd edition ISBN ISBM: 1119562805
  • Textbook

    (Mandatory)

    Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme by Wysocki

    © 2019 Wiley 8th edition ISBN 978-1119562801

Summer enrollment opens on March 21!

Vaccine Mandate

To keep you and those around you safe, you must meet the UC COVID-19 vaccine requirements. We are following the same protocol as UC Berkeley. More details on how to do so will be sent to you shortly.

If you enroll in a class that will be held at Golden Bear Center or on the main campus, you will also need to participate in surveillance testing. If you are taking classes at our San Francisco campus or at a partner institution, you will need to comply with their public health policies. More information will be available in the coming weeks.

This course applies to the following programs:

Certificate Program in Project Management

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Required Courses

  • Project Management
  • Project Leadership and Building High-Performing Teams
  • Project Initiation: How to Launch Successful Projects
  • Project Execution and Control

Primary Electives

  • Agile Principles and Practices
  • Project Scope and Quality Management
  • Project Schedule and Risk Management
  • Project Cost and Procurement Management

Additional Electives

  • Advanced Human Factors: Improving Personal Effectiveness and Influence
  • Business Analysis Fundamentals
  • Program Management
  • Essential People Management Skills for Project Leaders
  • Business Process Modeling and Design
  • Software Project Management
  • Leadership Without Authority
  • Agile Principles and Practices
  • Project Scope and Quality Management
  • Project Schedule and Risk Management
  • Project Cost and Procurement Management

Learn More About this Program


Instructional Types

Live Online
Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
Online, Start Anytime
Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
Online, Fixed Date
Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
Classroom
Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:

  • TOEFL: 90
  • IELTS Academic Format: 7
  • DAAD: C1
  • TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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Tom Kendrick

Tom Kendrick, PMP®, M.B.A., M.S.E.E., is a former program director for UC Berkeley Extension. He is the author of four project management books, including Identifying and Managing Project Risk (AMACOM, 2009). He has nearly 40 years of worldwide project management experience, including 20 years with Hewlett-Packard and five years with Visa.

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Alan Tsuda

Alan Tsuda, M.B.A., has experience as a consultant, technology officer, operating officer, product manager and systems analyst. He has worked on and managed a variety of projects for organizations including General Electric, General Motors, TRW, Cypress Semiconductor and the City of San Jose.

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