Project Management

Earn 36 project management education hours towards your PMP (Project Management Professional) certification and exam when you complete Cornell’s Project Leadership certificate program. Successful project managers are good at encouraging productivity, overseeing progress, and driving performance among workers. But great project leaders are prepared to go a step beyond, demonstrating emotional intelligence, excelling at communication, building productive relationships and leading high-functioning teams. This certificate program will prepare you to influence your team to behave fundamentally different than a group of workers, and develop your leadership style to work better in specific project situations. You will learn techniques for fostering healthy conflict and learn how to monitor and control project work by developing stronger bonds among team members. In addition to the Project Leadership curriculum, you have the option to join an intensive 5-week PMP study group, which includes live online sessions with other students and your instructor, guided practice PMP exams, and preparation strategies designed to help you prepare for the PMP exam. Accompanying study books required. You now have one year of access to Symposium! These dynamic, highly interactive virtual Zoom sessions are designed to foster collaboration and networking with fellow professionals. Led by expert facilitators and occasionally featuring special guests, each multi-day event dives into the most pressing topics in Project Management. You can participate in as many sessions as you like throughout the year. While attendance is encouraged, it's not required. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

Organizations depend on successful projects to drive innovation, improve operations, and achieve strategic goals. Yet many projects fall behind schedule, exceed budgets, or fail to deliver the expected business value. Effective project managers know how to bring structure to complexity while keeping teams focused on outcomes. Cornell's Project Management Certificate prepares you to lead projects from initiation through completion using proven project management practices. You'll learn how to define scope, build realistic schedules, allocate resources, manage project risk, incorporate Agile methodologies, and measure progress using earned value management (EVM). These practical skills can be applied across industries and to projects of virtually any size. Whether you're new to project management or looking to strengthen your capabilities, this program provides a solid foundation for leading successful projects and preparing for future professional growth. Build Your Skills. Prepare for the PMP®. The Project Management Certificate builds the practical project leadership skills employers value while helping you satisfy the educational requirements needed to pursue the PMP® certification. After completing the certificate, you may also choose to participate in an optional five-week PMP® Exam Preparation Study Group. During the study group, you'll join live online sessions with an experienced facilitator to review the PMBOK® framework, complete guided practice exams, discuss difficult concepts, and refine your test-taking strategy alongside fellow professionals. The collaborative format helps reinforce your knowledge and build confidence as you prepare for the PMP exam. Required PMP exam preparation materials must be purchased separately. You now have two years of access to Symposium! These dynamic, highly interactive virtual Zoom sessions are designed to foster collaboration and networking with fellow professionals. Led by expert facilitators and occasionally featuring special guests, each multi-day event dives into the most pressing topics in Project Management. You can participate in as many sessions as you like throughout the year. While attendance is encouraged, it's not required. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

Earn 86 project management education hours towards your PMP (Project Management Professional) certification and exam when you complete Cornell’s Project Management 360 certificate program. Prepare to lead successful large-scale projects by refining both your project leadership and project management skills. As a project leader, you need to think both strategically and tactically to lead high-functioning teams to meet your objectives. Learn how to scope projects effectively, improve time budgeting and resource allocation, and gain the communication skills and emotional intelligence needed to get the project done on time and within budget. In addition to the Project Management 360 curriculum, you have the option to join an intensive 5-week PMP study group, which includes live online sessions with other students and your instructor, guided practice PMP exams, and preparation strategies designed to help you prepare for the PMP exam. Accompanying study books required. You now have two years of access to Symposium! These dynamic, highly interactive virtual Zoom sessions are designed to foster collaboration and networking with fellow professionals. Led by expert facilitators and occasionally featuring special guests, each multi-day event dives into the most pressing topics in Project Management. You can participate in as many sessions as you like throughout the year. While attendance is encouraged, it's not required. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

From healthcare, to manufacturing, to finance and IT, Six Sigma professionals are highly sought after across many industries. A Six Sigma certification can significantly increase your value as a leader, operator, or engineer. In this program, you will develop the knowledge and skills required to earn a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. You’ll begin by exploring the core statistical methodologies that underpin Six Sigma and discovering how to apply the Six Sigma tools and methodologies outlined in the ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt Body of Knowledge. You will then focus on risk identification and measurement across various contexts, enabling you to articulate the impact of risk analysis on decision making. As you examine critical best practices for project management and leadership within the Six Sigma framework, the program culminates in a capstone where you will synthesize your understanding of statistical methodologies, Six Sigma core tools, risk management, and effective project management. By the conclusion of this program, you will be well prepared to sit for the Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) exam and apply your knowledge in practice to your role. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

To succeed and thrive in today’s increasingly interconnected world, the ability to frame, manage, and solve complex problems has never been more essential. This program provides concrete systems thinking tools you can apply to analyze complex situations and foster a culture of organizational learning. You’ll be able to integrate systems thinking concepts, principles, and practices to improve existing processes, operations, and thinking patterns, ultimately developing a more three-dimensional mindset in both work and life. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

Whether you’re developing a software stack or engineering bridges, the need for leaders who can design, develop, and manage complex solutions and systems over their lifecycle is rapidly growing. Drawing on an interdisciplinary systems design approach that can be applied to any field, this program will guide you through the process of developing documentation for any system, from initial scoping through detailed design. You’ll learn to define the challenges you are trying to solve, define functional requirements, and objectively measure the value of any potential solution. After understanding the purpose, intent, and audience for the project, you will utilize fundamental systems architecture techniques to develop a deeper understanding of how all of the components of the solution work together. At the completion of the certificate program, you will come away with not only a practical understanding of how to meet the most stringent requirements for design documentation and manage risk across potentially complex projects, but will have a more profound understanding of the big picture, including how each system tool that you invest time in can provide the maximum benefit throughout the design process. Appropriate for engineers, technology leaders, and anyone with a desire to lead a product or systems design process, the concepts learned will help you successfully manage team interactions, client relations, and your own solutions architecture workflow. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

Most projects — including those at successful companies — tend to go overbudget and take longer than projected, even with formal training, specialized tools, and automated software. The courses in this certificate program teach proven strategies and offer practical, hands-on tools to drive successful project outcomes. You will discover how to scope projects effectively, set key milestones, improve time budgeting and resource allocation, and get the project done on time and within budget. Processes covered within this program include agile methodologies and earned value management. The concepts, tools, and language of project management can be applied to any size or type of project. Familiarity with the language of project management is helpful but not required to succeed in this program. Military veterans and active service members possess incredible experience in strategic planning, resource management, and adaptive thinking, all of which are highly transferable to project management in a business environment. Beyond preparing you for civilian leadership, this program will help you channel your operational expertise into driving successful outcomes across industries. It also fosters meaningful collaboration by bringing together veterans and professionals from a variety of fields, enabling you to broaden your network, exchange insights, and build lasting connections with others who share your professional goals. This program includes two years of free access to Symposium! These events feature several days of live, highly participatory virtual Zoom sessions with Cornell faculty and experts to explore the most pressing topics in project management. Symposium events are held several times throughout the year. Once enrolled in your program, you will receive information about upcoming events. Throughout the year, you may participate in as many sessions as you wish. Attending Symposium sessions is not required to successfully complete the certificate program. The core courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

A robust compliance function will have a significant effect on an organization, positively impacting its daily operations and helping to mitigate risk. This certificate program will introduce you to the role of compliance within organizations and how it is maintained through internal rule systems. Throughout this program, you will explore the rules of compliance and how they can be maintained sustainably for your organization. First, you will analyze the manner in which rules and policies serve an organization. Through this process, you will take away best practices on the elements of effective rule design and the use of policing techniques to ensure rules are followed. In anticipation of potential issues, you will delve into the process for investigating violations and consider the available responses to those violations. By the end of this certificate program, you will have developed an in-depth understanding of how to design, enforce, and continuously improve your own organizational compliance policies in a way that can benefit your business and your career. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.