Arras People are pleased to offer free to one lucky participant a free course (valued at $2,000) courtesy of our friends at Villanova University in Philadelphia, in one of eight sub-concentrations within the Master’s Certificate program in project management. See below for the courses on offer.
In return, we need your own truthful, candid review about the course you took and the pros and cons it offers to participants. Our goal is to have you contribute one post per week for the duration of the estimated eight week course period.
HOW TO WIN THE FREE COURSE
All you have to do is offer the most compelling response in our Comments section on which course you’re interested in and why you think such a course would be beneficial to you.
MORE ABOUT VILLANOVA
Villanova University is a private, Catholic four-year institution, the oldest Catholic university in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (established 1842). Villanova is able to offer online Master’s certifications through its affiliation the University Alliance in a variety of disciplines, including project management, Six Sigma, contract management, IS security, business analysis, software testing, human resources, ROI methodology and leadership.
VILLANOVA & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Villanova University’s online certificate programmes offer several different courses in Project Management concentration, all of which can lead to Master’s Certification in specific PPM disciplines, including IS/IT Project Management and Applied Project Management. In part through their Engineers Without Borders (EWB) program, Villanova is recognised by highly esteemed governing body the Project Management Institute (PMI), which in 2006 recognised Villanova EWB as the only student organization to win an award from the regional Project Management Institute, receiving an Honorable Mention from PMI for project of the year. A more recent project involved designing and building a water treatment and distribution system which provided an orphanage and surrounding villages in northern Thailand with drinking water and irrigation for their crops. There are also plans for a variety of projects in the Philadelphia area, including K-12 outreach programs, as well as many more international projects.
Courses on offer:
- Essentials of Project Management
- Project Management for IS/IT Professionals
- Mastering Project Management
- Advanced Strategic Project Management
- Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Prep
- Project Management Capstone
- Maximizing IS/IT Team Effectiveness
- Maximizing Team Effectiveness
If you’re interested in taking one of the courses, leave a compelling comment below on which course you’re interested in and why you think such a course would be beneficial to you. Closing Date for participants to show their interest is the 31st December 2010.
You should be able to commit to an eight week course and one article per week for the duration of the course. Articles will be approx 300 words. Courses start at varying times within January / February 2011.
Twitter: EdWallington
Hello,
I would be interested in the ‘Advanced Strategic Project Management’ course. From my point of view businesses and organisations (Public, Private, NGO and 3rd Sector) still have not got a good grip on project management beyond relatively minor use in individual projects/small programmes (ok, generalised slightly!). I would be interested in the strategic approach and development of project management, and aligning this with business strategy and operational implementation.
This course would benefit me personally, as I have an interest in the applying academic theory into operational use, as well as supporting organisations develop their project management approach.
Happy to contribute articles etc as required.
Best regards,
Ed
Twitter: agilescout
Interesting opportunity here. I’d like to participate in the Advanced Strategic Project Management.
This would be an interesting class to take and we’d like to (AgileScout.com) see what the value would be to our community. As reviewers we’d love to share the the software development community these offerings.
Plus, it would be a great way to sharpen some of my knowledge.
Agile Scout,
I’m glad to see you’re interested. I’ll contact you via your site for more details.
Anyone else interested please feel free to contact me at kristen-rileyowen (at) bisk (dot) com.
We do have a few more opportunities available that I’d be happy to discuss.
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. This might helps me out in doing PMP Exam Prep.