Maastricht School of Management

Certificate in Project Management

The programme is designed for:

• Project leaders, project team members and program coordinators with managerial tasks
• Consultants dealing with project activities
• Trainers and lecturers in the field of project management

Course objectives

After finalising the course, you will

• have developed analytical skills and how to apply them to project design
• understand how to plan time and cost in a project
• have learned how to manage risks how implementing a project
• are capable to identify and design components of a monitoring and evaluation system
• understand the concept of logic model applied to project management, including how to select indicators, baselines and targets
• understand how and when to use monitoring evaluation tools during the project lifecycle and beyond

Course topics

Topics included in this online programme are:

• Introduction to Logic Models: Theory of Change, Project as a Logic Model, Project Life Cycle and Decision-Making Processes:
• Analytical Tools: Stakeholders Analysis; Needs Analysis; Impact Analysis; Results Chain;
• Planning Tools: Critical Path Method, Program Evaluation Review Technique, Cost Scheduling
• Monitoring Tools: Risk Management, Indicators, Evaluation and Monitoring Criteria, Reporting and Communication.

Teaching methods

The online format gives you the opportunity to follow the programme at your own pace. This provides more flexibility in the planning of your learning hours in combination with work and private life. Furthermore, it will safe money as you can perform the course online from your home country.

We start with a virtual kick off meeting and during the rest of the period, you will have access to a Moodle e-learning platform that contains all learning materials, particularly:

• Methodological Cards on key Topics;
• Short Videos that synthetise key learning assets;
• Case Studies that illustrate the topics covered by each unit;
• Suggested Additional Readings;
• Topic oriented discussion forums;
• Self-Assessment Quizzes;
• Specific Assignments;

Planning is as follows:

• Estimated study hours per week: 6 hours.
• 8 virtual classroom sessions of 2 hours each (once per week).
• 4 group assignments.
• Participation in 4 discussion groups.

Each week, an online, individual coaching hour with the lecturer is scheduled where you can discuss your own context and cases related to the online materials.

After finalizing the course, you will:

After finalising the course, you will

• have developed analytical skills and how to apply them to project design
• understand how to plan time and cost in a project
• have learned how to manage risks how implementing a project
• are capable to identify and design components of a monitoring and evaluation system
• understand the concept of logic model applied to project management, including how to select indicators, baselines and targets
• understand how and when to use monitoring evaluation tools during the project lifecycle and beyond
  • have developed analytical skills and how to apply them to project design
  • understand how to plan time and cost in a project
  • have learned how to manage risks how implementing a project
  • are capable to identify and design components of a monitoring and evaluation system
  • understand the concept of logic model applied to project management, including how to select indicators, baselines and targets
  • understand how and when to use monitoring evaluation tools during the project lifecycle and beyond

Each participant receives a certificate of participation.

Each participant receives a certificate of participation.
This certificate is being awarded as evidence of participation in a post-graduate training at indicative level 6 or 7 of the EQF. The minimum study load is 14 hours and an attendance level of 80% is required. This certificate is being awarded in the form of a soft copy when the training is online or a hard copy during a face-to-face training. The certificate will mention your full name, training title, training date and comprising core topics.