Advanced Project Management course for engineers

Project management has become in the last two decades one of the most rapidly advancing fields in scientific research and practice, and it continues its development towards full professional recognition. Today the need for efficient and effective project management methods is widely recognized by both clients and top managers. In order to cater for their needs there is a growing demand for training programs that put an emphasis on cutting edge project management theories and practices. Accordingly, as part of this trend, formal educational methods, tools and techniques were developed in order to facilitate the teaching of project management. The processes involved in a complicated area such as project management is characterized by a variety of factors and effects, which can be measured by execution measures. In order to improve project management skills new methodologies, methods, techniques and tools are developed at an accelerated rate. At the same time advanced teaching and training tools, aimed at supporting project planning, monitoring and control, are also being developed. The need for experienced, well-trained project managers is growing fast. The number of new PMI (Project Management Institute) members and the number of new PMPs (Project Management Professionals) are an indication that project management is a fast-growing discipline. The traditional approach for training new project managers is to teach the appropriate body of knowledge and to train the new managers on the job