Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Project Management
PRESENTATION
Objectives
• Integrate a systemic approach into project management, aligning project goals with organizational strategy. • Develop advanced plans for project planning and control, optimizing resources and tracking milestones. • Master communications and documentation management, ensuring transparency and the flow of information among project stakeholders. • Lead procurement management in complex initiatives, minimizing risks and optimizing the value chain. • Implement quality, health, safety, and environmental standards in project execution, ensuring sustainability and regulatory compliance. • Proactively anticipate and manage risks, implementing mitigation strategies to ensure project viability. • Make strategic decisions regarding the management of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, coordinating the various stakeholders involved.
Methodology
At Educa PHAROS, we use a highly practical methodology focused on the direct application of knowledge in the student’s professional environment, combining theoretical content with real-world cases, digital tools, and support from a team of specialized instructors.
Program
- Session 1: Project Launch
- Session 2: Project Management Plan I: The Project Life Cycle
- Session 3: Project Management Plan II: Project Management Plan
- Session 4: Project Management Plan III: Organizational Chart
- Session 5: Lessons Learned
- Session 1: Communications Management I: General Aspects of Communication
- Session 2: Communications Management II: The Overall Communications Management Process
- Session 3: Communications Management III: Specific Communications Management Plan
- Session 4: Documentation Management and Control I: Specific Documentation Management Plan
- Session 5: Documentation Management and Control II: Documentation Management Tools
- Session 1: Procurement Management
- Session 2: Purchasing and Subcontracting Management
- Session 3: Activation Management
- Session 4: Inspection Management
- Session 5: Logistics Management
- Session 1: Human Resources Management I: Specific Human Resources Plan
- Session 2: Human Resources Management II: Team Management
- Session 3: Quality Management
- Session 4: Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Management I: Definition
- Session 5: Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Management II: Regulations
- What Is a Project?
- Types of Projects
- EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) Projects
- EPC Projects in Complex Sectors
- Project Life Cycle
- Project Management
- Key Players in a Turnkey Project
- Project Organization
- The Project Management Team: The Project Manager (I)
- The Project Management Team: The Project Manager (II)
- The project management team: project operations manager, project manager, and area manager
- The project management team: project engineers, materials manager, and interface manager
- The project management team: engineering manager and project assistants
- Conclusions and a Practical Example of an Organizational Chart
- Business Management
- Contract Manager, Administration Manager, and Project Control Manager
- Risk Manager
- Procurement Management
- Quality Control, Quality Assurance Management, and HSE
- Construction Management
- Session 1: Scope Management I
- Session 2: Scope Management II
- Session 3: Scope Management III
- Session 4: Contract Management I
- Session 5: Contract Management II
- Session 1: Negotiation I
- Session 2: Negotiation 2
- Session 3: Negotiation 3
- Session 4: Cost Control
- Session 1: Cost Estimation 1
- Session 2: Cost Estimation 2
- Session 3: Cost Estimation 3
- Session 4: Planning 1
- Session 5: Planning 2
- Session 6: Planning 3
- Session 1: Global Context
- Session 2: Risk Management 1
- Session 3: Risk Management 2
- Session 4: Risk Management 3
- Session 5: Earned Value Method
- Fundamentals of Socially Responsible Organizations
- Socially Responsible Features
- Value Creation and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Setting CSR Goals
- Planning and Scheduling of CSR Activities
- Integrating CSR into the Organization's Overall Strategy
- Stakeholder Groups
- Concept and Types of "Stakeholders"
- Stakeholder Relations
- CSR and Stakeholders
- Sustainable Corporate Management
- Corporate Governance
- Executive Ethics in Responsible and Sustainable Business
- Ethics and CSR Audits
- Designing a CSR Action Plan
- The Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Historical Background of CSR
- The Beginnings of CSR
- Long-Term Vision vs. Short-Term Vision
- Building a Socially Responsible Company
- What elements should a CSR report include?
- Introduction to Social Marketing
- Characteristics of Social Marketing
- Social Responsibility and Ethics in Marketing
- Types of Social Marketing
- Social Marketing and Social Responsibility
- The Expansion of the Concept of Marketing
- Social Marketing Plan
- Company Results from Corporate Social Marketing Programs
- Values and Principles of the Traditional Company
- Values and Principles of a Responsible and Sustainable Company
- The Common Good and the Individual Good
- Agility as a Response to a Changing Environment
- The Evolution of Organizational Thought
- Key Principles of the Agile Approach from a Strategic Perspective
- Adaptive Mindset and Culture of Learning
- Factors That Hinder or Facilitate Agile Adoption
- Delivering value as the cornerstone of agile work
- In-depth understanding of user needs
- Early validation: reducing risk and uncertainty
- Impact Indicators vs. Performance Indicators
- Continuous feedback and iterative learning
- Self-Organized Teams and Principles of Autonomy
- Distributed decision-making
- Building Environments of Trust and Psychological Safety
- Coordination and Communication in Dynamic Environments
- Managing Interdependencies Among Teams
- From Team Agility to Organizational Agility
- Flexible Structures vs. Traditional Hierarchies
- Distributed and facilitative leadership
- Cycles of continuous innovation throughout the organization
- The Challenge of Agile Strategic Alignment
- Physical and virtual spaces that foster collaboration
- Technology and tools as enablers (not protagonists)
- Rituals and practices that foster continuous learning
- Visual Management and Operational Transparency
- Learning by Doing: Agile Experience Design
- Common Myths About Transformation Processes
- Approaches to Initiating a Transition to Agility
- Maturity Models and Agile Diagnostics
- Resistance to Change: An Effective Approach
- Case Studies of Applications in Various Sectors
- Creativity and Ideas
- Elements of Creativity
- Types of Creativity and Thinking
- Creative Skills
- Development of Creative Skills
- Emotional and Cognitive Barriers
- Questioning leads to creation
- Using Chance to Generate Ideas
- Tools for Generating and Combining Ideas
- Definition of Creative Thinking
- Creative Thinking and Innovation
- Principles of Innovation
- Lateral Thinking
- The Concept of Design Thinking
- History and Evolution of Design Thinking
- Areas of Application and Potential Benefits
- Creativity and New Product Development
- Fundamental Premises
- The Innovation Process
- Empathy: The Discovery Phase
- Market Research
- User Research
- Information Management
- Research Groups
- The Definition Phase
- Project Development
- Project Management
- Project Closure
- The Development Process
- Multidisciplinary work
- Development Methods
- The Final Process
- Final Testing
- Approval and Launch
- Impact Measurement and Feedback
- Stakeholder Map
- Cognitive Immersion
- Constructive Interaction
- Mind Map
- Mood Board
- Covert Observation
- What, How, and Why?
- Interviews
- SCAMPER
- Empathic visualization
- World Café
- Interaction Map
- People
- Empathy Map
- How might we…?
- Fill and Group
- Sharing and Documenting Stories
- User Profile
- Card Sorting
- Mockups
- Map of Offers
- Revitalization Activities
- Brainstorming
- Brainwriting
- Storytelling
- Council of Elders
- Impact Mapping
- Lego® Serious Play®
- Lotus Flower
- Customer Journey Map
- Time Value of Money
- Investment Valuation Methods
- Preparation of financial projections.
- Quality of financial projections and residual value.
- Sources of project funding.
- Cost of capital and debt level of the project. Evaluation of projects with uncertain outcomes.
- Introduction to the Funding Model
- Project Finance.
- Project Risk Analysis.
- Project Financeability.
- Entities involved in the project's financing.
- Ratios and Project Funding Management.
- Trends in Financing for International Projects.
- Country Risk Management.
- Sources of Funding for International Projects.
- Financial Management of Service Projects.
- Identifying Costs in Service Projects.
- Allocation of costs to services.
- Establishing the service budget.
- Financial monitoring and service closure.
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