Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Project Management
PRESENTATION
The Master’s in Project Management is a specialization designed for professionals who lead strategic initiatives, seeking to optimize comprehensive project management and ensure superior results. You recognize that the development of products and services takes shape through projects, which form the backbone of any organization. In this context, project management requires the precise integration of human, technical, material, and financial resources, orchestrated through rigorous planning and coordination. You assume ultimate responsibility for meeting objectives on time, within budget, and to the required standards. This program equips you with advanced methodologies to address the growing complexity inherent in today’s projects and the constant pressure to achieve results. You will delve deeply into project initiation and management planning, mastering communications, documentation, and procurement management. In addition, you will integrate HR, quality, health, safety, and environmental management—critical elements for comprehensive project execution. You will also address the specific characteristics of turnkey (EPC) projects, understanding the fundamentals and the roles of their stakeholders, which will enable you to optimize large-scale projects. You will develop a systemic perspective that will enable you to anticipate risks, make strategic decisions, and ensure the viability of your projects, transforming challenges into concrete achievements.
Objectives
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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