Courses in managing project communications teaches students the necessary framework and techniques managers need to develop a useful communications strategy within an organization. Communications management serves as a highly important mechanism to a successful project. This masters course trains students to perform one of the many duties of a project manager which is to develop and implement a useful communications strategy that helps their organization collect the right data and select the appropriate information in time deadline driven situations.
In order to execute a successful project, project managers must manage a project's costs. Project cost management teaches students different strategies of how to identify, plan, develop and manage a project's budget. In addition, students learn how to develop an estimate of the project's costs, a budget report and establish a spending limit. Through various activities students practice developing a budget report and profile using earned value management.
In business, project managers are most often concerned with projects being on time and within the budget. Along with managing costs, managing time is a highly important function of project management. In project time management students are trained to identify, plan and manage a project's schedule.