Project Management
Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time. A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or staffing) undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. The temporary nature of projects stands in contrast with business as usual (or operations), which are repetitive, permanent, or semi-permanent functional activities to produce products or services. In practice, the management of such distinct production approaches requires the development of distinct technical skills and management strategies.
The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope, time, quality and budget. The secondary — and more ambitious — challenge is to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and apply them to meet pre-defined objectives. The object of project management is to produce a complete project which complies with the client's objectives. In many cases the object of project management is also to shape or reform the client's brief in order to feasibly be able to address the client's objectives. Once the client's objectives are clearly established they should influence all decisions made by other people involved in the project - for example project managers, designers, contractors and sub-contractors. Ill-defined or too tightly prescribed project management objectives are detrimental to decision making.
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Matching Project Management Colleges
Capella University
Four or more years; Private for profit; $14,148 average out-state tuition; $14,148 average in-state tuition |
Colorado State University-Global Campus
Four or more years; Public; $8,400 average out-state tuition; $8,400 average in-state tuition |
University of Southern California
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
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Bellevue University
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Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
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Siebel Scholars ProgramSiebel Scholars Foundation |
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DescriptionThe Siebel Scholars Program is open to the most talented students at the world's leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering, and energy science. View Scholarship Details |
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ROMBA LGBT+ FellowshipReaching Out |
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award $20,000 |
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DescriptionThe ROMBA LGBT+ Fellowship is open to students who attend one of the 64 member schools. You must identify as a member or ally of the LGBT+ community and be enrolled in a business program to be considered for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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Huizenga Business Innovation Academy ScholarshipNova Southeastern University |
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award $20,000 |
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DescriptionThe Huizenga Business Innovation Academy Scholarship is available to students at Nova Southeastern University who are interested in earning a bachelor's and master's degree in business in four years. To be eligible for this award, you must hae employment or internship experience and have been a member of a local/national student business club... View Scholarship Details |
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KMF Professional Excellence Scholarship ProgramKohlberg-Manacher Foundation |
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award $15,000 |
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DescriptionThe KMF Professional Excellence Scholarship Program is open to college juniors and seniors who are from lower income families. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.3, be majoring in Business, Economics, Computer Science, or Data Science, and demonstrate maturity, ambition, high achievement, and have an entrepreneurial mindset in order to be... View Scholarship Details |
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Women in Business - Miss America PageantMiss America Pageant |
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ACI Foundation Fellowship ProgramAmerican Concrete Institute (ACI) |
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award Up to $15,000 |
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DescriptionThe ACI Foundation Fellowship Program is available to full- time undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing studies related to the concrete industry. As a fellow, you will receive mentorship and an educational stipend for educational stipend for tuition, residence, books, and materials. Additionally, you will receive recognition in... View Scholarship Details |
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UNCF/CVS Health Foundation Health Care Careers ScholarshipUNCF, Inc |
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award $10,000 |
deadline May 15, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe UNCF/CVS Health Foundation Health Care Careers Scholarship is available to full-time, junior-level undergraduate students who identify as African American/Black or Latino/a/e. To be considered for this renewable award, you must be majoring in pharmacy, nursing, business management, biology, biochemistry, finance, operations/supply chain,... View Scholarship Details |
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Honors Scholarship - Bethel College, KansasBethel College - Kansas |
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award $7,500 |
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DescriptionThe Honors Scholarship is available to incoming freshman students at Bethel College, Kansas, who demonstrate outstanding ability in chemistry, history, psychology, business, or art. View Scholarship Details |
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John Ronchetto ScholarshipUniversity of San Diego |
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award Up to $6,200 |
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DescriptionThe John Ronchetto Scholarship is available to undergraduate students at the University of San Diego. You must be a student who exemplifies the qualities of service, ingenuity and dedication to the Knauss School of Business and USD as a whole in order to be considered for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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award $5,000 |
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DescriptionThe WiT Foundation Scholarship is open to undergraduate students who identify as female and are preparing for careers in toy, consumer products, licensing and entertainment industry-related fields. You must be majoring in business, operations management and logistics, industrial design, engineering, computer science, e-commerce, marketing,... View Scholarship Details |
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