PORTABLE MBA in PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PORTABLE MBA in PROJECT MANAGEMENT

In the 1990s, project management moved from a little-used industrial engineering
discipline to the engine of managing America’s work. Prior to 1990, project
management techniques were unknown to most corporate managers who considered
projects to be the realm of engineers or the IS department. In universities,
with few exceptions, the only place to learn project management was the
industrial and management engineering program—not even “real engineering.”
Fast forward to 2003 and project management has leapt to center stage. Corporations
are using the “project management office” to implement consistent project
management practices across the enterprise and manage mission-critical
strategic initiatives. From the CEO’s office down to the frontlines, business and
government organizations have “projectized” their work and are looking to the
classic discipline of project management to give them greater productivity and
faster response to changing market conditions. This shift has not gone unnoticed
on campus where business schools now offer masters programs in project
management and many graduate and undergraduate curriculums include at least
one course on project management. What prompted this revolution? The American
economy is increasingly characterized by change and change means projects;
project management is the tool set of the twenty-first century.

ERIC VERZUH