Project Management

Project managers oversee all aspects of company projects, including cost estimates, budget management, cost control, risk assessment, bid negotiation and contracts, and performance reporting. Whether launching new packaging, managing the development of a Web site, or overseeing that a product gets designed, produced, and delivered, project managers ensure that projects are completed on time, on track, and within budget.

To succeed in a project management career, you'll need strong business, management, and organizational skills as well as experience with current technologies. A bachelor's degree program in Business Administration with a project management concentration can provide the skills and experience you need for a successful project management career.

Through offerings such as DeVry University's "Human Resources and Communication in Projects" course, you'll learn how to direct and coordinate human resources and links among people, ideas, and information necessary for project success. The "Contracts and Procurement" course will walk you through the processes required to acquire goods and services from outside the organization in order to meet project requirements. And coursework in "Project Risk Management" will help you identify, analyze, and respond to project risk in order to maximize results of positive events and minimize consequences of adverse events.

Once you earn your project management degree, you'll be prepared for careers in areas such as project management in product and service industries, development projects in industry or government, and organizational change management. You'll be qualified to enter competitive fields such as advertising, applications engineering, Communications, computer software and hardware development, construction, e-Commerce, finance, manufacturing, or marketing.

To advance in your project management career, you may choose to pursue one of the professional credentials offered by the Project Management Institute: Project Management Professional, Certified Associate in Project Management, or Program Management Professional.

And this is certainly a career worth pursuing -- according to a 2006 survey commissioned by the Project Management Institute, full-time project managers in the U.S. reported median annual earnings of $96,000.

Assign yourself the task of cultivating a dream project management career, and commit to seeing it through to completion.

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