Elevate your career with a program focused on the essential information technology skills required of project management leaders in dynamic, global organizations. In this master's specialization, you'll examine the fundamentals of project management and assess the current state of technology, including its organizational, legal, ethical, and professional influences. You'll also explore best practices and new ideas in information technology management, so you can build the analytical skills to recognize where current methods fall short—and build the leadership skills to implement change. Because the curriculum was shaped by a panel of business leaders, IT consultants, and other industry experts, you'll focus on the specific issues that IT managers have identified as the greatest challenges faced by the industry today. With instructors who have deep, in-the-trenches information technology experience, you'll gain real-world insight and valuable mentoring. And with a specialized path for career changers, this program also offers those transitioning into the field a separate course sequence to build foundational knowledge before encountering advanced IT concepts. Specific topics include the processes, techniques, and tools used to plan, initiate, execute, control, and close projects; project budgeting, procurement, and quality; project plan development; project risk management; and project leadership management. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing management, director-level, or consulting positions overseeing and managing technology projects and teams.

Review of this program is pending in ND.