MS in Project Management, Program & Project Portfolio Management Concentration

The Master of Science in Project Management concentration in Program & Project Portfolio Management at Boston University’s Metropolitan College (MET) hones your ability to evaluate critical success factors that align with an organization’s strategic goals in order to successfully manage their project portfolio. You will construct a program management plan that takes advantage of best practices for the creation and management of programs and coordination of resources, schedule, finance, and risk at the enterprise level. In addition, you will acquire in-depth practical knowledge of enterprise tools used in organizations to plan and manage a portfolio of programs and projects. Along the way, you will learn how to leverage project analytics data to make well-informed decisions.

Students who complete the Project Management master’s degree concentration in Program & Project Portfolio Management will be able to:

• Evaluate critical success factors for projects and programs across industries, use these factors to create project portfolios that align with strategic goals of the organization, and describe best practices for managing such a portfolio.
• Construct a program management plan that describes best practices for the creation and management of programs and how to plan and coordinate resources, procurement, schedules, finance, risk, and change.
• Acquire in-depth practical knowledge of sophisticated, powerful, and highly integrated enterprise tools used in organizations to plan and manage a portfolio of programs and projects; and learn how to leverage project analytics data to make well-informed decisions.

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