PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Leverage methodologies to lead and manage complex technical projects.

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Overview
Just as automation is changing manufacturing, the
project economy is prompting a transformation
across every industry.
What is the project economy? Recognizing, moving
beyond, and adapting the traditional hierarchies of
power and decision-making, organizations are
equipping individual project teams with the skills,
resources, and capabilities they need to deliver
products and services with speed and precision.
And those teams need project leaders.
Statista reports that 82% of organizations worldwide
have created a project management office – and
those offices are busy. RGPM reports that 64% of
project managers (PMs) are managing between two
and five projects, with more experienced PMs running
more than 10.
Globally, there is a huge gap between the demand
for PMs and the right candidates to fill those roles.
According to PMI, 2.3 million people need to enter the
project management field every year just to keep up
with demand.
More good news for those entering the project
management field: EMSI found that nearly a third
DURATION
PRICE
21 weeks, online
USD 7,450
15–20 the hours per week
USD 108,000
National average salary for technical
PMs in the United States
(Source: Glassdoor)
of project management job postings require three or
fewer years of experience, signaling an excellent
opportunity for entry-level job seekers and those
changing careers.
Technical PMs deliver all the standard expertise of a
PM – organization, leadership, big-picture thinking,
communication, and budgeting – with skills specific to
IT projects: knowledge of hardware and software
installation, experience with the rollout and
maintenance of websites, familiarity with relevant
technology, and equal fluency with digital, process,
and interpersonal problem-solving.
If you want to become a leader in the project
economy, MIT xPRO’s Professional Certificate in
Technical Project Management prepares you with a
thorough understanding of project management
principles and practical techniques through a
technical lens.
Taught by MIT faculty who are pioneers in the field,
the program is distinctive for its focus on technical
projects, including both software and hardware
projects. The program also covers a range of
methodologies, including (but not limited to)
agile project management.
Ready to launch your career as a
technical PM?
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Program Highlights

Earn a prestigious MIT xPRO certificate and 46 continuing education

units (CEUs)

Gain insight and expertise from MIT faculty and guest speakers who
are pioneers in the field and bring industry experience to the classroom

Engage in practical applications for complex projects across tech

industries

Explore industry cases for insights into PM methodologies

used by top tech organizations

Build a capstone that applies tools and methodologies to your

own organization's project

Top capstone projects will have an opportunity to receive

mentorship and feedback from the faculty

One-on-one career support from Emeritus and introductions

to hiring partners for eligible participants

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 Program Experience

20+ hours 5+ hours 8 hours 19 career Access to resume

of prerecorded of live mentorship of optional career development referrals to Emeritus
MIT faculty videos and career support development video lectures employer partners
activities covering 30
for up to 6 months
career
post-program
topics

Sample Weekly Program Planner

Learners should expect to dedicate a minimum of 15–20 hours per week to the program.

2–3 hours of engaging group discussion with

peers to exchange and generate ideas

1 hour of recorded video lectures

with faculty

2 hours of live interaction with program

learning facilitators

2 hours of self-study and

practice exercises

5–8 hours of rigorous graded assignments

to apply and reinforce lecture material

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Tools and Resources in the Program
The methodologies, platforms, and techniques presented in this program prepare you to manage
complex technical projects. But what makes this program essential in today’s project economy is that
it equips you to take on nondevelopment projects in the tech space, such as military or infrastructure projects
or hardware projects in the aerospace, medical device, or automobile industries. The program is industry agnostic,
but you will learn how to shape high-performance projects using the following methods, in their pure forms and
in hybrid modeling:

Performance
Flow Waterfall Set-based evaluation review
technique (PERT)

Dependency
Agent-based Critical path structure Spiral
modeling (DSM)

Agile Critical chain Scaled agile

Job postings for candidates with project management

skills doubled from 2020 to 2021, to 1.24 million unique

2X postings.
(Source: EMSI)

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 PREPARE FOR THESE FUTURE
JOB TITLES:

Who Is · Technical Project · Director of

Manager Technology
This Program For? · Business Analyst
· Scrum Master
· Product Owner
· IT Project Manager
· Process Engineer · Project Analyst
If you are a current or aspiring project manager in technology
development and production, this program will provide you with
the skills to lead teams, manage complex technical projects, and
deliver results at work right away. The lessons will be especially
valuable for the following roles:

Mid-Level Project Managers

Ideal for mid-career PMs who want to build on their existing skills and formalize their training in
technical project management. You will gain a thorough understanding of the five stages of a project
life cycle, exposure to various methodologies (such as agile scrum), and insights into new ways to drive
efficiencies.

Engineers
Engineers seeking to add technical project management to their skill set or experienced engineers
seeking to change their career track for opportunities as a technical PM will gain the skills and
effective frameworks to lead a project team.

Program prerequisites: A minimum of a bachelor's degree and about one year of prior project management
experience is recommended.

*Participants must be 18 or above to apply for this program.

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Program Curriculum
This course is designed to deliver best-in-class specialized skills for technical project management focused not
solely on agile for software development but on a range of practical project management skills applicable in a
non-software environment. Your high-level learning outcomes for this program include:

Identifying the foundational principles of teamwork and performance in technical projects

Facilitating high performance across various project standards, methods, concepts, and architectures
(such as agile, stage-gate, waterfall, flow, spiral, and set-based)

Evaluating charters, creating plans, establishing teams, supporting ongoing progress, handling changes
and risks, and promoting and adapting to a high-performance culture

Understanding the agile approach to project management and execution

Employing advanced project management methods for planning, control, and adaptation

Leading teams and designing projects for high performance

Orientation
The first module is an orientation module. You will have access to the learning platform from the program start
date. There is no teaching, but you can get comfortable navigating the site. Note: All teaching in this program
is prerecorded.

Section 1
Project Management Fundamentals
Key Takeaways
Identify the fundamental principles of the project management profession applicable to complex,
advanced technical projects
Effectively participate in projects of different styles, standards, concepts, and methods, including
stage-gate, spiral, and agile
Explore the role of the PM, including budgets, schedules, resources, ability to respond to change, flexibility,
assets, and artifacts

Module 1: The Origins of Projects Module 4: Project Planning – Dependencies and Roles

Module 2: Establishing Project Teams and Plans Module 5: Project Forecasting

Module 3: Project Planning – Scope, Resources, Module 6: Project Control and Adaptation
and Schedule

Note: Break weeks are included to cover project assignment work and prepare for the upcoming module.
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Section 2
Agile Project Management
Key Takeaways
Understand the agile approach to project management and execution
Identify the key roles of a scrum master and product owner
Explore key events and processes: backlog planning, daily meetings, demonstrations and reviews, and
retrospectives
Be prepared to participate in and lead agile projects and teams
Learn about agile tools and strategies and learn how and when to use agile techniques in the real world
Determine which agile techniques to apply, integrate, and use – and why

Module 7: Introduction to Agile Module 10: Scrum Master and Sprint Planning

Module 8: Agile Project Management Method Module 11: Sprint Review and Retrospective

Module 9: Product Owner and Backlog Planning Module 12: Agile Project Leadership

Section 3
Project Leadership
Key Takeaways
Analyze and mitigate the impact of risk on project outcomes
Explore the sociotechnical nature of complex projects using agent-based modeling techniques
Create a dependency structure matrix to address the challenges of complex projects
Examine the critical chain method for better project management
Evaluate methods for implementing scaled agile in an organization
Identify the key attributes and abilities of a project leader
Understand uncertainty, the value of discovery, and how to achieve performance when planning isn’t possible

Module 13: Uncertainty and Risk Methods Module 16: Project Control Using Critical Chain

Module 14: Agent-Based Modeling Module 17: Scaled Agile

Module 15: Dependency Structure Modeling (DSM) Module 18: Your Role as a Project Leader

MIT is ranked as the best institution

#1 for project management.

(Source: U.S. News & World Report)

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Assignments and Projects

ASSIGNMENTS
Apply project management methods and concepts from each module.

DISCUSSIONS AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

Participate in polls and try-it activities, connect new methods to your own work experience, and
debate PM concepts and methods with your learning peers across the globe.

DEMONSTRATIONS
Follow video instruction for advanced PM methods, such as dependency structure modeling
(DSM) and agent-based modeling.

Experiential Projects
Throughout this program, you will create three separate projects: two mini capstones and a
final capstone project. The mini capstone projects are designed to help you apply the concepts
covered in each of the first two sections of the course. The final capstone project will help you
bring it all together to create a larger project that you can add to your professional portfolio.

Section 1: Mini Capstone Project Section 2: Mini Capstone Project

To demonstrate your knowledge of the To demonstrate your knowledge of the
concepts covered in Modules 1 through 6, you concepts covered in Modules 7 through 12,
will create and present a project plan. you will create an agile plan for your own
organization.

Final Capstone Project

For your final capstone project, you will be applying one or more of the tools from the
three-course sequence to a project of your choice to add to your professional portfolio. The
Learning Facilitators will select a few featured capstone projects to share with the faculty. The
faculty will give their feedback on these projects in a live session.

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INDUSTRY EXAMPLES
Throughout the program, you will explore case studies, such as an agile medical device development project
as well as PM methodologies applied to projects from the following organizations:

Pratt & Whitney NASA JLL GM

Intel Danaher Empire State

U.S. Navy
Building

MIT CityCar Swisscom

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 Faculty
STEVEN D. EPPINGER
General Motors Leaders for Global
Operations Professor,
Professor of Management Science
and Innovation
Steven Eppinger is Professor of Management Science and Innovation at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management where he
holds the General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Chair. Prof. Eppinger
teaches interdisciplinary courses at both the master’s and executive levels in
product design and innovation, engineering project management, and digital
product management.
He is a coauthor of the textbook Product Design and Development (McGraw-Hill).
Now in its seventh edition, the text has been translated into several languages
and used by hundreds of universities and hundreds of thousands of students.
Dr. Eppinger's research is applied to improving complex technical projects in a
wide range of industries and is the basis of the book titled Design Structure
Matrix Methods and Applications (MIT Press). His research contributes to fields
ranging from project management and systems engineering to product
development and product management. He is one of the most widely cited
scholars in the engineering design and technical management disciplines.
Prof. Eppinger is the codirector of MIT’s master’s degree programs in System
Design and Management (SDM) and Integrated Design and Management (IDM).
He served as Deputy Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management for five years
and has held a joint appointment at MIT in the Engineering Systems Division. He
received S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees from MIT's Department of Mechanical
Engineering.
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 Faculty

Bryan’s work, teaching, and research focus on engineering teamwork for complex
systems and model-based methods to improve the performance of teams. He
oversees the education and research for the SDM degree offered jointly by MIT’s
School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management. He is the lead instructor
for the SDM core curriculum that integrates system architecture, systems
engineering, and project management. He also teaches advanced courses on
technical project teamwork and agent-based modeling. In addition, as Project
Associate Professor and Director of Global Teamwork Lab at the University of
Tokyo, he leads multidisciplinary research on complex sociotechnical systems. He
regularly teaches project management at other universities across the globe.

BRYAN R. MOSER
Academic Director and Senior
Lecturer, System Design and
Management
Bryan has worked for 30 years in the industry; as a research engineer at the
Basic Science Lab (A.I.) of Nissan Motor Company in Japan, for a decade as Sr.
Research Engineer at United Technologies Corporation, and as founder and CEO of
Global Project Design (GPD). He brings real-world experience in technology
development, rollout, and sustainable operations in aerospace, automotive, heavy
machinery, transportation, energy, telecom, and global services.

Moser received a bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering in 1987 and a

Master of Science in Technology and Policy in 1989, both from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. His doctorate in 2012 is from the University of Tokyo in
the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.

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 Guest Speakers
Our speakers bring firsthand industry experience and insights straight from their own technical projects.
All guest interviews are recorded.

Karthik Rajasekaran Andrew Tsang Ron Rosenthal

Heliogen | Simulation Boston Dynamics | Technical OpenTechWorks Inc. | CEO
and Optimization Engineer Project Manager

Cheryl Campbell, Lt. Col. Max Reele Adèle Cadario

Pacific Gas & Electric | Kessel Run | Deputy Coolblue | Operations
Independent Director Commander Improver, Solar and EV
Charging Stations

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 Guest Speakers

Davide Lasi Tetsuya Toma, Emma Booth

TMT International Ph.D. Amgen | Executive Director
Observatory | Project Global Business Process and
Keio University | Professor,
Manager, Cross-Functional Insights Lead, R&D Strategy
Graduate School of System
Teams and Operations
Design and Management

Richard Cheng Joan Wills Sal Amarasinghe

NextUp Solutions | Vice Cummins Inc. | Executive Tile | Principal Product
President of Agile Director Manager, Hardware
Training, Chief Product
Owner

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 Guest Speakers

Pradeep Fernando Courtney Morato Lisa Cratty

Swisscom | Vice President Nike | Sr. Technical Project Siemens | Senior Vice
of Product Management, Manager President, Head of Product
Data Analytics, and AI Engineering

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Career Preparation and Guidance
You’ll need both hard and soft skills to succeed as a technical PM or related role. This program offers you
guidance for navigating your career path, from crafting your elevator pitch to perfecting your interview skills.
These services are provided by Emeritus, our learning collaborator for this program. The program support team
includes program leaders who help you reach your learning goals. The primary goal is to give you the skills
necessary to be prepared for a job in this field; however, job placement is not guaranteed.

Career preparation elements of this program include:

Navigating your job search Crafting your elevator pitch

Learning interview tips and

preparation Optimizing your LinkedIn profile

Negotiating salary Writing resumes/cover letters

Exercises focused on launching a career in technical

project management include:

Building your personal brand and Communicating technical concepts

promoting your skills to nontechnical colleagues

Understanding the roles and Reflecting on your skills to determine

workflow of agile development how to solve problems and become an
efficient leader
Job searching and interviewing for
technical PM or related positions

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Financing Options
We want to make sure that the Professional Certificate in Professional Certificate in Technical Project Management
program is an affordable option for all. This is why we offer you multiple different ways to pay for the program.

Loan Partner (For US Residents)

Climb Credit Immediate repayment, interest-only repayment, and deferred payment options
are available.

Visit the Climb Credit application portal

Fill in your basic details and proceed to the loan section of the application

Select your course from the program dropdown

Choose your preferred repayment option and enter financial information

Agree to the disclosure and submit your application

Once approved, sign the Master Promissory Note

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Choose to make your payment in two, three, or six installments for more flexibility. Monthly payments start as
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Complete your application for the Professional Certificate in Technical Project Management, and enroll in
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You can opt for any one of the financing options to cover up to the full cost of the program tuition. If you are
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*Due to processing time, the loan application should be submitted no later than four business days prior to the enrollment deadline.

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 Certificate
Get recognized! Upon successful completion of this
program, MIT xPRO grants a certificate of completion
to participants and 46 continuing education units

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(CEUs). This program is graded as a pass or fail;

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participants must receive 75% to pass and obtain the

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certificate of completion. This is to certify that

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has successfully completed

After successful completion of the program, your verified digital Professional Certificate in
Technical Project Management
certificate will be emailed to you, at no additional cost, with the Awarded 46 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Date
name you used when registering for the program. All certificate
Eric Grimson Steven d. Eppinger Bryan r. Moser

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