MBA-506
Lead Projects to Success with A Master of Project Management
Advance your career with our comprehensive project management master's degree. The MPM program at Champlain College Online integrates technical expertise with essential communication and leadership skills to ensure successful project completion within defined scope, schedule, and budget limitations. You'll develop proficiency in stakeholder engagement, agile project management, and project control, preparing you to handle complex, multi-faceted projects that build value for both the project and its stakeholders.
Manage Your Future
Distinguish yourself with an accredited MPM degree that combines strategic planning, project budget management, and leadership. You'll learn to apply agile methodology and project management budgeting techniques, enhancing your ability to deliver projects efficiently and effectively. Our program also emphasizes cultivating relationships and stakeholder engagement, ensuring you can manage project dynamics and team collaboration successfully. This holistic approach ensures that graduates are well-equipped to advance their careers in today’s competitive project management landscape.
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Academic Excellence and Recognition
Regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education
Designated as a Military Friendly School for our commitment to the military community
Ranked among the best by Tech Guide for game design and computer science
Named the among the best schools with accelerated bachelor's degrees by Intelligent.com
What Can You Do With a Master of Project Management?
Project management careers are growing, driven by the increasing need for skilled project managers in various industries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in management occupations is projected to grow 6% from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations. Project managers can expect a median annual salary of $98,580, with top earners making significantly more. Graduates of our MPM program will be qualified for high-level positions such as project manager, program manager, and project control specialist, driving strategic initiatives and project success within organizations.
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023
Top Jobs for MPM Graduates
- Project Manager
- Program Manager
- Project Control Specialist
- Project Budget Manager
- Agile Project Manager
- Stakeholder Engagement Manager
- Technical Project Lead
- Project Management Consultant
Program Details
Learn more about Champlain's 100% online 30 Credit master of project management program, designed for working professionals.
Champlain's online project management courses encompass the top skills needed by today's business professionals.
Professional Courses (30 Credits)
Required Courses
This course is designed to introduce a systematic process for planning, organizing and controlling projects. The course will present a practical methodology for completing projects more quickly with fewer problems. Student work will consist of readings, research, class special-topic presentations, group activities, a project management journal, and participation in a real world IT business project. Students will be encouraged to apply project-management techniques to solve existing real-world technology-related business problems.
Students will effectively identify, analyze, and create engagement strategies for stakeholders in the context of project management. Students will also explore techniques for stakeholder analysis, communication strategies, conflict resolution, and fostering stakeholder collaboration. The course emphasizes practical application, ensuring learners can apply theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios, managing stakeholder expectations and enhancing project outcomes in alignment with organizational objectives.
Prerequisites
Examine how to cultivate meaningful relationships across an organizational system, from co-workers, to team members, to broader stakeholders. Attention will be given to how to leverage both formal and informal relationships to create positive impact. Topics include perceptions, motivation, emotional intelligence, building teams, and conflict management.
In this course, students will explore project uses of accounting and financial information and the development and use of project cost accounts. An introduction to common cost engineering principles, financial systems, and conventions will enable students to develop and evaluate project budgets. In addition, students will learn techniques to integrate resources, schedules, and cost estimates throughout the life of the project to predict and manage cost performance.
Prerequisites
MBA 506, or evidence of comparable study at another accredited institution
In this course, students study Agile project management methodologies, in the context of software development, as a way of achieving Software Engineering quality goals. Students will learn what projects lend themselves to an agile approach, and how the agile approach relates to traditional project management, while learning the tools and techniques of Agile.
Prerequisites
Complete SDEV-520
This course combines the critical aspects of strategic planning and project execution into a cohesive framework, enabling students to synthesize the planning, executing, and controlling of project work. Students will explore comprehensive planning strategies that include delineating project team structures, optimizing resource management, and establishing procurement plans. Students will also utilize metrics for strategic alignment and project performance evaluation, and use specialized techniques for navigating project constraints, ensuring team coherence, efficient resource management, and dynamic response to project evolution.
Prerequisites
MBA-506
This course reviews the categories of a project's critical success factors (CSFs) and discusses their importance in project success. Students will research early warning signs of project failure and assessment techniques used to measure the presence, or lack, of CSFs and will apply that learning to case examples. In addition to learning how to identify a troubled project, students will learn a framework for executing a recovery of a challenged project.
Prerequisites
MBA-506
In this course, students explore artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of enterprise innovation, uncovering how AI is reshaping digital modernization. Students will learn how organizations across sectors are harnessing AI to forge customer relations and enhance process efficiency. Students will also engage with case studies that offer insights and strategies to architect an AI-centric business model tailored to an organization's scale, sector, and data governance strengths.
Students will explore program and portfolio management, focusing on supervising and regulating interconnected projects to align with organizational objectives. Students will also learn key strategies for selecting and prioritizing projects, implementing effective management practices, and utilizing tools like earned value management for overseeing projects efficiently.
Prerequisites
MBA-506
This course is built around a project that is designed to apply, in a comprehensive manner, the core areas of knowledge around which the MBA has been built. The project may be performed for a current employer, a sponsoring workplace or as an internship as either a service-learning project for a qualifying nonprofit organization or another organization of the student's choosing.
Prerequisites
The MBA 590 Capstone course must be taken only after all other courses in the program have been completed.
In addition to developing advanced communication and analytical skills, and a strategic mindset, graduates of the master of project management online program will demonstrate a mastery of the following industry-specific competencies:
- Apply Project Management Methods: Critically evaluate various project management methodologies and apply the most appropriate one to the project context at hand, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in project delivery.
- Stakeholder Management: Engage with stakeholders to accurately assess their needs and expectations, and manage these throughout the project lifecycle to ensure stakeholder satisfaction and project success.
- Develop and Apply Project Plans: Develop comprehensive project plans that incorporate strategic planning, resource allocation, and risk management strategies; apply these plans to complex scenarios, adjusting as the project evolves in real time; and maintain alignment with overall project objectives.
- Leadership and Collaboration: Exhibit strong leadership capabilities by fostering team collaboration and cultivating environments where team members are motivated and engaged, leading to high-performing project teams.
- Risk Management: Identify potential project risks, conduct thorough risk analyses, and implement strategies to mitigate these risks, ensuring project continuity and success.
- Integration: Integrate knowledge across all process groups and knowledge areas of project, program, and portfolio management.
Champlain College Online's business faculty, led by Department Chair Dr. Albert Orbinati, are expert practitioners in the field. Their industry expertise ensures that our business management curriculum is aligned with the needs of employers, and reflects the skills today’s business professionals need for success. Classes led by our seasoned experts will give you real-world insight into the business world, and create a rich community of career-focused learning.
Tuition & Costs
Graduate Tuition Fall '23 - Summer '25
*Based on a 3-credit course; cost will vary if course is a different number of credits
** Starting Summer 2024, not retroactive
See the graduate cost of attendance and fees here
Meet the Program Director
Albert Orbinati, PhD
- Business (A.S., B.S., M.S., Certificates)
- Human Resource Management (B.S., Certificates)
- Leadership (M.S.)
- Management Information Systems (B.S.)
- Organization Development & Human Relations (M.S.)
About
Albert Orbinati, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Department Chair for the undergraduate and graduate business programs at Champlain College Online.
Prior to Champlain, Dr. Orbinati's roles have included Assistant Vice President of Online Learning and Continuing Education at Medaille University in Buffalo, NY; Dean of the School of Professional and Continuing Education at Russell Sage College in Albany, NY; and Director of Online and Non-Traditional Programs at Utica University in Utica, NY. In addition to his career in higher education, Albert is a member of the U.S. military, and currently holds the rank of Major in the Vermont Air National Guard.
Dr. Orbinati holds a B.A. in Urban Planning from Binghamton University, an M.A. in Adult Education from Central Michigan University, an M.B.A from Champlain College, and a Ph.D. in Adult Education from Capella University.
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