Overview
What you will study
In the Managing Complex Technical Projects course offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , through lectures, exercises, interactive discussions, and teamwork, you will learn two sets of techniques which technical managers can use to better handle the complexity of large product and service development efforts. Two days of the course focus on the design structure matrix (DSM) method, while the third day teaches modern agile development methods.
DSM techniques have been used by MIT researchers to study complex system development and to help technical managers improve project performance. After field-testing DSM in dozens of organizations and industries around the world, the method is now being applied in a wide range of technical industries – automotive, software, aerospace, telecommunications, medical devices, energy systems, electronics, capital equipment, large-scale construction, and more.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Map existing product development processes using DSM
- Identify ways to facilitate planned iterations and reduce unplanned iterations
- Manage technical complexity
- Model system decomposition and architecture using DSM
- Find patterns of modularity and integration in systems
- Restructure development organizations based on system architecture
- Understand team-based agile development and scrum methods
- Select the most appropriate agile tools for specific projects
- Scale planning and coordination in larger agile applications
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
- We accept enrollments until the offering reaches capacity at which point we will maintain a waitlist.
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Project Management View 115 other Short Courses in Project Management in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Vice presidents of engineering, manufacturing, and technology
- Directors of project, program or service management
- Product, service and business development
- Engineering and R&D program managers
- Chief project engineers
- Product design and process development engineers
- Technology strategists
- Project leaders
Tuition Fee
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International
4500 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4500 USD for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
4500 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4500 USD for the full programme during 3 days.