Results-Based Project Management edX - online learning platform

Overview

The Results-Based Project Management programme in collaboration with IDBx is a Professional Certificate. 

Key Facts

Promoting economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean depends on many factors; and some of the most important ones for successful projects are the efficiency and effectiveness in the management of development projects and programs; achieving project goals and deliverables.

This professional certificate examines the inter-related components of public policy planning, project planning, activities, management, evaluation, and project risks that can positively impact the project life cycle of socio-economic development initiatives.

It emphasizes the importance and value of being equally equipped with a critical understanding of the project scope, the project environment, and how data analysis, project management, and risk management fosters effective decision-making in the delivery of public services within developing countries.

Job Outlook

• Professionals with responsibilities in planning, budgeting financial manage, procurement, risk management, information management, monitoring and evaluation of projects financed with national, international and development agency resources.
• Professionals with responsibilities in risk management in development projects, involving processes such as identifying, recording, analyzing, planning responses, and monitoring risks.
• Project management and coordination roles in varied public institutions with responsibilities in the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies. As well as the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects.