Description:
Learners gain a complete comprehensive project management skill set necessary for mastering the life cycle of a project. Earning this micro-credential puts learners on the path to earning the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Learners complete 56 hours of comprehensive project management training that includes an overview of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) frameworks, skills and competencies required to manage a project.
- Level 1 gives an overview of frameworks and tools, common risks and mistakes, and identifies skills and competencies for organizational success.
- Level 2 provides the practices, tools, and skills required to manage scoping a project, moves through identifying tasks and estimating resources, and concludes with setting schedules and completing a plan.
- Level 3 is designed to help project leaders more fully integrate the discipline of project management into their organization.
Learners are able to use the knowledge and skills gained in training to effectively implement and apply project management skills in a work-based setting. Evidence is verified and assessed by authorized UMS Project Management instructors to ensure UMS micro-credential quality standards were met.
Who is eligible to register?
Anyone is eligible to register.
What is the delivery mode?
Distance Synchronous Learning (online live)
How can I earn this micro-credential?
University of Maine (UMaine) Division of Lifelong Learning:
- Level 1 cost is $480. Discounts (external link) may be available for those whose employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce.
- For more information, upcoming dates and to register, visit the UMaine Division of Lifelong Learning Practical Project Management webpage (External Site).
- With questions, contact Kathleen Toole, Professional Development Coordinator (email: um.continuinged@maine.edu).
University of Southern Maine (USM) Professional Development Programs:
- Introduction to the Practice of Project Management (Level 1): $560; Effective Project Management (Level 2): $750; Implementing Project Management (Level 3): $750. Discounts (external link) are available to nonprofit employees; UMS employees, students, and alumni; and veterans of the armed services.
- For more information, upcoming dates and to register, visit the USM Professional Development Programs Project Management website (External Site).
- With questions, contact Patricia Law, Director of Professional Development Programs (email: usmpdp@maine.edu).
View each level in the badging platform:
Visit the Micro-Credential Pathway for Project Management (External Site).
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Last Update: 9/17/25