Year Up's Project Management Support specialty trains towards foundational skills in business and project management. Students learn the basics of business including business functions, tools and processes; project management concepts, techniques and roles, and the use of frameworks and processes including building project charters, work breakdown structures, project scheduling, project budgeting, building marketing plans, HR management plans, risk management plans, and doing stakeholder analysis, competitor analysis, and projected revenue analysis with the help of tools such as Microsoft Project and Excel.

Skills Development at a Glance: What Students Learn

• Key tools (Gantt charts, Microsoft Project) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum)
• Basic concepts and common methods of project management: the ten project knowledge areas and the five phases of the project management lifecycle
• The interplay between the triple constraint (scope, time, cost) in the Project Management Plan
• Project selection criteria and project evaluation methods (cost-benefit analysis, feasibility study)
• Strategies for planning a project: developing a work breakdown structure (WBS) and timeline, calculating task estimates, managing task dependencies, tracking progress, identifying/managing risks, and defining/measuring goals
• Common communication artifacts and tools for executing a project: project plan, statement of work (SOW), status reports, & meeting notes
• Define and measure the goals of the project relative to the intended project outcomes

Specialty Training Focus Areas:

• Project Management Support
• Business Fundamentals
• Business Operations
• Year Up’s Standard Training  

Training at Work: Typical Job Tasks

• Help prepare project proposals, time-frames, schedule, and budget
• Act as key contact and communicate project status to participants
• Support Project Manager in the successful planning and execution of a project

Path to a Career: Training-Enabled Role Pathways

• Project Support

Example Roles Filled by Graduates:

• Project Support Analyst
• Junior Project Analyst
• Business Controls Specialist
• Project Coordinator
• Administrative Associate
• Administrative Coordinator