Project Management

Education On and Off-Campus

Through strategic partnerships with external organizations, such as PMCentersUSA, the Katz Center for Executive Education facilitates professional educational opportunities. Programs are taught for private organizations either onsite at their facility or at Alumni Hall.

Education Partner: PMCentersUSA

Obtaining knowledge of the standards established by the Project Management Institute (PMI) is essential for successful project, program, and portfolio managers. Continuous improvement of your skills in project management increases your value to your employer and provides you the framework for greater career success. Project management skills are essential for individual and organizational productivity excellence in today’s increasingly demanding global economy and are a key differentiator for gaining a competitive advantage. Successful implementation of project management methodologies, processes, and practices significantly improves the chances of completing projects to the satisfaction of key stakeholders by staying within the constraints of time, cost, and scope.

PMCentersUSA offers professional project management training in alliance with the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business Center for Executive Education. PM Centers USA, LLC is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Authorized Training Partner (ATP) and a past recipient of the prestigious PMI Professional Development Provider of the Year award. The organization, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, is dedicated to the advancement of business and project professionals through its certificate programs in project management and Project Management Professional (PMP) examination preparation courses as well as customized private training, consulting, mentoring, and coaching for organizations.

All of the project management training from PMCentersUSA is designed to meet the internationally accepted standards established by PMI, including the latest edition of PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). In addition, all of the courses include proven best practices based on the learnings of the experienced instructor team. Project management courses from PMCentersUSA will equip you with the knowledge and essential skills needed to help make your projects more successful. The comprehensive training programs and PMI award-winning courseware is structured to prepare individuals with the knowledge and educational hours required for the CAPM, PMP, PgMP and PMI-ACP professional certification exams.

For organizations seeking to improve their practice of Project/Program Management and/or Business Analysis, PMCentersUSA offers private and custom training aligned with the best practices of the Project Management Institute (PMI)® and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) ®. For more information from PMCentersUSA, please visit our website or contact us at 1-888-762-3683.

Course Offerings

PMCentersUSA offers individual project management and agile courses and a complete standards-based program for private delivery including:

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

It is incredible how quickly your network can expand and how many opportunities you are presented with through the Katz MBA Program. I had always heard that an MBA, for those who are all in, is life changing. After receiving my degree from Katz, I realize that is certainly the case.

Luiz Henrique Badalotti De Geroni

MBA '17

Katz is unique because of its genuine dedication to students. Career Management’s no-nonsense approach carefully creates a customized academic and career roadmap to ensure each student receives the necessary skills to secure a successful internship and job placement.

Tony Wang

MBA '19