Project Management for International Development

Description from DukeHub

With growing demand for accountability and impact across sectors, project management has become a top skill sought by development organizations. The principles, disciplines, and tools that comprise project management are designed to ensure that organizations deliver quality products and/or services on time and on budget while managing the often-competing needs of governments, funders, and beneficiaries. This course is designed for graduate students with some project-based experience. Having studied the Project DPro Guide and related course materials, students will be well-prepared to take the Project DPro certification exam and become PM certified by the end of the semester.

Skills

• policy and lawdepartment: PUBPOL
• leadershipAI review: "managing the often-competing needs of governments, funders, and beneficiaries"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "accountability"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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