Budgets are smaller. Planners are expected to do more with less. Everyone wants more accountability and less risk. Project Management for Urban Planning can help.

This online course from the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program is designed for busy planners who want to learn better ways to handle teams and complex projects. Whether you are a new team leader or an experienced director, this course can help.

Participants will learn:
*The role and responsibilities of the project manager in planning projects
*The project lifecycle and how it relates to planning projects
*Management terminology and tools (especially important for working with interdisciplinary and interdivisional teams)
*To build solid scopes of work, budgets, and schedules
*Leadership and communication tips for project success

Project Management runs from October 21 to December 5. You can participate at your convenience from virtually any computer with an Internet connection. It combines the convenience of "learn at your own pace" courses with the peer learning of face-to-face continuing education. In fact, what learners like most about their classes are learning with and from professionals from around the country.
The course instructor, Linda Amato, AICP, is a seasoned consulting planner and planning commissioner in Seattle who has managed many large and complex projects. She specializes in managing, designing and preparing planning and environmental documents for transportation projects. She has focused on interpreting complex passenger and freight rail operations and engineering information for the general public and decision-makers. Linda has extensive experience working with agency and community stakeholders -- keeping them informed of project activities as well as soliciting information and input as necessary. As a planning commissioner, Linda is intricately involved in transportation, land use, zoning and community planning issues.

Project Management is one of six BOCEP courses starting in late October. The others are:
*Brownfields Redevelopment
*Current Trends in Land Use Law
*Park Planning and Design in the 21st century
*Retail Market Analysis
*Site Planning Analysis

Produced by the Professional Development Institute of Rutgers University, BOCEP courses offer graduate level education that you can complete from your computer. In these courses, you can learn from seasoned experts and share ideas with thoughtful professionals from around the United States. Designed for busy professionals, BOCEP courses give you the time to learn, practice, and build your knowledgebase. You can also earn a Bloustein Professional Certificate, which can help you in your career development.

Each course costs $295. Planetizen readers can get a $50 scholarship. Use promotion code BGBBS. All courses are eligible for 14 AICP Certification Maintenance credits.

Never taken an online course? No worries – we give you time to get comfortable with the online learning format. Do BOCEP classes work? Yes. We have served more than 700 registrants and the vast majority of participants in course evaluations say they got a lot out of their course.

BOCEP is produced by the Professional Development Institute (PDI) of Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy – which has one of the top planning programs in the United States.

To learn more about these courses, or to join the PDI mailing list, please go to http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/bocep. For more information, contact Professional Development Institute Director Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP at 732-932-3822, x711 or [email protected]