PPMC specialization
The Program/Product Management & Consulting (PPMC) specialization equips you with the knowledge and skills to transform your team and drive efficiency and growth through innovative and strategic initiatives.
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PPMC specialization overview
This specialization prepares current and aspiring program and product managers and consultants to lead organizations of all sizes and sectors in developing and managing strategic and operational information-related initiatives.
MSIM students can complete the Program/Product Management & Consulting (PPMC) specialization across any of the three degree tracks offered: Early-Career, Early-Career Accelerated, and Mid-Career. Compare our degree tracks to find the path best suited for you.
Skills developed:
Transform organizations through systematic problem-solving and change management by engaging stakeholders to align on new techniques and initiatives.
Apply industry methods and techniques to analyze and design enterprise systems to organize, plan, control, and implement projects while developing product and project value propositions and success metrics.
Lead product management teams throughout the product lifecycle while facilitating cross-organizational integration and strategic alignment.
Elective courses in the PPMC specialization
This specialization consists of three courses that will help you hone your skills across a range of consulting practices, and program, product and project management practices. These skills will serve you at boutique consulting firms and enterprise-level organizations.
Learn more about the core, elective and Capstone/practicum courses in the UW MSIM curriculum and the career options available to MSIM graduates.
Uses Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as a methodology for addressing complex enterprise information systems problems. Through each phase of SDLC, students engage in current and future state analysis and design activities, including project identification, selection and initiation, baseline project planning, feasibility and risk analysis, requirements gathering and structuring, system development, implementation, and maintenance strategies.
Provides overview of skills, practices, and concepts foundational to a career in information management consulting. Topics include consulting concepts, methodologies, approaches to consultative analysis and problem solving, effective technical and interpersonal consulting behaviors, and program management in a consulting environment. Emphasizes interpersonal/communication skills, client relationship management, and change management. Prerequisite: IMT 580.
Introduces project management principles within information-related business contexts. Provides knowledge that managers need to implement information systems on time and within budget. Concentrates on methods and issues in organizing, planning, and controlling projects and their use of computer-based project management tools.
Job titles reported by recent MSIM graduates
- Business process analyst
- Information consultant
- Information management specialist
- Product manager
- Professional services consultant
- Project manager
- Technical program manager
“I found that by the time I began my Capstone project, I was ready to brainstorm, plan, execute and iterate with my team extremely effectively, and I thank the PPMC courses I took for appropriately preparing me for that experience.”
Kenny Garrison, ‘22
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PPMC industry stats
$105,300
is the median advertised salary for PPMC jobs requiring a master’s.
422,500
PPMC-related job-postings.
+12.8%
is the projected growth rate for PPMC occupations over the next decade.
Source: Lightcast Occupations and Job Postings, April 2022 to March 2023.
Alumni spotlight
Meet Kenny Garrison, a ‘22 MSIM alum who pursued the Early-Career degree track as a residential student specializing in PPMC and BI. Learn how the Program/Product Management & Consulting specialization, in particular, helped his career as an active-duty officer in the United States Navy.
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