Project Management Part 2

Getting Projects Over the Finish Line

Course Details

4 Self-Paced Online Course Modules

16 Credit Hours

This course is for any library worker whose role involves planning and completing mid- to large-scale projects. This course is appropriate for all levels of library staff.

$303 (Save more with early bird and group rates!)

Starting a project is one thing. Keeping it moving when priorities shift, risks emerge, and communication starts slipping is where the real work begins. This course focuses on that part.

Clearer ways to monitor progress, budgets, deliverables, and changes
More practical tools for communication plans, documentation, and project control
A stronger process for getting projects to completion without losing the thread midway through

Take this course on its own, or complete all four courses in the series to earn the Project Management Certification from Library Journal.

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF...

You’ve had projects lose momentum once they were already underway.
You need a clearer way to track progress, communicate changes, and stay on top of moving parts.
You want to finish projects with less scrambling, less drift, and fewer surprises.

You’ll leave with a more practical way to keep projects moving, manage change, and bring work over the finish line.

PART OF A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION SERIES

Project Management Part 2: Getting Projects Over the Finish Line is one course in the Project Management Certification series. You can take this course on its own or complete all four for the full certification.

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Enroll in FALL SESSION

Early bird rate is $256 through September 6, 2026. Standard rate is $303 through October 6, 2026.

Need flexibility? Once materials are released, you can start any time during your 6-month access period and move through the course at your own pace.

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Need approval? Email this course to your supervisor.

TRAINING A TEAM?

When several staff are involved in project delivery, this course helps your team stay more aligned on communication, tracking, and follow-through from start to finish.

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AFTER YOU ATTEND THIS COURSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO:

Document a project and track its progress.
Track budgets and deliverables clearly and efficiently.
Work within institutional constraints and guidelines.
Manage, control, and communicate about changes.
Establish a communication plan.

THIS COURSE CONSISTS OF 4 ON-DEMAND MODULES:

Module 1: From Plan to Action: Executing Projects and Communicating with Purpose

Executing a project means putting your plan into action and ensuring all moving parts work together toward a defined goal. This phase focuses on coordinating people, tasks, and resources while keeping stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the process. This session will teach you how to: launch your project execution phase, develop a communication plan tailored to your library environment, identify key stakeholders and their information needs, select appropriate communication tools and methods, and keep your team aligned and accountable as work progresses.

Module 2: Stay on Track: Monitoring Your Project for Success

Monitoring your project means regularly collecting, recording, and reporting important project information. This session will teach you practical tools, such as burndown and Gantt charts, to help track project milestones and performance, and best practices for keeping your project moving forward with confidence.

Module 3: Controlling Your Project from Start to Finish

A vital part of project management is maintaining control over the variables that can push your project off course. This session will teach you how to control things like scope, change, quality, cost, and risk, and best practices for keeping your project aligned with its original goals and stakeholder expectations.

Module 4: Expect the Unexpected: Managing Change and Risk in Your Project

Every project encounters the unexpected, and how you prepare for and respond to change can make or break your success. This session will teach you practical approaches for how to identify and assess potential risks before they occur, how to develop a risk response plan, how to navigate and communicate organizational change, and best practices for building resilience and flexibility into your project from the start.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Carly Searcy, Project Manager, Information Scientist, Author

Carly Searcy Carly has many years of nonprofit management experience, holds a Master’s in information science (MIS) from the University of Michigan, and is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA and has worked in public, academic and special libraries, as well as in the information technology and education sectors. She is the author of "Project Management in Libraries," published by the American Library Association.

Project management skills and strategies are useful in all kinds of situations, not just formal projects. This second of four online courses in the Library Journal Project Management Certification will help you execute, monitor, and control your projects once they’re off the ground.

YouThis course focuses on monitoring project progress, managing change and risk, and communicating project status. Leave knowing how to establish a communication plan, document a project and track its progress, manage quality control and changes, and control the project to meet your goals.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

This course is for any library worker whose role involves planning and completing mid- to large-scale projects. This course is appropriate for all levels of library staff.

THIS WILL BE A SELF-PACED, ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE.

EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT

This course includes 4 modules, each designed to take approximately 4 hours to complete. You can move through the content at your own pace and on your own schedule. You’ll earn 16 hours of professional development credit and a Library Journal certificate of completion.

COURSE ACCESS

You'll have access to all course materials for six months.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Complete the course and earn 16 professional development credit hours. We provide a certificate that is emailed to you.

ACCESSIBILITY

All video recordings feature auto captioning. Please email course-support@libraryjournal.com upon registration if you require any special accommodations, and we will make our best efforts to facilitate them.

SUPPORT

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DISCOUNTED RATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY

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Rate	Early Bird	Standard
Deadline	September 6, 2026	October 6, 2026
Ticket Price	$256	$303

GROUP RATES

We offer discounts for groups of 3 or more.

For larger groups of 15 or more, we offer the option to apply group rates across multiple courses to receive significant discounts. For more information, select Bulk Course Credits Packages in the form below.

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