This specializations is intended for any professional seeking to develop Project Management skills. Through 3 courses, you will cover the main project management approaches, the behavioral aspects, the main tools and techniques to plan and control projects which will prepare you to successfully manage projects.
Project Management: Tools, Approaches, Behavioural Skills Specialization
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Project Management: Tools, Approaches, Behavioural Skills Specialization
Learn how to successfully manage your projects. Master technical tools, managerial approaches and behavioral tips to manage projects
Instructors: Tommaso Buganza
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
(226 reviews)
Beginner level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
how to correctly plan and control projects
how to let them fit it in existing organizations
how to properly deal with the project team from a behavioral perspective
Overview
Skills you'll gain
- Cost Control
- Project Risk Management
- Project Management Life Cycle
- Project Planning
- Project Scoping
- Planning
- Risk Management
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Project Coordination
- Innovation
- Conflict Management
- Scope Management
- Project Schedules
- Organizational Structure
- Team Management
- Project Closure
- Project Controls
- Project Management
- Earned Value Management
- Cost Management
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
Identify the main variables of a project in a business context and describe the differences between projects and processes
Identify different organizational strcutures when working on a project
Describe the main human and cultural dimensions when working on projects
Pick the best organizational structure for a project
Skills you'll gain
Category: Project Management
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Innovation
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Business Process Management
Category: Change Management
Category: Team Management
Category: Decision Making
Category: Business Priorities
What you'll learn
Identify the main phases of a project in a business context.
Pick the right tools to plan a project when working on it.
Make a plan of a project when working on it.
Analyze the results of a planning process when working on a project.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Project Planning
Category: Work Breakdown Structure
Category: Project Management
Category: Scope Management
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Resource Management
Category: Organizational Skills
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Timelines
Category: Project Scoping
What you'll learn
Understand the main indicators to control a project in a business context.
Use the right tools to control a project when managing it.
Understand the definition of risk in a project.
Remember the main typologies of risk approaches in project management.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Earned Value Management
Category: Project Controls
Category: Project Risk Management
Category: Forecasting
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Project Closure
Category: Planning
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Cost Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Cost Control
Category: Business Management
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Frequently asked questions
The specialization is composed by 3 courses with a total estimated workload of around 25 hours
No recommended background/knowledge is required
No specific order required
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