About this Professional Certificate
Are you an IT professional new to project management or a manager who wants to develop more robust project management skills? Perhaps you are looking to forge a career as a full-time project manager (PM). This program will introduce you to the fundamentals of project management, specifically as they apply to the field of information technology (IT).
This program will help you select project management techniques and strategies that best fit your IT project or organization. You’ll also explore how project management offices are organized and how they develop a project portfolio. Throughout the program, you’ll come to understand some of the challenges of the field, including management of diverse teams and projects that are potentially based anywhere in the world. By the end, you’ll determine your own competencies as an IT project manager and will have developed core skills required for this role.
What you'll learn
- Why IT organizations use project management to deliver business value and how organizational culture can influence the role of the PM and individual projects;
- How to describe and distinguish among the major project management methodologies and project lifecycles as applied to IT and to identify strategies for managing distributed teams;
- The purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO), high-level strategies to set up, maintain, and close a PMO, and how it can work within your organization;
- Techniques to intake, prioritize, and select projects and programs so that they align with an organization's overall business strategy; and
- Which personal and performance competencies are necessary for project management in IT, and strategies for developing those skills.
From | University of Washington, UWashingtonX via edX |
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Hours | 90 |
Instructors | Debra Hildebrand, Luke Panezich |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business Programming |
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IS Project Management $78k
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Manager of Project Management 2 $110k
Project Management 3 $121k
Project Engineer (Project Management) $121k
Project Coordinator/Project Management $125k
Project Management Rotation, R&D Project Management $125k
ITS Project Management $129k
Courses in this Professional Certificate
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Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management This course has a focus on learning the most commonly used project management methodologies in the IT field, and why they are effective. This course introduces you to project... edX | University of Washington, UWashingtonX |
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Leadership and Management for PM Practitioners in IT Do you have the skills to be an effective project manager in a global market? This course focuses on leadership and management competencies, along with the ways that different... edX | University of Washington, UWashingtonX |
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Portfolio Management, Governance, & the PMO What is a PMO, and how does it work? This course focuses on the Project Management Office (PMO) and the governance techniques used to monitor and control the delivery of projects... edX | University of Washington, UWashingtonX |
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From | University of Washington, UWashingtonX via edX |
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Hours | 90 |
Instructors | Debra Hildebrand, Luke Panezich |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business Programming |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
IS Project Management $78k
Project Coordinator, Project Management $85k
Project & Creative Management $86k
Project Sales and Management $92k
Service Management/Project Management $99k
IT Project Management resource $104k
Manager of Project Management 2 $110k
Project Management 3 $121k
Project Engineer (Project Management) $121k
Project Coordinator/Project Management $125k
Project Management Rotation, R&D Project Management $125k
ITS Project Management $129k
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