About this Professional Certificate
These workplace-tested tips and tools are ready to use today as you manage your programs and projects whether you have project management training in traditional or agile project management (PMI-ACP). Even certified scrum masters can benefit from this online course Along with gaining professional development units (PDU), upgrade your project management training with the power skill of communication.
What you'll learn
- How to design your communication so that you enhance your audience’s understanding.
- The power of blending logic, emotions, and your personal presence to increase your persuasive abilities.
- Best practices for effectively handling the complex information flows in programs and projects.
- How to use coordinated management of meaning tools to build program or project teams, negotiate with stakeholders, and convince executives to support your programs/projects.
You may have heard that “90% of a project manager’s work is communication.” Well that’s even more true as a program manager. But do you know why communication is so important and what is good communication for making projects successful?
If you have even a little project management experience, you know communication is no longer just the transfer of information and giving directives to project managers and project teams. Modern communication theory is based upon creating shared understanding – “the coordinated management of meaning.” And nowhere is it more important to manage and coordinate meaning – and understanding – than in programs and projects.
Earn up to 50 PDUs as you progress in this professional certificate, you will learn:
This certificate program is not just about theory; I also give the working project manager aspiring to program management practical tips and tools to help them improve their most important skill: communication. You've worked hard to gain the Project Management Institute, Inc's (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification or similar project management certification. And, you have mastered the PMBOK guide ("A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge) communication knowledge area while preparing for the PMP exam.
These workplace-tested tips and tools are ready to use today as you manage your programs and projects whether you have project management training in traditional or agile project management (PMI-ACP). Even certified scrum masters can benefit from this online course Along with gaining professional development units (PDU), upgrade your project management training with the power skill of communication.
What you'll learn
- How to design your communication so that you enhance your audience’s understanding.
- The power of blending logic, emotions, and your personal presence to increase your persuasive abilities.
- Best practices for effectively handling the complex information flows in programs and projects.
- How to use coordinated management of meaning tools to build program or project teams, negotiate with stakeholders, and convince executives to support your programs/projects.
| From | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland via edX |
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| Hours | 120 |
| Instructor | Bill Brantley |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business Personal Development |
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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
Courses in this Professional Certificate
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Effective Communication for Program and Project Stakeholders and Teams “Everyone communicates, but few connect” is a famous book and message by John C. Maxwell on leadership. The meaning behind this message is that as leaders of programs and... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Designing Project Information Hubs for Program and Project Performance Communication complexity rapidly increases even with a few program or project team members and stakeholders. Project managers are the “hub” of their project communication. Program... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Persuasion and Presence for Program and Project Managers Persuasion is the central to leading leaders. As a program manager or project manager, you may lead a team with many senior contributors. Often they will have more experience,... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Storytelling That Delivers Program and Project Outcomes Program and project managers are master storytellers. They have to be in order to weave high-priority information into a memorable narrative for their people. Customers must... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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Managing Conflicts on Projects with Cultural and Emotional Intelligence Every program and project has a social world. The program managers, project managers, project teams, and stakeholders mutually agree on roles and interact based on those roles.... edX | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland |
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| From | UMD, USMx, The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland via edX |
|---|---|
| Hours | 120 |
| Instructor | Bill Brantley |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business Personal Development |
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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