Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Product Development for Technology Managers from Google and the University of Colorado Boulder

Hone your product development skills. Create a new product or service from a unique idea.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Product planning
  • Circular economy
  • Product Management
  • Product design
  • Product development

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Product Manager
  • Product key
  • Development Project Manager
  • Product Designer
  • Product Strategy Manager
  • Technology Development Manager
  • Innovation Manager
  • Project Portfolio Manager
  • Circular Economy Expert
  • Product Design Manager

Internship – a three-part course series

In this specialization, students explore the processes that successful companies use to develop products that customers want to buy. They begin by examining product strategy and how companies decide what types of products to develop.

  • They mark the market and the business opportunity.
  • Companies are creating new product concepts to meet this need.

Learners also explore the role of product management, including:

  • How successful companies design products.
  • A portfolio of product development projects is being strengthened.
  • Incorporate advancements in technology into the product design process.

Finally, learners explore design tools and strategies to ensure products have a minimal environmental footprint and other ideas related to the circular economy.

This specialization can be taken for academic credit as part of the Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM) program offered on the Coursera platform. ME-EM is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals advance toward leadership and management roles in the engineering and technology sector.

  • With performance-based admission and no application process.
  • ME-EM is ideal for individuals with a wide range of post-secondary education and/or professional experience.

For more information about the ME-EM program, visit https://www.coursera.org/degrees/me-engineering-management-boulder .

Hands-on Learning Project

Learners will complete a series of quizzes, peer reviews, and programming assignments aimed at applying skills to product development. In addition, learners will create digital and physical prototypes that represent a product idea.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Strategic product development

Course 1

  • 15 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Why product and technology strategy is critical to successful product development.
  • Analyze different product development processes and how they are intended for use.
  • Use portfolio management techniques to streamline multiple product development efforts.
  • Learn about different ways companies build high-performing teams, and the roles of all team members in successfully launching new products.
The skills you will acquire
  • Category: Product Strategy
  • Category: Product Planning
  • Category: Technology Strategy
  • Category: Portfolio Management
  • Category: Product Development

Managing the new product development process

Course 2

  • 18 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Learn and use design thinking tools in the product innovation process.
  • Developing a product specification that meets critical customer requirements (CCR).
  • Learn the tools to create a variety of ideas for products that meet CCR.
  • Learn and implement methods for reducing the number of product ideas to the critical mass using prototyping and team evaluation methods.
The skills you will acquire
  • Category: Idea Generation
  • Category: Idea Evaluation and Testing
  • Category: Product Specification Development
  • Category: Prototype and Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
  • Category: Design Thinking

Product innovation management

Course 3

  • 15 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • How to design a captivating marketing information page.
  • How to create a financial analysis spreadsheet for a business.
  • How to build a prototype of your product idea.
The skills you will acquire
  • Category: Marketing
  • Category: Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
  • Category: Business Analysis
  • Category: Pricing Strategies
  • Category: Circular Economy