Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Design and Management of Development Projects – Google

Design and manage development projects… to improve lives and accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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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

  • Designing development projects
  • Development project management tools
  • Management with an emphasis on risks in development projects
  • Case study analysis using knowledge learned in courses
  • Presenting different components of a development project to solve a problem in the community

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Development Project Manager
  • Development project planner
  • Economic and Social Development Advisor
  • Project Risk Manager
  • Development Project Analyst
  • Social Programs Manager
  • Sustainable Development Expert
  • Community Manager
  • Resource Manager in Development Projects

Internship – Series of 4 courses

Did you know that development projects are essential for improving lives and accelerating economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Governments, institutions, and entities working to promote economic and social development in the region face a major challenge: turning proposals into concrete realities that improve the well-being of society in a sustainable way.

Specialization courses

  • Designing development projects
  • Development project management tools
  • Management with an emphasis on risks in development projects

Upon completion, you will conduct a final project to apply what you have learned about designing and managing development projects.

Applied Learning Project

The final project is the final stage of the internship. In the final work, you will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired throughout the course in an integrative manner.

The project is divided into two parts:

  • Part One: Case Study Analysis Using Knowledge Learned in Courses.
  • Part Two: Introducing different components of a development project to solve a problem in your community.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Designing development projects

Course 1

Duration: 15 hours
Rating: 4.8 (280 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Identify the key concepts, processes, and stages in development projects with a focus on results.
  • Identifying the important information for providing problems, solutions, relevance, metrics, diagnoses, and justifications for the project.
  • Knowledge of project management and measurement tools to determine effectiveness in achieving their goals.

Skills you will gain:

  • Sustainability
  • Project design
  • project management
  • Strategic planning
  • Needs assessment

Course 2

Duration: 14 hours
Rating: 4.9 (96 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Identifying the information necessary to develop tools for managing project scope, time, and costs.
  • Identify the resources required to complete the matrix for procurement, communications, and project roles.
  • Applying the realized value methodology to analyze the performance of a project.

Skills you will gain:

  • Human Resources Management
  • project management
  • Time management
  • Project control
  • Sustainability

Course 3

Duration: 14 hours
Rating: 4.9 (74 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Recognition of the principles and benefits of risk management methodology in development projects.
  • Identifying the main components of the risk analysis process, assessing the likelihood of occurrence and their impact in order to rank them by priority.
  • Understanding the main components of the risk management and control process in order to improve efficiency in project life cycle management.

Skills you will gain:

  • Risk management
  • Risk Prioritization
  • project management
  • Strategic planning
  • Risk analysis and identification

Course 4

Duration: 12 hours
Rating: 4.9 (51 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Identifying the necessary parts of design in analyzing a development project.
  • Applying project planning and management tools in analyzing a development project.
  • Assessing the impact and likelihood of risks in a development project.
  • Creating a development project that includes various elements in its design and management.

Skills you will gain:

  • Risk management
  • Risk Prioritization
  • Development project management
  • Strategic planning
  • Risk analysis and identification