Online Course – IBM Certified Professional Certificate in Project Management

Prepare for a career as a project manager. Develop the necessary skills and practical experience to be job-ready in just two months. No prior experience required.

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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

  • Developing managerial skills in the field of project management
  • In-depth understanding of project management concepts
  • Learning project management methodologies like Agile
  • Developing project schedules
  • Managing role and responsibility systems
  • Stakeholder management tools
  • Preparing communication plans
  • Practical experience in realistic project management scenarios
  • Preparing for the CAPM Certification Exam from PMI
  • Building a portfolio of skills and projects to share in job interviews

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Beginning Project Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Team Manager
  • Risk Manager
  • Stakeholder Communication Manager
  • Project Management Specialist
  • Project Coordinator
  • Schedule Manager
  • Communications Program Manager
  • Candidate for CAPM certification from PMI

Professional Certificate – 8-course series

Enter a career in project management that is exciting and growing. As part of the program, you will develop the skills, knowledge, and portfolio that will make you stand out in the job market as an entry-level project manager in just 3 months. No prior training or experience is required.

Project managers are the backbone of any organization. They plan, track, and manage projects to successful completion, collaborate with all teams, manage risks, and create strong communication channels between all stakeholders. The demand for project managers who can lead a project to success has never been higher in our fast-paced, ever-changing era.

You will learn in-demand skills used by professional project managers, including the processes and tools required to establish a successful project, a deep understanding of project management concepts, and learning project management methodologies such as Agile.

At the end of the program, you will have a portfolio of projects that showcase your skills, including developing project schedules, role and responsibility systems, stakeholder management tools, and communication plans. You will also receive exclusive access to professional support resources and a professional certificate from IBM to help you in your job search.

In addition, the program is designed to help you prepare for obtaining project management certifications such as the CAPM certification from PMI.

Hands-on Learning Project

This professional certificate focuses on hands-on learning and includes a series of hands-on activities. During the exercises, you will take the theory and skills you have acquired and apply them to real-world scenarios. From establishing a schedule, tracking issues, to defining a communication plan, we will provide realistic scenarios that you might encounter as a project manager.

Towards the end of the program, there are two final courses designed to tie everything together and test your project management skills. The capstone course will test your practical skills and help you build a portfolio of skills and projects that you can share in future job interviews. In addition, the final course in the professional certificate is a test designed to prepare you for the CAPM certification exam.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to Project Management Course 1

• 9 hours • 4.7

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Explain what project management is, its benefits, and the role it plays in projects.
  • Describe who project managers work with, different project management methodologies, and new trends in project management.
  • Summarize the common responsibilities of a project manager and the skills required to perform these responsibilities.
  • Compare and contrast different industries, tracks, and potential career advancement for project management professionals.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Communication
  • Category: Leadership
  • Category: Stakeholder Management

Course 2 • 20 hours • 4.7

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Compare and contrast predictive and adaptive project management models.
  • Explore how to lead effective meetings and how to motivate your team to lead to project success.
  • Create planning and other documents that help you define a project, plan project schedules, and create accurate budgets.
  • Implement processes and tools that drive project initiation.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Risk Management
  • Category: Systems Development Lifecycle
  • Category: Information Sharing

Course 3 • 16 hours • 4.6

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Describe different project life cycles including water cycle and adapted cycle.
  • Introduce information sharing techniques to improve communication effectiveness with team members and external stakeholders.
  • Perform risk analysis including SWOT analysis, risk register, and risk matrix.
  • Create actionable risk response strategies to prevent or mitigate threats and exploit or enhance opportunities.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Leadership
  • Category: Business Analysis
  • Category: Agile
  • Category: PMI-CAPM

Course 4 • 19 hours • 4.6

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Discuss ways to encourage a healthy environment for team members and explain the effects of empowering team members.
  • Demonstrate better project communication by implementing different communication skills and mediums.
  • Apply leadership skills to achieve positive project outcomes, build trusted teams, and create strong relationships with stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate increased stakeholder engagement by using knowledge and skills to obtain resources and maintain stakeholder engagement in the project.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Project Planning
  • Category: Project Initiation

Course 5 • 11 hours • 4.9

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Adopt the 5 principles of Agile, a subcategory of DevOps: small teams, minimum viable product, pair programming, and behavior-driven development and testing.
  • Write good user stories, evaluate and assign story points, and track the stories using a Kanban board.
  • Include the Scrum components, events, and benefits.
  • Create and improve a product list through a preemptive planning process.
  • Produce product add-ons that can be shipped with each return.
  • Create Barnborn charts to predict the ability to meet a cycle’s goal.
  • Use metrics to improve performance, productivity, and customer satisfaction.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Answering questions
  • Category: Job Interviews
  • Category: Project Manager
  • Category: Resume
  • Category: Job Search Strategies

Course 6 • 18 hours • 4.9

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Demonstrate end-to-end knowledge of project manager capabilities.
  • Managing a field, resources, and launching a project as a project manager.
  • Plan a project using adaptive methodologies such as Scrum and sprints.
  • Create predictive method documents such as work breakdown structure, network diagram, quality and communication plans, and risk register.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Risk Management
  • Category: Agile Management
  • Category: Leadership
  • Category: Scrum (software development)

Course 7 • 5 hours • 4.6

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Prepare for the CAPM certification by taking a simulation test consisting of 150 questions.
  • Learn effective strategies and techniques to optimize your test results, such as time management, question prioritization, and leveraging strengths.
  • Understand the CAPM test design, duration, topics, and objectives, allowing you to focus on the most important topics.
  • Get guidance on finding course resources to refresh your learning on specific test topics.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Project Management
  • Category: Scrum Master
  • Category: Career Development
  • Category: Project Planning
  • Category: Agile

Course 8 • 13 hours • 5.0

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Explain the role of project manager, career opportunities, roles, titles, responsibilities, and required skills and abilities.
  • Create a resume, portfolio, and cover letter based on the job requirements and apply tips and best practices to prepare for a job interview.
  • Describe different types of interview questions, including industry, skills and experience, and behavioral questions, and how to respond to them effectively.
  • Discuss the post-interview actions needed to position yourself for success and implement tips that will help during salary negotiations.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Kanban
  • Category: Parent strain
  • Category: Scrum Methodology
  • Category: Agile Software Development
  • Category: Sprint Planning