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Capstone for Project Management
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Capstone for Project Management

IBM

Gain valuable hands-on experience as a project manager. Build a portfolio of key deliverables that showcase your skills in predictive and adaptive methodologies and will catch the eye of a prospective employer.

2 hrs/week5 weeksEnglish552 enrolled
Free to Audit

About this Course

If you’re just starting your project management career, or switching into the field, a capstone project is an excellent way to showcase your practical experience to a prospective employer. This Capstone for Project Management course is designed for professionals who have some experience in project management, or have completed introductory training in project management, and are now ready to apply their new skills in a real-world scenario. During this course, you’ll take on the role of a project manager and gain hands-on experience in managing a project from start to finish. As you work through the modules, you’ll produce common project deliverables. Using a predictive methodology, you’ll create artifacts such as a work breakdown structure, network diagram, budget, quality and communications management plans, and a risk register. You’ll develop user stories, examples of product and sprint backlogs, and a burndown chart analysis. Plus, you’ll produce a project status report, a change form, and a closeout report. By the end of the course, you’ll have created numerous artifacts that demonstrate your knowledge of predictive and adaptive methodologies which you can add to your portfolio. If you’re keen to build practical experience as a project manager that you can talk about in interviews, ENROLL TODAY and get ready to power up your resume with skills employers are looking for. 3b:Ta40,

What You'll Learn

  • Build valuable hands-on experience as a project manager you can showcase to an employer in just 3 weeks.
  • Demonstrate end-to-end project knowledge of project manager capabilities.
  • Manage scope and resources, and kick off a project as a project manager.
  • Plan a project using adaptive methodologies such as Scrum and Sprints.
  • Create predictive method artifacts such as a work breakdown structure, network diagram, quality and communications plans, and a risk register.

Prerequisites

  • An understanding of the fundamentals of project management is essential for this course. While prior project management experience isn't essential, having a foundational knowledge of key principles will help you navigate the project effectively. You should also be comfortable with basic computer use and have access to a reliable internet connection.

Course Info

PlatformedX
LevelAdvanced
PacingUnknown
CertificateAvailable
PriceFree to Audit

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