Introduction to Project Management
Learn Project Management with a guided curriculum focused on helping you develop the skills necessary to become a Project Manager.
Project Managers play a crucial role in an organization's success. They are responsible for managing a team's workflow, commitments, timelines, and deliverables. At a tech company, project managers work with a variety of teams to coordinate deliverables and ensure a project's success.
In this Track, you'll start by learning "Scrum Basics." In this course, you'll become familiar with Agile practices so you can hit the ground running with your next team. You'll then move onto a series of courses related to developing a wide understanding of basic tech fundamentals—including Soft Skills, Presentation Skills, and Computer Basics. In "Collaborating with Developers," you'll learn how designers can create project files optimized for engineering teams. Finally, learn about Git and New Relic, so your conversations with development teams are grounded in a good understanding of their workflows and tools.
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An entry-level salary for the technologies covered in this track is about $78,000 / yr on average.
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Some companies that use these technologies regularly include: Apple, Boeing, SAIC, Worley
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Scrum Basics
These days, just about every software team says they are “Agile.” You will even find many job openings declare familiarity with Agile software development as a prerequisite. What can you do to become familiar with, and knowledgeable in Agile practices so you can hit the ground running with your next team? In this course, we will cover the Scrum model, a commonly-used flavor of Agile which is well known for its clear definition of team members’ roles and the activities carried out by the team. This course will give you an understanding of Scrum and how it is used by teams in the process of building software.
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Soft Skills
In this series of videos, we're going to explore the most important soft skills: personal and professional qualities that allow you to do your job better. If you can be an effective communicator, manage your time, work well with others, and be a great problem solver, you'll have a lot more success in whatever you do.
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Presentation Skills
Learn techniques for delivering effective presentations so you can help guide decisions, influence change, and make an impact on the business.
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Computer Basics
In this course we're going to challenge what it means to be digitally literate by pulling back the curtain of how computers work. By the end of this course you should have a foundational understanding of computers and how we communicate with them.
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Collaborating with Developers
Designers will learn how to involve developers throughout the design process, from conceptual brainstorming to implementation in code.
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Introduction to Git
Git is a version control system - it helps you manage the different versions of your project files, and helps keep your work safe. This course will show you how Git works, and how to upload your projects to GitHub.
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Introduction to New Relic
Learn what New Relic is and how its platform can support you in your learning and professional journey by building better and more reliable websites and applications.
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Track Completion
This course includes:
- Scrum Basics 107 min
- Soft Skills 3 hours
- Presentation Skills 43 min
- Computer Basics 55 min
- Collaborating with Developers 72 min
- Introduction to Git 3 hours
- Introduction to New Relic 20 min