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Become a Program Manager

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Overview

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Now that you've mastered project management, you're ready for the next challenge: program management. From leadership to strategic business and cross-functional skills, this learning path can help you acquire the skills to become an exceptional program manager.
  • Explore and develop key program management skills.
  • Practice technical skills that directly apply to the program manager role.
  • Master leadership and communication skills related to program management.

Syllabus

  • Course 1: Learning Program Management
    • Learn the essentials of program management, from planning programs to delivering results. Find out how to manage a program's scope, finances, resources, schedules, and more.
  • Course 2: Program Management Foundations
    • Learn how to succeed as a program manager. Get specific guidance on managing program phases, carrying out a transition, closing a program, and more.
  • Course 3: Program Management for IT Professionals
    • Successfully manage large IT projects—from the planning stages to a project's release—by learning the basics of program management.
  • Course 4: Managing Resources Across Project Teams
    • Learn the fundamentals of resource management, and discover how to plan your resource requirements for a number of projects all competing for the same resources.
  • Course 5: Microsoft Project 2019 and Project Online Desktop Essential Training
    • Learn how to master Microsoft Project, the world's leading project management software. This training covers Project 2019 and Project Online Desktop.
  • Course 6: Microsoft Project Quick Tips
    • Get quick answers to your most urgent Project questions. These one-minute tips help you work more efficiently in Microsoft Project, the popular project management software.
  • Course 7: Managing Time-Constrained Projects with Microsoft Project
    • Learn how to manage projects with time constraints and fast-track schedules with Microsoft Project.
  • Course 8: Managing Resource-Constrained Projects with Microsoft Project
    • Manage projects with limited resources (people or equipment) with Microsoft Project. Learn to assign resources, find overallocations, substitute resources, and track your progress.
  • Course 9: Learning Microsoft Project
    • Get up to speed quickly with Microsoft Project. Learn just the essentials you need to know to create projects, add tasks, assign resources, and run reports.
  • Course 10: Mastering Microsoft Project Graphical Reports
    • Create more visual and engaging project reports and project dashboards with the built-in charts, graphs, and Report Designer tool in Microsoft Project.
  • Course 11: Business Development Foundations
    • Explore the role and goals of business development, and learn how to launch, scale, and manage a business development team, as well as how to excel as an individual contributor.
  • Course 12: Project Management: International Projects
    • Learn techniques for improving collaboration and communication in settings where team players are separated by culture, language, and distance.
  • Course 13: Leadership Foundations
    • Learn what it takes to lead with confidence, integrity, and agility. Explore the critical skills and competencies that drive value in organizations and inspire top performance.
  • Course 14: Organization Communication
    • Learn the dynamics of successful organizational communication, so you can communicate and lead more effectively.
  • Course 15: Communication within Teams
    • Learn how to cultivate the communication practices of high-performing teams. Discover how to establish a team charter, communicate in different settings, and more.
  • Course 16: Influencing Others
    • Learn how to increase your influence and visibility in your organization.
  • Course 17: Building High-Performance Teams
    • Discover how to accelerate your team's performance.
  • Course 18: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
    • Get concrete techniques for boosting your emotional quotient (EQ) to better lead teams, work with peers, and manage up.
  • Course 19: Negotiation Foundations
    • Learn core negotiation skills to get win-win outcomes every time.
  • Course 20: Data Analytics for Business Professionals
    • Learn how to use data analytics to make better business decisions and gain competitive advantage. This fast-paced introduction is ideal for managers and executives.

Taught by

Michael Boyle, Claudine Peet, Hubbert Smith, Chris Croft, Bonnie Biafore, Bonnie Biafore, John Riopel, John Riopel, Bonnie Biafore, John Riopel, Robbie Kellman Baxter, Sam Yankelevitch, Dr. Shirley Davis, Brenda Bailey-Hughes, Daisy Lovelace, John Ullmen, PhD, Mike Figliuolo, Britt Andreatta, PhD, Lisa Gates and John H. Johnson

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