10 Courses for Project Managers
A project manager (or IT project manager) is highly sought after, offers decent pay, clear prospects, and a virtually endless path to advancement. Read more about the specifics of the profession here.link.
Project Management courses are suitable for those who want to create their own technology project or pursue a career in IT. Today, we'll share 10 current offerings from popular certified online schools.
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4 courses from Coursera
One of the largest online educational projects, founded by computer science professors from Stanford University (USA), offers training programs presented by Coursera partners - Google, Colorado State University, University of Virginia and Atlassian University.
- Project Management from Google
What do they teach?
Essential skills to help you master the Project Manager profession in just 6 months. No degree or experience required.
Price
$39/month
Duration of study
6 months
Start of the course
You can start training at any convenient time.
- Specialization Agile Leadership
Five interconnected courses from Colorado State University focused on developing flexible leadership skills. You may enroll in only one elective.
What do they teach?
Resilience to change within a team and managing these changes thanks to knowledge of the principles of social psychology.
Course topics:
- Agile Leadership: Introduction to Change
- Agile Leader Training
- Developing an Agile Team
- Agile Organization
- Agile Leadership Capstone
They teach how to apply agile methods where necessary to maximize the team's strengths.
Skills acquired:
- Project Management
- Agile Leadership
- Agile Management
- Scrum (Software Development)
- Change Management
Price
- Free - full access to course materials
- $49/month, certificate (when subscribing to a course included in a specialization, the student is automatically subscribed to the entire specialization)
- For those who are unable to pay the registration fee, financial assistance is available (please apply).
Duration of study
5 months
Start of the course
You can start training at any convenient time.
3. Fundamentals of project planning and management
An introductory course on key concepts in project planning and implementation from the University of Virginia, a Coursera partner.
What do they teach?
Skills that contribute to successful project implementation: planning, analysis, and determining a productive sequence of actions. Students are introduced to resource utilization mechanisms and learn how to minimize risks. They are also introduced to the most modern methodologies and challenges facing various types of projects.
Price
- Free - full access to course materials
- $49/month — with a certificate (printable or attachable to your LinkedIn profile)
- If you cannot pay the application fee, apply for financial aid or a scholarship.
Duration of study
4 weeks (~9 hours)
Start of the course
You can start training at any convenient time.
4. Agile with Atlassian Jira
What do they teach?
The fundamental principles (Agile and Lean) and practices used in agile methodologies help you master a set of tools that will be useful to agile team members:product owner, scrum master, project manager, team member.The course includes instructions for Jira projects.
Price
- Free - full access to course materials
- $49/month, with a certificate (you can print it or post it to your LinkedIn profile)
- You can receive financial support to pay for the course.
Duration of study
4 weeks (~13 hours)
Start of the course
You can start training at any convenient time.
Two courses from IAMPM
- Project Management Course
A practical course on project management and IT team management skills.
What do they teach?
A practical course for project managers, covering everything from project initiation to completion. No dry theory—only practical work. This course is suitable for aspiring project managers, developers, and QA engineers.
Price
$424
Duration of study
34 hours
Start of the course
June 27, 2022
- Scrum practice
A training course for team managers. Here you can learn Agile methodology approaches (in particular, Scrum theory), which simplify teamwork and enable you to more easily and quickly deliver product value to customers.
What do they teach?
IAM.SCRUM is an intensive course where three certified instructors teach you how to apply the best of the Scrum Guide:
- How to Facilitate a Team and Conduct Negotiations
- How to understand team dynamics and work with them
- How to manage multiple teams simultaneously
- How to work with conflicts and communication problems, etc.
The course consists of recordings of classes and Q&A with the speaker.
Price
$310
Duration of study
6 lessons
Start of the course
You can start training at any convenient time.
Free online conferences for IT newbies
June 15th -Newbie Conference: Choose Your Superpower
Today, June 15, at 1:15 PM, a free conference for those taking their first steps in IT will begin on the IAMPM project platform.
The project team offers 5 lectures by IT industry professionals.
They will tell you with personal examples:
- about how to start your journey in IT;
- What skills do you need to have for this?
- what obstacles may be encountered;
- what can be achieved in this area.
Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers. After the conference, you can continue communicating with the organizers in the Telegram chat.
You can register on the website of the IAMPM Non-Technical IT Education Laboratory.
At the end of the event, there will be a drawing for free participation in the course.
❗ From 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm — lecture “Project Manager: a guide to the profession”. Speaker: Anna Lavrova, Agile Coach at Wemanity Belgium.
If you have time, desire and opportunity, join us!
Upcoming free lectures at IAMPM
June 16 -10 Secrets of Good UX for IT Managers. Starts at 19:00
June 20 -How an experienced VA should work with stakeholders. Starts at 19:00
Online course from the Hillel computer school
A course on managing various types of projects and exploring the specifics of working with clients and teams.
What do they teach?
Select and adapt a development methodology to the needs of the project; build and develop a team, defining criteria for measuring project performance; identify and assess risks, and formulate strategies for addressing them. At the end of the course, students complete a thesis project.
Price
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Duration of study
19 lessons (2 lessons per week), you must pass a test to check your knowledge
Start of the course
In June
Project Management PRO online course from ITEA
The course is suitable for both beginners and advanced professionals and helps develop skills in working with MS Project (or another alternative system) and Jira.
What do they teach?
How to effectively work with clients and use PMBOK. They teach a variety of project management tools and techniques.
Price
15,100 UAH (payment in installments and an interest-free 4-month installment plan from Alfa-Bank are available)
Duration of study
3 months (22 lessons), there is an option to freeze the course
Start of the course
46202
Project Management in IT from Beetroot Academy
Interactive classes with a variety of practical tasks and active interaction between students and instructors. The course was developed by Alexander Pikhtovnikov.
What do they teach?
Fundamentals of Project Management and more complex aspects of specialization.
Considered:
- the essence of projects and their varieties;
- the role of a project manager in a team;
- planning, costing and risk assessment;
- distribution of tasks between developers.
Participants run their own Pet Project to hone their skills. Each stage of the project lifecycle is explored through this example.
Price
check with the organizers
Duration of study
4 months (to register, you must pass a test and interview)
Start of the course
46194
Online course from Robot Dreams
This course is for those who want to understand the Waterfall and Agile project methodologies and effectively distribute team workloads.
What do they teach?
The hard and soft skills a project manager needs to manage a team. They teach how to build processes to achieve productive work and satisfied clients.
Price
check with the organizers
Duration of study
8 weeks (15 lessons)
Start of the course
46199
Conclusion
You can master the basics of Project Management in free and paid courses. Choose the one that best suits you and learn a new profession.launchyour business.
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