Minors in Project Management
Project Management
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why choose Project Management?
Learn comprehensive project management skills, including Agile methodologies and Google's specific project management strategies.
Earn certification from Google that validates your ability to manage projects effectively, from initiation through to execution and closure.
Gain hands-on experience through case studies and projects that mimic real-world project management challenges and scenarios.
Immerse in project-based learning through Capstone projects
Platform and tools to learn - Agile tools, Google project management tools, and standard project management software commonly used in the industry.
Access to career resources - resume review, interview prep, career support on pathway completion
Accelerate your career with an Minors Degree
Online / 18 credits / Self-paced learning
Criteria
B.E / BTECH students in their 5th sem onwards who want to diversify their careers in the industry
Lectures from renowned subject matter experts from leading academia and industry across the world
Built in hands-on environment for practical implementation of the technologies covered with capstones.
Unlimited access to Coursera's catalog of 7,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready
What will you learn from the program?
Total credits earned : 18 credits, 270 hours of learning
Gain hands-on experience through case studies and projects that mimic real-world project management challenges and scenarios.
Platform and tools to learn - Agile tools, Google project management tools, and standard project management softwares.
Key Learnings: project management skills, including Agile methodologies and Google's specific project management strategies.
Immerse in project-based learning through Capstone projects
Access to career resources - resume review, interview prep, career support on pathway completion
Curriculum
This pathway provides an in-depth look at project management, focusing on Agile methodologies and Google's approach to project planning, initiation, and execution. It covers fundamental and advanced principles of project management, including frameworks and tools used in the industry today. Courses in this pathway are designed to help learners understand the lifecycle of a project from conception to completion. This includes identifying project requirements, planning tasks, managing resources, and delivering project objectives successfully. The training prepares participants for roles as project managers, coordinators, or team leaders in a variety of industries.
Project Management
Foundations of Project Management
- This course is the first in a series of six to equip you with the skills you need to apply to introductory-level roles in project management. Project managers play a key role in leading, planning and implementing critical projects to help their organizations succeed. In this course, you’ll discover foundational project management terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the role and responsibilities of a project manager. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Define project management and describe what constitutes a project. Explore project management roles and responsibilities across a variety of industries. Detail the core skills that help a project manager be successful. Describe the life cycle of a project and explain the significance of each phase.
Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project
- This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will show you how to set a project up for success in the first phase of the project life cycle: the project initiation phase. In exploring the key components of this phase, you’ll learn how to define and manage project goals, deliverables, scope, and success criteria. You’ll discover how to use tools and templates like stakeholder analysis grids and project charters to help you set project expectations and communicate roles and responsibilities. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Understand the significance of the project initiation phase of the project life cycle. Describe the key components of the project initiation phase. Define and measure a project’s success criteria. Understand the key components of project charters and develop a project charter for project initiation. Evaluate various project management tools to meet project needs.
Project Planning: Putting It All Together
- This is the third course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will explore how to map out a project in the second phase of the project life cycle: the project planning phase. You will examine the key components of a project plan, how to make accurate time estimates, and how to set milestones. Next, you will learn how to build and manage a budget and how the procurement processes work. Then, you will discover tools that can help you identify and manage different types of risk and how to use a risk management plan to communicate and resolve risks. Finally, you will explore how to draft and manage a communication plan and how to organize project documentation. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Describe the components of the project planning phase and their significance. Identify tools and best practices to build a project plan and risk management plan. Draft a communication plan and explain how to manage it.
Project Execution: Running the Project
- This is the fourth course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will delve into the execution and closing phases of the project life cycle. You will learn what aspects of a project to track and how to track them. You will also learn how to effectively manage and communicate changes, dependencies, and risks. As you explore quality management, you will learn how to measure customer satisfaction and implement continuous improvement and process improvement techniques. Next, you will examine how to prioritize data, how to use data to inform your decision-making, and how to effectively present that data. Then, you will strengthen your leadership skills as you study the stages of team development and how to manage team dynamics. After that, you will discover tools that provide effective project team communication, how to organize and facilitate meetings, and how to effectively communicate project status updates. Finally, you will examine the steps of the project closing process and how to create and share project closing documentation.
Agile Project Management
- This is the fifth course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will explore the history, approach, and philosophy of Agile project management, including the Scrum framework. You will learn how to differentiate and blend Agile and other project management approaches. As you progress through the course, you will learn more about Scrum, exploring its pillars and values and comparing essential Scrum team roles. You will discover how to build, manage, and refine a product backlog, implement Agile’s value-driven delivery strategies, and define a value roadmap. You will also learn strategies to effectively organize the five important Scrum events for a Scrum team, introduce an Agile or Scrum approach to an organization, and coach an Agile team. Finally, you will learn how to search for and land opportunities in Agile roles.
Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World
- In this final, capstone course of the Google Project Management Certificate, you will practice applying the project management knowledge and skills you have learned so far. By the end of this course, you will have developed a portfolio of project management artifacts that will demonstrate the skills you have learned throughout the entire program, such as your ability to manage stakeholders and teams, organize plans, and communicate project details. These artifacts can exhibit your career readiness when applying for jobs in the field. To further prepare you to interview for project management jobs, you will reflect on past projects, develop an “elevator pitch,” and anticipate common interview questions.
Minor Degree from VTU University
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Application Process
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Admissons are closed once the requisite number of participants enroll for the upcoming cohort. Apply early to secure your seat.
Deadline:30-May-2024
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is a Minor Degree?
The Minors degree programme is designed to empower graduate engineering students with industry and career readiness through skill-based learning and application tools.
How will this programme help students in building their proficiency?
This programme is envisaged to help build a strong foundation across various streams through digital lectures, industry interviews, formative and summative assessments, capstone projects, and
How is this programme different from other industry programmes?
This programme is designed by globally renowned industry and university content partners to combine academic concepts with emerging industry skills and technologies for the students entering
What will students get once they enroll and complete this Minors pathway?
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