UWashingtonX: Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management
In this course you will learn project management standards and frameworks that increase efficiency and deliver tangible business benefits.
Learning Journey Context
This course serves as an entry point into Business & Management, building foundational knowledge before moving on to advanced frameworks or specialized paths.
Relevant for professionals pursuing roles within Business & Management.
Quick Facts
What You’ll Learn
This course has a focus on learning the most commonly used project management methodologies in the IT field, and why they are effective. This course introduces you to project management standards and frameworks that increase efficiency and deliver tangible business benefits to IT projects.
Topics include:
Relationships among projects, programs and portfolios
Organizational culture and project management roles
Project management methods and lifecycles and their applications
Outcomes
- Explain why organizations use project management to deliver business value;.
- Describe the relationships among projects, programs and portfolios;.
- Define the differences between predictive, iterative and Agile-based lifecycles;.
- Analyze different project management roles -- project manager, sponsor, stakeholder, ScrumMaster, product owner and developer;.
- Understand how organizational culture can influence the role of the project manager.
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