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Career Essentials in Project Management by Microsoft and LinkedIn

via LinkedIn Learning Path

Overview

Learn what it takes to succeed as a project management professional. Discover how to manage projects effectively, from simple to complex, with expert guidance on scheduling, budgeting, communication, and more. Explore project management tools included in the Microsoft 365 suite.
  • Learn project management best practices
  • Discover how to successfully manage projects large and small
  • Practice using project management software

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Project Management Foundations
-Learn what it takes to deliver projects successfully. Explore the basics of project management, from building a project plan to managing progress.

Course 2: Project Management Foundations: Ethics
-Learn how to boost your reputation, integrate AI into your workflows, and increase project participation and success by embracing respectable project ethics.

Course 3: Project Management Foundations: Requirements
-Learn an easy 10-step process to manage the requirements for any project.

Course 4: Project Management Foundations: Schedules
-Learn how to proactively manage project schedules. Get project management tips to resolve schedule conflicts, shorten timeframes, and reduce costs.

Course 5: Project Management Foundations: Budgets
-Learn how to build and manage your project's budget from Project Management Professional (PMP®) Bob McGannon.

Course 6: Project Management Foundations: Teams
-Explore tools leaders can use to assess the character traits of team members and manage the development of teams.

Course 7: Project Management Foundations: Communication
-Learn communication strategies to help you keep your projects on track. See how to create a communication plan, effectively manage project meetings, and write concise reports.

Course 8: Project Management Foundations: Risk
-Learn how to anticipate, assess, and manage risk to achieve your project’s goals.

Course 9: Managing Project Stakeholders
-Stakeholder management is key to project success. Learn how to identify stakeholder needs and expectations, both explicit and implicit, and build and sustain engagement.

Course 10: Collaborating with Microsoft 365
-Learn how to collaborate with internal and external team members on various projects or events using Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

Course 11: Managing Projects with Microsoft 365
-Learn to identify the different benefits of using Planner, Project, and Lists when managing a project, and utilize them to help you collaborate with others.

Course 12: Optimizing Your Work with Microsoft 365
-Learn how to use various Microsoft 365 products, allowing you to communicate more effectively, engage your audience, and stay organized.

Courses

Taught by

Bonnie Biafore, Bob McGannon, Daniel Stanton, Doug Rose, Natasha Kasimtseva, MS, PMP, CSM and Microsoft

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