The goal of taking a management course is to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively manage a team or organization. This can include learning how to develop and implement strategic plans, how to motivate and lead a team, how to communicate effectively with others, and how to make decisions that align with the goals of the organization. By taking a management course, you can gain the skills and knowledge you need to be successful in a leadership role.

These management courses we have selected will help you build the knowledge management skills you need for managing people, data, and more.

Project Management Specialization

The Project Management specialization is designed to be an introduction to the project management discipline, including the concepts, tools, and techniques used in the management and leadership of projects. Key topics covered include the role of the project manager; the project team; cost, schedule and risk management; quality in projects; and the project lifecycle.

The courses in this specialization can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The ME-EM is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals move into leadership and management roles in the engineering and technical sectors. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the ME-EM is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience.

Agile Project Management

Students in this course will learn the Agile philosophy and process including the Scrum framework, sprints, and user stories. 

Prepare for a new career in the high-growth field of project management, no experience or degree required. Get professional training designed by Google and get on the fastrack to a competitively paid job. There are 479,000 U.S. job openings in project management with a $73,000 median entry-level salary.¹

Project managers are natural problem-solvers. They set the plan and guide teammates, and manage changes, risks, and stakeholders.

Gain in-demand skills that will prepare you for an entry-level job. Learn from Google employees whose foundations in project management served as launchpads for their own careers.

Upon completion, you can directly apply for jobs with Google and over 150 U.S. employers, including Walmart, Best Buy, and Astreya.

This program qualifies you for over 100 hours of project management education, which helps prepare you for Project Management Institute Certifications like the globally-recognized Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®.

75% of Google Career Certificate Graduates in the United States report an improvement in their career trajectory (e.g. new job or career, promotion or raise) within 6 months of certificate completion²

¹US Burning Glass Labor Insight Report salary data (median with 0-5 years experience) and job opening data. Data for job roles relevant to featured programs (4/01/2021 – 3/31/22).

²Based on program graduate survey responses, United States 2021 

Project Planning: Putting it all together

This course will explore how to map out a project in the second phase of the project life cycle: the project planning phase.

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.  You will also have the opportunity to claim a certification of completion badge that will be recognizable to employers.

In this Software Product Management Specialization, you will master Agile software management practices to lead a team of developers and interact with clients.

In the final Capstone Project, you will practice and apply management techniques to realistic scenarios that you will face as a Software Product Manager.

You will have the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from the insights of others as part of a Software Product Management

Client needs and software requirements

This course covers practical techniques to elicit and express software requirements from client interactions.

Software Product Management Capstone

In this six-week capstone course, you will gain practical management experience in a safe, simulated software production setting. 

Cybersecurity Leadership and Management Specialization

This specialization will introduce you to cybersecurity leadership and management. Drawing on industry standards, frameworks, and models, you will explore the key objective elements of cybersecurity leadership.

Cybersecurity leadership and management are two high-level competencies required to successfully administer a cybersecurity division that produces the essential level of security, trust, and stability (STS) demanded by an organization. Although leadership and management are prerequisite expertise for all information systems security officers (ISSO) and/or chief information security officers (CISO), they must always be intentionally cultivated. Using industry standards, frameworks, and models as guidance, this learning path will focus on the key objective elements (KOE) by discussing the information security strategies’ alignment with the organizational strategy, regulatory systems, and operational excellence.

Strategic Sales Management Specialization

This Specialization is intended for sales professionals who seek to improve their sales planning and management competencies and skills. Through five courses, you will cover Effective Sales overview, Sales Strategy, Models, and Frameworks to Support Sales Planning, Sales & Marketing Alignment, and you will develop a Final Project.

By the end of this specialization, you’ll have improved your knowledge, competencies, and skills regarding the sales planning process. And you will be able to apply the concepts integrating the sales planning process to the strategy of the company, by bridging the gap between strategy and sales.

The potential for value creation through the sales functions will be increased at the end of the Specialization.

Models & Frameworks to support sales planning

In this course, you’ll go through a conceptual approach to selling models and frameworks. 

Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework

Gain a holistic understanding of NIST cybersecurity fundamentals.

You will learn about the RMF process and managing risk by identifying, assessing, and responding to risk. Additionally, you will learn how to use the framework to assess an organization’s cybersecurity risk and the steps to implement or improve a cybersecurity program.

You will deep dive in to the NIST 800-171 document where you will learn how to understand each of the 110 requirements and how to satisfy each of them. You will learn how to create a Body of Evidence (BOE) including Organizational Policy or Procedures; a System Security Plan (SSP) and Plans of Action and Milestones (POAM). Upon completion of this course, you will have the knowledge and skills to implement the controls required by the NIST 800-171 framework and build your BOE.

NIST 800-171

This learning path will teach you how to comply with the requirements of NIST 800-171.

Digital Product Management Specialization

This specialization is intended for both current and new product managers working in digital who want to apply a portfolio of modern practices to developing their products and teams. Through five courses, you will cover applications of product design, hypothesis-driven development, and agile, all at the heart of modern product management.

Five courses covering applications of product design, hypothesis-driven development, and agile – all at the heart of modern product management.

Hypothesis-driven development

In this course, you’ll learn how to identify the right questions at the right time, and pair them with the right methods to do just enough testing to make sure you minimize waste and maximize the outcomes you create with your user. 

Project Management Principles and Practices Specialization

This specialization is a precursor to the Applied Project Management Certificate. Project management has been proven to be the most effective method of delivering products within cost, schedule, and resource constraints. This intensive and hands-on series of courses gives you the skills to ensure your projects are completed on time and on budget while giving the user the product they expect.

You will gain a strong working knowledge of the basics of project management and be able to immediately use that knowledge to effectively manage work projects. At the end of the series, you will be able to identify and manage the product scope, build a work breakdown structure, create a project plan, create the project budget, define and allocate resources, manage the project development, identify and manage risks, and understand the project procurement process.

Project management project

This capstone project is designed to allow you to take the knowledge you have gained through the Specialization and put that knowledge into practice.

This specialization explores the evolving world of business strategy, focusing on the increasingly important roles of design, user experience, and innovation in shaping competitive advantage.

You’ll learn about concepts such as goal setting, value creation, global integration, and diversification, and you’ll critique classic theories and frameworks in the context of new business realities.

In the final Capstone Project, you’ll create and defend a holistic business strategy in response to a realistic case study prompt.

Master strategies and tools to more effectively and successfully manage projects.

Today’s professional environment is highly competitive, continuously changing, and difficult to manage. Employees rarely reach positions of leadership without managing one or more projects or a project segment early in their careers.

Brought to you by the Rice Center of Engineering Leadership and the team behind the engineering management master’s program, the goal of this specialization is to give you the tools to more effectively and successfully manage projects; to give you a solid foundation of knowledge, skills, and confidence that sets you apart and gives you a competitive edge as you move toward leadership positions.

This Project Management for Engineering Professionals Specialization is designed as an introduction to Project Management. It is targeted at engineers who are interested in improving their project management skills in a new leadership position or in advance of their first leadership position. As part of the specialization, you will prepare key Project Execution Plan documents based on available templates. (finished)

Engineering project management: Risk, quality, teams, and procurement

Many Project Managers focus only on the scope, schedule and budget. However, a successful project requires that you manage risk, control the quality of the deliverables, engage and manage people and procure goods and services.