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Project Management Foundations I |
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Course Description: Project management skills are becoming essential to succeed in business today - and with good reason. It seems almost every day we hear about runaway projects that have substantial cost overruns or are encumbered by numerous delays. Using the PMBOK Guide as a basis, you will learn how to take a measured approach to planning a project and avoid many of the challenges that often lead to project failures.
Course Content
- Introduction to project management
- Project integration management
- Project scope management
- Project time management
CEU's: 1.5
PDU's: 15
This course is 1 of 5 courses in the Project Management Certificate. This course is required in the certificate.
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Project Management Foundations II |
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Course Description: The majority of time on a project is usually spent on execution, as is most of the project's budget. Using the PMBOK Guide as a basis, you will learn techniques to manage the planning and execution of a project - techniques that can be applied to improve the chances of success for projects of any size.
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- Cost management
- Quality management
- Communications management
- Risk management
CEU's: 1.5
PDU's: 15
This course is 1 of 5 courses in the Project Management Certificate. This course is required in the certificate.
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Project Management Leadership and Team Management |
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Course Description: Building, leading, and coordinating an effective team is highly complex and daunting. The leader and the team need to adopt a partnership approach to avoid dysfunction and failure. You will learn how to influence, motivate, inspire, and change behavior of individuals and groups to pursure common project goals.
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- Leadership in Projects
- Team building
- Conflict Management
- Negotiation
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 5 courses in the Project Management Certificate.
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Project Management Software Toolkits: Microsoft Project |
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Course Description: Managing large projects can be a complex task without appropriate tools. Microsoft Project allows a project manager to easily allocate resources, track projects and report on progress. In this course, you'll learn how to use Microsoft Project to organize your projects and keep on track.
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- Configuring the project
- Managing resources
- Estimating and scheduling
- Tracking and reporting
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 5 courses in the Project Management Certificate.
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Managing Agile Projects |
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Title: Agile Project Management
Description: Project managers today are facing a growing demand to adopt an agile approach to managing projects, particularly when developing information systems. In this course, you'll learn the definition and characteristics of agile project management as well as factors to consider when adopting agile practices within your organization. You'll also learn about five popular agile methodologies often used for information systems development and tools and techniques for managing agile projects.
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What is agile project management?
Will agile work for you?
Popular agile methodologies: SCRUM, XP, Crystal, Kanban and EVO
Tools and techniques for managing agile projects
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 5 courses in the Project Management Certificate.
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Introduction to Web Design |
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Course Description: Learn the fundamentals of web design. Start by creating your own simple web page and finish by building a fully functioning multi-page website with your own template and styles. Finally, learn how to register your own domain name, find a hosting provider and understand the basics of SEO.
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- XHTML - the language of web pages
- CSS - how to style your pages
- Setting up a test server
- Finding a hosting provider
- Domain name registration
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.
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Open Source Content Management Systems: Joomla |
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Course Description: Most small and large websites are now being built withing Content Management Systems. These systems allow you to quickly build out a website by focusing on what your customers and clients see: menus, articles and special "widgets" like search and registration. Joomla is a free, open-source content management system.
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- Understanding Content Management Systems
- Setting up your own Joomla website
- Installing Joomla
- Working with articles, menus, and modules
- The web design process
- Installing templates
- Finding and installing components
- Gathering website statistics (Google Analytics)
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.
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Building an E-Commerce Website - Joomla |
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Course Description: Learn mechanisms for generating revenue on the internet. This courses focuses on specific techniques you can use to develop e-commerce websites. We'll look at implementing these techniques in "Joomla!", an open source content management system with ecommerce extensions.
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- Models for generating revenue
- Understanding online payment options
- Selling advertisement banners
- Selling products
- Advertising on other sites
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.
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Search Engine Optimization |
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Course Description: Search Engine Optimization is a process undertaken to increase the volume and quality of visitors to your website. In this course, you will get an understanding of how search engines like google, yahoo, and bing find your site and index your pages. Then we look at the steps to improve search engine rankings and drive additional quality traffic to your site.
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- Understanding Search Engines
- Getting Recognized
- Improving Prominence
- Controlling Indexers
CEU's: 1.5
This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.
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