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10 Best Coursera Courses for Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you considering taking a course on Coursera ? Professional learning is so important and there are some fantastic courses available on Coursera, which is a really good online learning platform. When I searched, there were over 2,300 ‘project management’ courses on the platform. I’ve done a few, some were better than others!

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Service Request Management in IT: Process & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

When someone makes a request in the information technology (IT) world, whatever that might be, there’s a process involved to fulfill that request. This is called a service request and controlling that process is called service request management. Of course, there’s more to it than that.

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Change Control Board: Roles, Responsibilities & Processes

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Through this process of detailed examination, the change control board decides on the viability of the change request or makes recommendations accordingly. Of course, depending on the project and the organization, others might be involved. Developing a Process for the Change Control Board. Team Members.

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Introducing the Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management - Skills™ Course

Scrum.org

Some organizations are in finance, others in consumer packaged goods or manufacturing. The empirical process enables teams to deliver value while navigating uncertainty incrementally. I spend a lot of time talking to organizations that are adopting Scrum. But one challenge unifies them all: managing a Product Backlog.

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Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

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Whether you call it project financial management or project accounting, managing a project’s finances is essential to delivering a successful project. We’ll get to that and define the various project financials before getting into the process of managing a project’s finances. They can also get loans to finance the project.

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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Boost your skills: Make sure everyone on the team knows how to manage risks and what the process is. Skill #3: Managing scope Understanding the change management process and being able to navigate your way through the changes as they hit the project – that’s a great skill to have. Check that you know who needs to approve changes.

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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

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There’s a lot of money involved in these capital projects and that means getting the funding and allocating the finances wisely. Let’s take a look at capital projects, explore the idea of a capital asset and delve into the process of capital planning. What Is a Capital Project? But what is a capital asset? What Is Capital Planning?

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