Evolving a Product Management Career

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Learn Path Description

The skill development outcome goal of Evolving a Product Management Career is to lay a foundation for new Product Managers to explore the field and the role and determine if completing the remaining skill paths will help inform career goals as well as accomplish learning in-the-flow of product management work. This skill path also creates a solid foundation for more intermediate to advanced Product Managers to align their personal framework, philosophy and toolbox prior to taking a deeper dive into specific skills.

Skills You Will Gain

Courses In This Learning Path

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Total Duration

16 minutes

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Level

Beginner

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Learn Type

Certifications

Human-Centered Design: Executive Briefing

Empathy for customers is key to empowering your design team with the Human-Centered Design mindset. This will help them solve problems and create the best products or services. This course, Human-Centered Design Executive Briefing, will give you an overview of Human-Centered Design and the steps required to implement it in your company. Next, you'll learn about the typical Human-Centered design process. The mindset and principles behind HCD will be explored to help you create experiences that are user-centered. This course will help you understand the difference between Human-Centered Design (HCD) and Design Thinking.

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Total Duration

75 minutes

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Level

Intermediate

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Certifications

Exploring Product Management Philosophies and Frameworks

Your team depends on you as a Product Manager to help them navigate through many decisions and difficulties. This course, Exploring Product Management Philosophy and Frameworks, will help you develop your product management philosophy to create great products. Then, you will learn how great companies use empowered and cross-functional teams to create highly successful products. You'll also learn how to prioritize new features and products more efficiently. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to create exceptional products.

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Total Duration

1.16 hour

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Level

Intermediate

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Certifications

Exploring Collaborating with People and Teams

Did you ever share an idea with excitement only to have it rejected immediately? What if you worked with a team who would do what they were told and have no desire to offer suggestions? This course, Exploring Collaboration with People and Teams, will teach you how to create a positive, collaborative environment in your workplace that encourages the sharing of all ideas, good and bad. You'll first learn how to create a supportive environment for collaboration. The next step is to learn how to cultivate a collaborative mindset. You'll also learn how to mentor your team and help them succeed in this kind of work environment. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to collaborate with other people and teams to create innovative product solutions and ideas that will make your products stand apart.

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Total Duration

1.54 hour

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Level

Beginner

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Certifications

Managing Product Design & Development Projects

This course is designed to teach people who are new to project or product management how to create a plan that will guide product development from conception to completion. This course, Managing Product Design & Development Projects will provide you with the foundational knowledge necessary to create a project planning process. It consists of seven steps. The first step is to learn how to use the seven-step process for creating a draft plan. Next, you will learn how to get feedback and make feedback comments. Next, we'll discuss how to handle negative feedback about your work. The final step is to learn how to create a great project plan using a set of project management tools. Gantt charts and Swot analysis will be covered. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to manage a project from conception to completion.

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Total Duration

1.01 hour

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Level

Intermediate

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Certifications

Exploring a Product Management Career

Do you want to learn more about Product Management? This course, Exploring Product Management Career, will teach you about the most common problems and skills that product managers need. You'll first learn about the responsibilities associated with the Product Management role. Next, you will learn about the most popular tools to ensure you deliver the right product. You'll also learn how to use Agile frameworks to empower product development teams. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to manage successful products.

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