Software Development

Project Management & Google Project Management Certificate


Year Up United's Project Management specialty trains towards foundational skills in working directly with engineering teams while managing projects across cross functional teams. In Career Pathways, students learn to create risk management plans; understand process improvement techniques; manage escalations, team dynamics, and stakeholders; create budgets and navigate procurement; utilize project management software, tools, and templates; and practice Agile project management, with an emphasis on Scrum.

Industry Training Focus Areas

  • Agile Project Management
  • Software Development Fundamentals
  • Working with Data (Querying, Analyzing, Reporting)
  • Earning a Google Project Management Certificate

Industry Skills Development at a Glance: You'll Learn How To...

  • Utilize key tools (Gantt charts, Microsoft Project) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum)
  • Manage a project by using common methods and concepts
  • Plan projects by using strategies: develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) and timeline, calculate task estimates, manage task dependencies, tracks progress, identify/manage risks, and define/measure goals
  • Execute a project by using communication artifacts and tools: project plan, statement of work (SOW), status reports, meeting notes, etc.

Essential Skills Development at a Glance: You'll Learn How To...

  • Communicate professionally in-person and over digital platforms by utilizing strategies, tools, and feedback to adapt to the environment
  • Participate in meetings by contributing to conversation and supporting with planning and follow up actions across a team
  • Navigate challenging situations by regulating reactions to display grit and maintaining a positive composure
  • Utilize common management, editing, and conference tools such as Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, and Zoom
  • Gather and analyze data to provide support to and generate ideas for a business
  • Pursue opportunities for professional growth and maintain a well-formed resume

Upon completing the Google Program Management Certificate, program graduates will:

  • Know how to manage and run agile and traditional projects & programs from initiation to completion
  • Possess toolbox of templates and artifacts to manage an array of scenarios and essential elements (e.g. schedules, budgets, requirements, etc.)
  • Understand organization structure, business processes, effective communication and leadership styles

Training at Work: Typical Job Tasks

  • Help prepare project proposals, timeframes, schedules, and budgets
  • Act as key contact and communicate project status to participants, navigating dynamics between individual team members
  • Support Project manager in the successful planning and execution of a project
  • Analyze and interpret data to make business-related inferences

Path to a Career: Training-Enabled Role Pathways

  • Project Analyst
  • Project Administrator
  • Technical Project Manager
  • IT Project Manager

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