What is a bootcamp?
Our facilitated bootcamps focus on rapid skill acquisition by progressing you through a standard course on an accelerated schedule with peers who are committed to progressing on pace. Our bootcamps include:
- Live kick-off event
- Instructor facilitated Q&A for expert feedback and coaching
- Learner Success Support: welcome call, advising sessions, personalized pace reminders
- 24/7 help desk
About This Course:
This bootcamp has a focus on learning the most commonly used project management methodologies in the IT field, and why they are effective. This bootcamp introduces you to project management standards and frameworks that increase efficiency and deliver tangible business benefits to IT projects.
Topics include:
- Relationships among projects, programs and portfolios
- Organizational culture and project management roles
- Project management methods and lifecycles and their applications
This course can be used towards completion of a Professional Certificate in IT Project Management.
What You Will Learn:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain why organizations use project management to deliver business value
- Describe the relationships among projects, programs and portfolios
- Define the differences between predictive, iterative and Agile-based lifecycles
- Analyze different project management roles – project manager, sponsor, stakeholder, ScrumMaster, product owner and developer
- Understand how organizational culture can influence the role of the project manager
Professional Certificate in IT Project Management
Learn & apply the latest PM techniques and strategies.
Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management
Portfolio Management, Governance, & the PMO
Leadership and Management for PM Practitioners in IT
Meet Your Instructor:
Debra Hildebrand
Instructor of Project Management at University of Washington
Debra Hildebrand has over 15 years’ experience in project management consulting and training for private firms and public agencies (federal, state and local level). Her specialties include strategic planning and implementation, organizational redesign and restructure, project management, and quality assurance oversight. Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute, Debra is an instructor at the University of Washington, Stanford University, and City University of Seattle. She has an MBA from the Columbia Business School and is the principal of Hildebrand Solutions, a project management training and consultation firm.
Meet your instructor
Nicholas King
MS at Doane University
Nicholas King's background is in the field of Technology and Healthcare. He works for Cerner Corporation and implements Fetal monitoring interfaces on a day to day basis. Nick received his Masters in Health Informatics from the University of Missouri, Columbia. His undergraduate field of study was Management Information Systems. He enjoys working in Healthcare Technology because he gets to help in hospitals and work with technology at the same time. Through his job, Nick has had the privilege of experiencing healthcare in many different regions of the world including (UAE, UK, Ireland, and Australia). He finds it extremely rewarding to be able to learn and compare the styles healthcare across the world.
Who can take this course?
Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.
Professional Certificate in Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships
Gain a set of job-ready skills from Wall Street professionals
Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Fundamentals
Deal Structures in Project Finance
The Project Finance Process
Deals in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Documentation in Project Finance
Risks in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Project Finance and the Public Private Partnership Examination
Meet your instructor
Jeff Hooke
Jeff is a New York Institute of Finance faculty member with over 30 years of corporate valuation, investment banking and private equity experience. He has been an instructor at the New York Institute of Finance since 2005 where he has designed and delivered courses in M&A and related finance topics. Jeff holds a MBA from Wharton School and a B.S. from University of Science.
He was a former private investment executive at Emerging Markets Partnership and a former investment banker at two major Wall Street firms, Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim.
Presently, Jeff is the managing director at FOCUS and the author of four books on valuation, investment and finance.
Professional Certificate in Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships
Gain a set of job-ready skills from Wall Street professionals
Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Fundamentals
Deal Structures in Project Finance
The Project Finance Process
Deals in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Documentation in Project Finance
Risks in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Project Finance and the Public Private Partnership Examination
Meet your instructor
Jeff Hooke
Jeff is a New York Institute of Finance faculty member with over 30 years of corporate valuation, investment banking and private equity experience. He has been an instructor at the New York Institute of Finance since 2005 where he has designed and delivered courses in M&A and related finance topics. Jeff holds a MBA from Wharton School and a B.S. from University of Science.
He was a former private investment executive at Emerging Markets Partnership and a former investment banker at two major Wall Street firms, Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim.
Presently, Jeff is the managing director at FOCUS and the author of four books on valuation, investment and finance.
Professional Certificate in Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships
Gain a set of job-ready skills from Wall Street professionals
Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Fundamentals
Deal Structures in Project Finance
The Project Finance Process
Deals in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Documentation in Project Finance
Risks in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Project Finance and the Public Private Partnership Examination
Meet your instructor
Jeff Hooke
Jeff is a New York Institute of Finance faculty member with over 30 years of corporate valuation, investment banking and private equity experience. He has been an instructor at the New York Institute of Finance since 2005 where he has designed and delivered courses in M&A and related finance topics. Jeff holds a MBA from Wharton School and a B.S. from University of Science.
He was a former private investment executive at Emerging Markets Partnership and a former investment banker at two major Wall Street firms, Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim.
Presently, Jeff is the managing director at FOCUS and the author of four books on valuation, investment and finance.
Professional Certificate in Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships
Gain a set of job-ready skills from Wall Street professionals
Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships Fundamentals
Deal Structures in Project Finance
The Project Finance Process
Deals in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Documentation in Project Finance
Risks in Project Finance: Case Studies and Analysis
Project Finance and the Public Private Partnership Examination
Meet your instructor
Jeff Hooke
Jeff is a New York Institute of Finance faculty member with over 30 years of corporate valuation, investment banking and private equity experience. He has been an instructor at the New York Institute of Finance since 2005 where he has designed and delivered courses in M&A and related finance topics. Jeff holds a MBA from Wharton School and a B.S. from University of Science.
He was a former private investment executive at Emerging Markets Partnership and a former investment banker at two major Wall Street firms, Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim.
Presently, Jeff is the managing director at FOCUS and the author of four books on valuation, investment and finance.
Meet your instructors
Vandana Juneja
As Senior Director, Vandana builds and maintains relationships with Canadian companies for Catalyst. A trusted advisor, she coaches and counsels companies with respect to their strategies to advance women into leadership and create inclusive work environments where women, men, and people from all diverse groups can thrive. Prior to joining Catalyst, Vandana practiced law, following which she worked in the Global Diversity and Inclusion groups at two Canadian banks. In pursuing her passion for empowering women, she has also worked as a Research Associate for the Pay Equity Task Force in Ottawa (Status of Women Canada). Vandana has earned a B.Comm. from McMaster University, an MBA from the University of Windsor, and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa.
Meet your instructors
Nina Huntemann
About Me
Nina Huntemann is Vice President of Learning at edX. In this role, Nina drives edX’s instructional and pedagogical strategy to maximize the capabilities of the edX platform to improve learner outcomes. Nina has over 15 years of college-level teaching, program administration, and faculty development experience. Prior to joining edX, she was an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Suffolk University in Boston where she taught courses and published research in digital media studies. Nina received her Ph.D. in communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Outside of work, Nina enjoys cycling, baking, and hiking with her Welsh terrier, Penny.
Ben Piscopo
About Me
Ben is a senior learning designer at edX. He has over 10 years of experience in both academia and industry, building a diverse resume that includes lecturing at international colleges, authoring a series of innovative phonetic textbooks, and consulting for the British Council on a high-stakes English exam. Ben has an advanced degree in Learning and Knowledge Management Systems from the Rochester Institute of Technology. When he isn't dreaming up new learning experiences, he is planning his next trip to Asia, or enjoying a steaming cup of high-mountain tea.
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Meet Your Instructor:
Andrea Hickerson
Director, School of Communication and Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
Andrea Hickerson, PhD, is the Director of the School of Communication at RIT and an Associate Professor of Journalism. She joined the RIT faculty in 2009, when RIT began its Journalism degree. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including, Crafting the Message, Communication Law, and Reporting & Writing. She is the recipient of two grants related to journalism innovation from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In 2017 she was awarded a National Innovation Corps grant from the National Science Foundation related to entrepreneurship in publishing. In addition to her grant work on journalism innovation and education, Dr. Hickerson conducts research on journalism routines and political communication, specifically as they relate to immigrant and transnational communities. She also regularly contributes content to local media in Rochester, New York. Dr. Hickerson has a B.A. in Journalism and International Relations from Syracuse University; a M.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin; and Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Washington.
Meet your instructor
David Neumann
Professor, School of Communication at Rochester Institute of Technology
David Neumann is a Professor in the School of Communication at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where he teaches a variety of communication courses including Persuasion, Small Group Communication, Research Methods, and Communication Theory. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the RIT Eisenhart Outstanding Teacher Award and the RIT Eisenhart Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching. His current focus as a teacher and researcher is on increasing collaboration and cohesion in various work groups. When not on campus you might find him taking in some local music or out playing disc golf.
