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

Debra Hildebrand
About this course
The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in any given organization serves a leadership position, protecting the data and digital systems that a company and it’s employees as well as its customers depend upon.
This course delves into the role that the CISO plays in cybersecurity operations.
Throughout the lessons, learners will explore answers to the following questions: How does cybersecurity work across industries? What is the professionals’ point of view? How do we keep information secure?
Coursework will fully explore the CISO’s view from the top, as well as the position’s toolkit, which includes policy, procedures and practices, technologies, awareness training, and audit. It will also dive into the approaches taken in private industry, government, academia, and the military.
What you will learn
- Identify the four domains of cybersecurity and the differences between their rules, regulations, and desired outcomes;
- Explain the role of the CISO across all domains, and the differences between CISO roles among the domains;
- Identify cybersecurity specific tools for their appropriate domains and situations.
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 Essentials of Cybersecurity
This professional certificate program will introduce you to the field of cybersecurity, as you learn about its landscape, numerous sectors and various roles, competencies and career pathways.
Meet your instructor

Barbara Endicott-Popovsky
About MIT horizon
MIT Horizon is an expansive content library built to help you explore emerging technologies. Through easy-to-understand lessons, you’ll be guided through the complexities of the latest technologies and simplified expert-level concepts. Designed for both technical and non-technical learners, you can examine bite-size content that can lead to maximum career outcomes.
For a limited time, gain access to the complete MIT Horizon library.
Register today for exclusive entry.
What you will learn
- Describe what networking is and how it can help you reach your professional goals.
- Identify your goals for networking.
- Introduce yourself in English, keep a conversation going, and leave the conversation.
- Write professional emails to make new contacts and follow up with people in your network.
- Identify your network and your unique characteristics and skills.
- Use LinkedIn and business cards to make and maintain connections with your network.
- Use informational interviews to expand your network.
Courses in this program
1Conducting an Informational Interview
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2Preparing to Network in English
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3Using Email for Networking in English
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4Attending a Networking Event
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Meet your instructors

Daphne Mackey

Joel Ozretich

Richard Moore
Program endorsements

Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking
Learn essential skills for networking in English
Meet your instructor

Joel Ozretich

Richard Moore
Frequently asked questions
Q: Do I need to take the courses in order?
A: We recommend you take the courses in order. Many of the topics build from one course to the next, but there is no strict requirement.
Q: I don’t know many people, so how can I network?
A: Everyone has a network. The course will help you identify the people that you already know and help you figure out strategies to make your network bigger.
Q: My English isn’t very strong. Is this course right for me?
A: This course is designed for people with an intermediate level or above. That means you should be able to talk about everyday topics. If you are a beginner, some of the activities might be difficult, but you can still learn from them.
Q: I’m quite fluent in English. Is this too basic for me?
This course is designed for people at an intermediate level in English. Some of the vocabulary might be easy for you, but you can probably benefit from the activities.
Q: I’m not studying business. Is this course okay for me?
Yes, networking is all about making connections. You can use networking in any major, career, or location.

Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking
Learn essential skills for networking in English
Meet your instructor

Joel Ozretich

Richard Moore

Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking
Learn essential skills for networking in English
Meet your instructor

Daphne Mackey

Richard Moore
Frequently asked questions
Q: Do I need to take the courses in order?
A: We recommend you take the courses in order. Many of the topics build from one course to the next, but there is no strict requirement.
Q: I don’t know many people, so how can I network?
A: Everyone has a network. The course will help you identify the people that you already know and help you figure out strategies to make your network bigger.
Q: My English isn’t very strong. Is this course right for me?
A: This course is designed for people with an intermediate level or above. That means you should be able to talk about everyday topics. If you are a beginner, some of the activities might be difficult, but you can still learn from them.
Q: I’m quite fluent in English. Is this too basic for me?
This course is designed for people at an intermediate level in English. Some of the vocabulary might be easy for you, but you can probably benefit from the activities.
Q: I’m not studying business. Is this course okay for me?
Yes, networking is all about making connections. You can use networking in any major, career, or location.

Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking
Learn essential skills for networking in English
Meet your instructor

Joel Ozretich

Richard Moore
Frequently asked questions
Q: Do I need to take the courses in order?
A: We recommend you take the courses in order. Many of the topics build from one course to the next, but there is no strict requirement.
Q: I don’t know many people, so how can I network?
A: Everyone has a network. The course will help you identify the people that you already know and help you figure out strategies to make your network bigger.
Q: My English isn’t very strong. Is this course right for me?
A: This course is designed for people with an intermediate level or above. That means you should be able to talk about everyday topics. If you are a beginner, some of the activities might be difficult, but you can still learn from them.
Q: I’m quite fluent in English. Is this too basic for me?
This course is designed for people at an intermediate level in English. Some of the vocabulary might be easy for you, but you can probably benefit from the activities.
Q: I’m not studying business. Is this course okay for me?
Yes, networking is all about making connections. You can use networking in any major, career, orlocation.
Program overview
Are you an IT professional new to project management or a manager who wants to develop more robust project management skills? Perhaps you are looking to forge a career as a full-time project manager (PM). This program will introduce you to the fundamentals of project management, specifically as they apply to the field of information technology (IT).
This program will help you select project management techniques and strategies that best fit your IT project or organization. You’ll also explore how project management offices are organized and how they develop a project portfolio. Throughout the program, you’ll come to understand some of the challenges of the field, including management of diverse teams and projects that are potentially based anywhere in the world. By the end, you’ll determine your own competencies as an IT project manager and will have developed core skills required for this role.
What will you learn
- Why IT organizations use project management to deliver business value and how organizational culture can influence the role of the PM and individual projects;
- How to describe and distinguish among the major project management methodologies and project lifecycles as applied to IT and to identify strategies for managing distributed teams;
- The purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO), high-level strategies to set up, maintain, and close a PMO, and how it can work within your organization;
- Techniques to intake, prioritize, and select projects and programs so that they align with an organization’s overall business strategy; and
- Which personal and performance competencies are necessary for project management in IT, and strategies for developing those skills.
Program Class List
1Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management
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2Portfolio Management, Governance, & the PMO
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3Leadership and Management for PM Practitioners in IT
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Meet Your Instructors

Debra Hildebrand

Luke Panezich
About this course:
What is a PMO, and how does it work?
This course focuses on the Project Management Office (PMO) and the governance techniques used to monitor and control the delivery of projects and programs.
You’ll learn all about Portfolio management and the different kinds of PMOs in use today. You’ll also explore various approaches for building, maintaining and closing a PMO, as well as monitoring techniques to ensure that projects are completed successfully.
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain what a PMO is and why it exists Describe how a PMO works within the broader organization
- Identify and describe high-level strategies to set up, maintain, and wind down a PMO
- Understand the techniques to intake, prioritize, and select projects and programs so that they align with the organization’s overall business strategy

Professional Certificate in IT Project Management
Meet Your Instructors

Luke Panezich
About this course:
Do you have the skills to be an effective project manager in a global market?
This course focuses on leadership and management competencies, along with the ways that different organizational cultures can influence project management.
In this course, you’ll learn the personal and performance competencies required of project managers. You’ll also explore organizational culture and see how a team’s dynamics affect a project. Finally, you’ll delve into team composition and communications, as well as the links between organizational change management and readiness.
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Identify personal and performance competencies for project management
- Build a plan for developing required project management competencies
- Analyze how team dynamics and culture can influence a project
- Link organizational change management to customer service and delivery readiness
- Comprehend strategies for managing distributed team projects

Professional Certificate in IT Project Management
Meet Your Instructors

Luke Panezich
