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Use your transferrable skills as a PhD to become a PMP-certified project manager

What you will learn

 

How to manage your PhD as a project

 

How to manage timelines and budgets during your PhD

 

Which project deliverables PhD projects have

 

How to apply for the PMP exam with your PhD project management experience

Description

Are you a PhD, PhD student or a postdoc? Are you interested in managing your PhD or formalizing your project management knowledge and adding the PMP credential behind your name? Not sure where to start? Then this course is for you.

Project management is about managing projects from start to finish to deliver a unique result. As a PhD holder, you are familiar with working in tight timelines and constrained budgets to generate new knowledge in your field. These skills are valuable in the job market in industry and academia alike. The PMP credential is a globally recognized qualification that verifies that you have the project management skills that employers seek.

In this course, you will learn step by step how to formalize the project management skills you learned during your PhD to apply for the PMP exam. We will cover the basics of projects and project management, the project management lifecycle and how you can translate these technical project management terms to work you already did to obtain a PhD.


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At the end of this course, you will know how to apply to take the PMP certification exam. Congratulations for taking the first step to advancing your career as a certified project manager.

 

English
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Content

Introduction

Introduction
Your PhD as a project

The PMP certification process

The PMP certification process
PMP certification process quiz

The basics of projects.

Project basics
Project basics quiz

The basics of managing projects.

Project management basics
Project management basics

Initiating your PhD project

Project initiation
Project initiation quiz

Planning your PhD project

Planning your project
Project planning quiz

Executing your PhD project

Executing your project
Project execution quiz

Monitoring and controlling your PhD project

Monitoring and controlling
Monitoring and controlling quiz

Closing your PhD project

Closing your project
Project closure quiz

Applying for the exam

PMP exam application

Summary

Summary