IBM: Project Management Basics
About this course
Designed for complete beginners, career starters, and career switchers, this course covers the core principles of project management: what project managers do, project management methodologies (including Agile and remote-work trends), the skills and responsibilities the role requires, and career paths across industries. It includes interviews with experienced project managers and a final project analyzing real project management job postings.
The honest take: this is explicitly an introductory, conceptual course — it won't replace PMP or CAPM exam prep (the course itself references the PMP-CAPM certification as a separate, later step), but it's a solid, well-enrolled starting point if you're exploring the field.
What you'll learn
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Instructor
Rav Ahuja is IBM's Global Program Director for the IBM Skills Network, leading curriculum strategy for AI, data science, and cloud courses on edX.
Requirements
- Basic communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
Who this course is for
- Complete beginners exploring a project management career
- Career-changers considering a switch into project management