Digital Project Management

Name: Digital Project Management Nanodegree Program
Rating: 5 (13 reviews)

Nanodegree Program

Digital Project Management enables the creation and development of online content, products, and services that help companies stay in business and grow. A digital project manager leverages digital tools to coordinate projects so they get done on time and within a budget, while satisfying the underlying needs of the business and its customers. The key skills you will learn from Digital Project Management Nanodegree include translating business requirements into a project scope statement, building project plans in Waterfall or Agile, and developing a high-performing team. The Digital Project Management Nanodegree teaches foundational concepts and common methods used today. It’s a fast-growing field that impacts a wide range of industries, including retail, media, and technology.

Beginner
1 month
Last Updated January 9, 2025

Skills you'll learn:

Cost-benefit analysisProject risk mitigation

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Beginner

1 month

Last Updated January 9, 2025

Skills you'll learn:

Cost-benefit analysis • Project risk mitigation • Scrum • S.M.A.R.T. goals

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Courses In This Program

Course 1 • 45 minutes

Welcome to the Nanodegree Program!

Welcome to Udacity! We're excited to share more about your Nanodegree program and start this journey with you!

Lesson 1

Welcome!

Welcome to Udacity. Takes 5 minutes to get familiar with Udacity courses and gain some tips to succeed in courses.

Lesson 2

Getting Help

You are starting a challenging but rewarding journey! Take 5 minutes to read how to get help with projects and content.

Lesson 1

Welcome!

Welcome to Udacity. Takes 5 minutes to get familiar with Udacity courses and gain some tips to succeed in courses.

Lesson 2

Getting Help

You are starting a challenging but rewarding journey! Take 5 minutes to read how to get help with projects and content.

Course 2 • 2 hours

Introduction to Digital Project Management

This course introduces the field of digital project management, relevant career paths, and what those paths entail. It also covers the basic structure on which digital projects are formed.

Lesson 1

Introduction

This lesson introduces the course instructor and goes into when and why you would apply the concepts of digital project management.

Lesson 2

Navigating Your Professional Goals in Project Management

This lesson covers relevant career paths that are a part of or run parallel to digital project management. It introduces core skills and related advanced certification.

Lesson 3

Digital Project Management Lifecycle

This lesson defines digital project management and the key stages that go into a project's lifecycle. It also covers business justifications for a digital project.

Lesson 1

Introduction

This lesson introduces the course instructor and goes into when and why you would apply the concepts of digital project management.

Lesson 2

Navigating Your Professional Goals in Project Management

This lesson covers relevant career paths that are a part of or run parallel to digital project management. It introduces core skills and related advanced certification.

Lesson 3

Digital Project Management Lifecycle

This lesson defines digital project management and the key stages that go into a project's lifecycle. It also covers business justifications for a digital project.

Course 3 • 4 weeks

Digital Project Management

Dive deeper into the five stages of the digital project management lifecycle: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitor & Control, and Closure. Start by understanding how two common methodologies, Waterfall and Agile, relate to and differ from each other. Then, move on to setting a project scope and identifying key stakeholders, creating a project plan, analyzing risks and engaging stakeholders during project execution, creating target goals and measuring a project's performance, evaluating the project outcome, and sharing knowledge at the end. In each stage, you will use the tools and templates a digital project manager typically uses in order to build a solid project.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Digital Project Management

This lesson provides more context to how digital project management came to be and some of the tools you will practice using in this course.

Lesson 2

Project Management Methodologies

This lesson introduces two common methodologies - Waterfall and Agile - and some related frameworks on which digital projects are typically based.

Lesson 3

Setting up Your Project

This lesson covers the first of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Initiation. It involves setting a project scope and identifying key participants in the digital project.

Lesson 4

Building Realistic Plans

This lesson covers the second of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Planning. It involves analyzing if a project is worth investing in and then creating a project plan.

Lesson 5

Getting Things Done

This lesson covers the third of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Execution. It involves analyzing risks and engaging stakeholders with effective communication.

Lesson 6

Monitor and Control

This lesson covers the fourth of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Monitor and Control. It involves creating target goals and measuring a project's performance.

Lesson 7

Closure

This lesson covers the last of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle: Closure. It involves ensuring a project met its requirements and knowledge is shared with the right people.

Lesson 8 • Project

Final Project: From Methodology to Execution

The project takes you through the project management lifecycle in a structured way. You will act as a project manager and help a small family business undergo digital transformation.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Digital Project Management

This lesson provides more context to how digital project management came to be and some of the tools you will practice using in this course.

Lesson 2

Project Management Methodologies

This lesson introduces two common methodologies - Waterfall and Agile - and some related frameworks on which digital projects are typically based.

Lesson 3

Setting up Your Project

This lesson covers the first of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Initiation. It involves setting a project scope and identifying key participants in the digital project.

Lesson 4

Building Realistic Plans

This lesson covers the second of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Planning. It involves analyzing if a project is worth investing in and then creating a project plan.

Lesson 5

Getting Things Done

This lesson covers the third of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Execution. It involves analyzing risks and engaging stakeholders with effective communication.

Lesson 6

Monitor and Control

This lesson covers the fourth of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle - Monitor and Control. It involves creating target goals and measuring a project's performance.

Lesson 7

Closure

This lesson covers the last of five key stages in the digital project management lifecycle: Closure. It involves ensuring a project met its requirements and knowledge is shared with the right people.

Lesson 8 • Project

Final Project: From Methodology to Execution

The project takes you through the project management lifecycle in a structured way. You will act as a project manager and help a small family business undergo digital transformation.

Course 4 • 10 minutes

Congratulations!

Congratulations on finishing your program!

Lesson 1

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your graduation from this program! Please join us in celebrating your accomplishments.

Lesson 1

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your graduation from this program! Please join us in celebrating your accomplishments.

Taught By The Best

Walyce Almeida

Program Manager at AWS

Walyce is a program manager with a Masters in Technology Management from Columbia University and a Project Management Professional certification. Her experience includes bringing technical concepts to life via product ownership and digital project management. Prior to that, she was a journalist.

Student Reviews

Average Rating: 5 Stars

13 Reviews

Rawan Ali Abdullah A.

March 22, 2023

very good

Damon J.

February 21, 2023

great!

Kevin N.

January 16, 2023

Matched my expectations of what I was expecting for the program. Helped me get a 10% raise on my salary!

Kim C.

January 14, 2023

Thank you, I enjoyed learning! It has helped me learn more about digital project management and given me the tools needed in my job search.

Nadzhaf G.

December 16, 2022

I need basic understandance of Project Management and wanted to dive into methodologies. Furthermore, I wanted to gain some experience in projects. So I guess I got what I expected.

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