Business Value and Project Management Specialization

To account for fixed assets

Understand accounting for liabilities

Evaluate shareholders’ equity section of a balance sheet, and

Understand preparation and information provided by cash flows statement.

Identify and explain many of the common organizational design challenges faced by organizations

Apply theory and principles to more effectively deal with these organizational design challenges in your own professional life

Analyze the effectiveness of organizational design choices in various organizations

Make organizational design recommendations to increase organizational effectiveness

Identify and explain common challenges faced by managers in organizations.

Apply theory and principles to become a more effective manager in your own professional life.

Analyze the effectiveness of managerial decisions in various organizations.

Make managerial recommendations to increase organizational effectiveness.

Describe the concepts of project management and the key activities in the project life cycle

Develop a project management plan that documents the actions necessary to define, coordinate, and measure all project activities

Identify necessary labor and material resources, estimate the required units to meet expectations, and demonstrate impact of changes to project scope

Demonstrate how teams are assigned and formed, describe the stages of team development, and optimize the project schedule

Create a realistic resource plan.

Evaluate a project's timing in light of resource shortages.

Monitor a project using earned value management.

Manage a project using the Scrum framework.