In this comprehensive capstone course, you’ll apply your product management skills to take on the role of a product manager and, using the scenario provided, produce 16 essential industry-recognized product management artifacts.
Product Management: Capstone Project
Product Management: Capstone Project
This course is part of IBM Product Manager Professional Certificate
Instructors: IBM Skills Network Team
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16 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Apply your product development lifecycle knowledge and prepare the key artifacts required to complete each phase.
Demonstrate product management proficiency by creating selected artifacts such as product concept, requirements, end-of-life plan.
Illustrate your product management skills and accomplishments through the development of a personal portfolio.
Evaluate your readiness to pass the AIPMM Certified Product Manager (CPM) certification exam.
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There are 6 modules in this course
Begin module one by learning about the product manager’s role and the associated necessary requirements for success. Then, explore the Porter Five Forces model, a strategy tool used to evaluate market attractiveness and aid in planning and decision-making. Next, learn about applying the Ansoff Matrix to illustrate potential product growth strategies. You’ll also demonstrate skills in a hands-on lab where you can apply the Porter and Ansoff models to a product scenario and perform a product manager skills inventory.
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2 videos3 readings2 assignments6 plugins
In this module, you’ll explore product conception and planning. You'll learn which entries to include as part of product concept and product vision documents and how to add these entries to those documents. You will gain hands-on experience working on a product concept document in a hands-on lab. Then, discover what information you’ll include in a product requirement document. Next, learn why user stories are essential to the product backlog. And finally, gain fundamental knowledge you need to know to create a business case.
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3 videos3 readings3 assignments10 plugins
In this module, you’ll learn about the Develop and Qualify phases of product development. Begin with the Develop phase and gain insight into the purpose and content of a beta plan. Then, explore the five areas of usability testing. You’ll apply your knowledge in a hands-on lab where you will develop a beta plan and define usability testing requirements for a provided scenario. Next, focus on the Qualify Phase. You’ll learn about readiness categories and how to complete a readiness assessment report. Then, apply your knowledge in a hands-on lab where you will use a provided scenario to create a launch readiness assessment report.
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1 video3 readings3 assignments10 plugins
In this module, you’ll complete your project management lifecycle journey with the Launch, Deliver, and Retire Phases. Learn about essential final positioning and marketing collateral considerations for your product’s Demand Generation Plan, and practice creating a Demand Generation Plan using a provided scenario. You’ll complete your journey with the product development life cycle by learning about the Deliver and Retire phases and discovering how to create an End-of-Life (EOL) plan using a provided scenario.
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2 videos3 readings3 assignments8 plugins
In this module, you’ll complete a final project and submit your work from prior modules to demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to complete documents utilized throughout the product development lifecycle. Then, you'll complete the final quiz to validate your knowledge. This quiz includes questions similar in style to what you may encounter in the AIPMM Certified Product Manager certification exam, however the actual exam has a lot more questions.
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4 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 plugin
In this bonus module, discover how to create an impactful personal portfolio that demonstrates your product management career readiness. This module also includes valuable resume preparation and job search tips.
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1 video1 reading3 plugins
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Reviewed on Sep 15, 2024
Excellent course with in-depth knowledge about product management
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An excellent finish to an excellent course. The written assignments provide a solid foundation for document collateral for 'real-life' scenarios.
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