Project Management for Technical Communicators

How can you keep your technical communication project on track when the goal is always changing? Let an experienced project manager teach you how to tame your wild project. Learn to do document needs analysis, productivity metrics, project estimation (cost and timeline), and progress tracking and reporting. Get hands-on practice on a course project (a cost and timeline estimate) you will create from a set of starting requirements. For your convenience, homework assignments will build toward the course project, and you can do the coursework online at any time of day.

Note: Elective for certificate in Technical Communication. This online course is for technical communication professionals who have been or will be assigned project management duties. The required tools for this course are:
PC or Mac
Access to Internet
Adobe Acrobat Reader (or PDF reader)
MS Word or similar program for creating documents

Course Number: BUSA-40667
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Technical Communication

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1/10/2022 - 2/19/2022

$295

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• SECTION ID:

  160932

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Herman, Elizabeth, PhD, Business MA, English (Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication) BA with Honors, Journalism and Mass Communication

  Elizabeth Herman teaches  Project Management for Technical Communicators , Information Design for Communicators , Writing Online Documentation , and Tools for Technical Communicators for UC San Diego Extension's Technical Communication Certificate Program . A long-time technical communicator, Liz currently works for a large non-profit research firm primarily focused on its healthcare work. Her project management work spans business development, operations, training, content management, communications, and outreach. Liz earned a PhD in Business from Walden University, an MA in English from Iowa State University, and a BA in Journalism from the University of Iowa. Liz is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), where she has served in various ...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Project Management for Humans 1st
  by Brett Harned
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781933820514

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No refunds after: 1/14/2022.
  1st no meeting date: 1/17/2022.
  

• NOTE:

  This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears under Online Provider.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  1/10/2022 - 2/19/2022
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.