University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Business Value and Project Management Specialization
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Business Value and Project Management Specialization

Coursework to build great organizational leaders.. Learners will be able to form a more wholistic perspective on business fundamentals and better manage organizational development, change, and projects.

Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO
Oktay Urcan
E. Geoffrey Love

Instructors: Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO

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2 months
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Flexible schedule
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Specialization - 6 course series

Financial Accounting: Foundations

Course 112 hours4.7 (4,473 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Accounting information and how it is used by different capital market participants

  • Record financial information and produce the main financial statements

  • Fundamental accounting concepts and revenue recognition criteria in preparing financial statements,

  • Conduct the accounting for short-term assets, with a particular focus on accounts receivables and inventories.

Skills you'll gain

Category: General Accounting
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Accounting
Category: Standard Accounting Practices
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Accrual Accounting
Category: Accounts Payable and Receivable
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Accounting Systems
Category: Inventory Accounting
Category: Corporate Accounting
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Finance
Category: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Category: Accounts Receivable
Category: Revenue Recognition
Category: Accounting Records
Category: Bookkeeping
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Income Statement

Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics

Course 211 hours4.7 (1,696 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Financial Accounting
Category: General Accounting
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Financial Management
Category: Corporate Accounting
Category: Fixed Asset
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Accounting
Category: Depreciation
Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Finance
Category: Capital Markets
Category: Financial Systems
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Securities (Finance)
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Financial Market
Category: Equities

Designing the Organization

Course 313 hours4.7 (1,678 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Administration
Category: Business Management
Category: Organizational Development
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Governance
Category: Organizational Effectiveness
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Business
Category: Decision Making
Category: Business Operations
Category: Dealing With Ambiguity
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Adaptability
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Corporate Strategy
Category: Organizational Leadership

Managing the Organization

Course 412 hours4.7 (1,438 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Management
Category: Organizational Development
Category: Business Administration
Category: Business Leadership
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Leadership
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Decision Making
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Business Transformation
Category: People Analytics
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Business
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Change Management
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Culture
Category: Governance
Category: Initiative and Leadership

Project Initiation and Planning

Course 521 hours4.8 (136 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Project Management
Category: Project Planning
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Project Controls
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Project Risk Management
Category: Scheduling
Category: Risk Management
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Business Management
Category: Scope Management
Category: Program Management
Category: Business Relationship Management
Category: Project Scoping

Project Execution and Control

Course 621 hours4.9 (52 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • 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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Project Management
Category: Project Closure
Category: Earned Value Management
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Project Performance
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Resource Planning
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Agile Software Development
Category: Project Controls
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Resource Management
Category: Project Planning
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Program Management
Category: Cost Management
Category: Resource Allocation
Category: Sprint Retrospectives
Category: Project Implementation

Instructors

Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta, Ph.D., PMP, CSM, CSPO
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
7 Courses68,921 learners
Oktay Urcan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 Courses179,452 learners
E. Geoffrey Love
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
13 Courses133,857 learners

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