Pluralsight is the premier online training platform for technology professionals and you can get free access for the entire month of April 2021 during their Free April campaign. For technical professionals, this means that you can learn valuable skills to help you level up your career with access to the entire library of over 7,000 courses including all of my courses that I have published to date.
Moving From Technical Professional to Management
This course, Moving from Technical Professional to Management, is for any technical professional who is interested in moving their career into management. Throughout this course, you’ll be presented with everyday scenarios and techniques to show your leadership skills. You’ll learn how to facilitate communication and organization in your team to properly show off your leadership ability. Next, you’ll learn about improving business processes and how that ties into being a manager. Then, you’ll learn the different ways you can show that you’re reliable, so that co-workers and management are confident in your leadership skills. Next, you’ll learn how students can take initiative in your current role as a technical professional. Finally, you’ll learn how being fearless will help you move into management.
By the end of this course, you’ll know how to get middle and upper management to take notice of your outstanding skills and be on your way to landing a promotion to management.
Project Management Basics for Non-project Managers
Project Management Basics for Non-project Managers is for any manager (or aspiring manager) who is starting out in project management. Throughout this course, you will be presented with everyday project management scenarios to show what types of projects work well with each project management method. You will begin by applying traditional methodologies including Waterfall, Critical Path Method (CPM), and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). Next, you will be implementing agile project management including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and Adaptive Project Framework (APF). Then, you will begin using process-based methodologies including Lean and Six Sigma. Next, you will learn practicing change management including Event Chain Methodology (ECM) and Extreme Project Management (XPM). Finally, you will learn how to utilize PMI/PMBOK.
By the end of this course, you will be able to choose the right project management methodology for your team and your types of projects.
Upgrading Your Technology Career Learning Path
Now that you’ve landed your dream tech job, it’s time to think about what your professional development path may look like. This path, Upgrading Your Technology Career, is intended to provide practical advice for starting, maintaining, growing, and owning your technology career.
Level Up Your Career for Free on Pluralsight – Limited Time Only!
Now is a great time for you to level up your career completely free on Pluralsight. You have the entire month of April 2021 to watch my courses: Moving from Technical Professional to Management and Project Management Basics for Non-project Managers. I hope you join me in the Upgrading Your Technology Career on Pluralsight.