UC Berkeley offers many opportunities for staff to improve their project management skills. Listed below are opportunities available to campus staff.
UC Berkeley Extension: PM Courses & Certificate Program
UC Berkeley Extension offers project management courses, a certificate in project management, and a professional sequence in Agile project management. To learn more about their courses and programs, please visit the UC Berkeley Extension website. Many of these courses can be taken at no cost to campus staff through the Sponsored Tuition Program.
eLearn: Online Courses
Through the campus e-Learn Berkeley website, UC Berkeley has partnered with Lynda.com to offer the campus community an enormous range of free online courses including several in project management. Listed below are some of the titles of the online courses that are offered.
To visit the e-Learn website, log into the Blu campus portal with your CalNet ID and passphrase. Next, click on the eLearn link in the left-hand navigation. Once on the eLearn website, conduct a search for your topics of interest. Note: Links below provide a course description, but to login to take the course, please follow the instructions above.
Project Management Course Offerings
For people who are new to project management, the course, Project Management Fundamentals, is a good place to start.
| Title | Level | Duration |
| Project Management Fundamentals | Beginner | 3 hrs 20 mins |
| Microsft Project 2016 Essentials Training | Beginner | 5 hrs 6 mins |
| Managing a Project Schedule | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 3 mins |
| Managing Project Teams | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 29 mins |
| Managing Project Change | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 1 min |
| Manage Project Budgets | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 11 mins |
| Manage Project Communication | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 47 mins |
| Managing Project Quality | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 22 mins |
| Managing Project Procurement | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 24 mins |
| Managing Project Stakeholders | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 1 min |
| Managing Project Risk | Appropriate for All | 1 hr 4 mins |
| Managing Project Integration | Intermediate | 1 hr 3 mins |
| Managing Project Ethics | Intermediate | 1 hr 14 mins |
Agile Course Offerings
For people who are new to Agile, the course, Agile Project Management, is a good place to start.
| Title | Level | Duration |
| Agile Project Management | Appropriate for All | 1 hour 17 minutes |
| Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management | Appropriate for All | 1hr 4 mins |
| Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team | Intermediate | 1 hr 32 mins |
| Agile at Work: Planning with Agile Stories | Intermediate | 1 hr 8 mins |
| Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings | Intermediate | 1 hr 9 mins |
| Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards | Intermediate | 1 hr 1 min |
| Agile at Work: Getting Better at Agile Retrospectives | Intermediate | 1 hr 11 mins |
| Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project | Intermediate | 1 hr 33 mins |
| Agile Product Owner Role | Beginner | 1 hr 9 mins |
| Agile Product Owner Techniques | Beginner | 1 hr 24 mins |
| Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories | Intermediate | 1 hr 8 mins |
| Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings | Intermediate | 1 hr 9 mins |
| Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings | Intermediate | 1 hr 11 mins |
| Comparing Agile Software Tools | Intermediate | 2 hrs 58 mins |
Online Courses: UC Learning Center
Also available through the Blu campus portal is the UC-wide Learning Center. Login to Blu with your CalNet ID and passphrase then click on the UC Learning Center link in the left-hand navigation. Once you arrive at the UC Learning Center dashboard, conduct a search for your topics of interest.
