Digital Project Management Training, Courses & Certification – The DPM School

Get a solid understanding of projects and why they’re important, the role of project management in digital projects, and what digital PMs do.

• Lesson 1 – The role of projects & project management
• Lesson 2 – What is digital project management
• Lesson 3 – Project approaches & life cycles
• Lesson 4 – Project methodologies for digital projects

Learn to set your project up for success, craft a clear vision for your project, and lead a kick-off meeting that creates buy-in, alignment, and excitement.

• Lesson 5 -Setting up your project
• Lesson 6 – Project kickoffs
• Lesson 7 – Project briefing
• Lesson 8 – Project discovery
• Lesson 9 – Prioritizing requirements
• Lesson 10 – Project KPIs & success criteria

Learn to create, communicate, and defend feasible project timelines, viable project estimates, and clear scope statements that keep expectations managed.

• Lesson 11 – Project timelines
• Lesson 12 – Project estimation
• Lesson 13 – Project scope statements

Learn to support your team, keep your stakeholders informed, and facilitate key decisions to keep your project focused on achieving its objectives.

• Lesson 14 – Managing the day-to-day of projects
• Lesson 15 – Managing meetings effectively
• Lesson 16 – Tracking and reporting project status
• Lesson 17 – Project communication strategies

Learn to identify and manage project risks, communicate bad news productively and proactively, tackle issues head-on, and bring a project back on track if it does come off the rails.

• Lesson 18 – Managing quality
• Lesson 19 – Managing risk
• Lesson 20 – Navigating project issues, project failure & recovery

Get comfortable making all the right preparations and getting all the right approvals to launch your project, document lessons learned with the team, and set yourself up for your next big thing.

• Lesson 21 – Getting final approvals & going live
• Lesson 22 – Closing out your project
• Lesson 23 – Setting up the next iteration

Learn to inspire the people around you, maintain project momentum, and keep yourself organized so that your projects can run efficiently and achieve strategic objectives that lift everyone up.

• Lesson 24 – Leading teams
• Lesson 25 – Managing for high performance
• Lesson 26 – Leading yourself
• Lesson 27 – Continuously improving yourself

The course is divided into 7 learning arcs:

1. Digital Project Management Essentials
2. Driving Strategic Alignment
3. Creating Realistic Project Plans
4. Leading Effective Collaboration
5. Managing Risk & Solving Problems
6. Bringing Your Projects Across The Finish Line
7. Developing Your Project Leadership Style

You’ll get access to all the course content from day one with a guide for progressing theme-by-theme at your own pace.

DPM School certification gives you the chance to share your achievement in completing the Mastering Digital Project Management course with your network. Our certification is provided by Accredible, allowing you to add your certification to your LinkedIn profile.

The certification is available for those who successfully complete all learning arcs, achieve a score of 80% or greater on the assignments, and score above 60% on the final submission-based assignment.

We’ll issue a certificate upon successful completion of all the course requirements. You’re able to resubmit assignments if required.

For those interested in using this course for PDU’s, please note we have opted not to register as a PMI ATP. So while you can self-report the time you spend, it does not align specifically to the talent triangle.

We understand there are reasons why you might need to withdraw from the course. Remember, you get access to the course for 1 year after the course starts. However, if you find that you still have not completed the course within a year, you can reach out to us for a renewal.

We’re confident you’re going to love the course. But if you don’t, just tell us and we’ll issue a full refund—we offer a 100% money-back guarantee.