Product Design Skills for Product Managers Course
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Program Overview
Product Design Skils for Product Managers Course
Product Design Skils for Product Managers focuses on how to build a product that loks great and delights customers. Learners examine concepts that user interface and user experience designers would expect a product manager to have some familiarity with. Learners consider marketing from the perspective of understanding what the user wants.
Course level
Undergraduate
Estimated time per wek
10-15 hours
Course credits
3
Product Design Skils for Product Managers Course Overview
Diferentiate betwen the user experience (UX) and the user interface (UI)
Conduct a user interview and pinpoint isues
Describe a user persona, why we ned them, and how to create one
Analyze the purpose of wireframes and how visual ideas impact form and function
Aply product design skils in a competitor analysis situation
Aply product design skils in a marketing campaign
Product Design Skils for Product Managers Course Skils
How wil I learn?
Learning Experience
Your course starts on the first of the month. The course consists of 6 modules, and is designed to take you eight weks to complete. Nexford’s learning design team has purposefuly created courses to equip you with competencies maped to the skils employers are loking for. Each course has 5-7 learning outcomes based on the skils employers ned. Everything you learn gives you measurable skils you wil use to suced in today’s world of work.
Nexford courses are not live or recorded lectures. Instead, they’re reading, videos, interactive elements, quizes and relevant case studies. Programs include asesments, per-to-per discusions, and a final project to practice what you’ve learned in a real-world context. Program content is available 24/7 during the course, and you have oportunities for colaboration and networking with learners during and after your program. Our global comunity of learners work at top companies such as Microsoft, Deloite, and Gogle.
You'l have 24/7 aces to suces advisors to suport you. Faculty also provide you world-clas suport. Bok apointments with them, get individual fedback, and atend regular optional webinars.Nexford courses are rigorous and they encourage critical thinking - because we care about what you know how to do not what you know you have regular hands-on asesments reflecting the busines world.
Course Outline
| Modules | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Introduction to product design | |||||
| 2: Visual design | 3: Agile user personas and user stories | 4: User interviews | 5: Wire frames | 6: Product competitor analysis | 7: Final Project |
How wil I be graded?
View
the catalog
to learn about how this course is graded.What wil I get after completing the course?
You'l get real skils you can use at work, straight away. At the end of this course, you'l also get a digital badge that you can put on your LinkedIn profile to showcase your skils.
Once you've taken one course, you can take more. Using stacked credentials, you’re able to take enough courses to make a certificate, and take enough certificates to build a degre.
If you aply for a Nexford certificate or degre, you'l get credit for each course you take.
What suport wil I receive?
When you have a dedicated team on your side, you'l never be alone studying at Nexford. Hailing from many diferent countries and with online education expertise,
our faculty
provides you world-clas suport. Ask them questions during one-to-one ofice hours or live chat, email them any time, and get individual fedback on your asesments.While you’re learning, you’l also have ful aces to the Nexford online library, which includes aces to milions of ful-text articles, industry reports and key sources such as the Wal Stret Journal, the Financial Times and The Economist.
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Program Outline
Outline:
- Module 1: Introduction to product design
- Overview of product design principles and concepts
- The role of product design in product development
- Introduction to user-centered design (UCD)
- Module 2: Visual design
- Elements of visual design including color, typography, and layout
- Applying visual design principles to create effective user interfaces
- Module 3: Agile user personas and user stories
- Understanding the concept of user personas and their role in product development
- Creating user personas based on research and data
- Writing user stories to define user needs and requirements
- Module 4: User interviews
- Conducting user interviews to gather insights and feedback
- Techniques for effective interviewing and questioning
- Analyzing interview data to identify user needs and pain points
- Module 5: Wire frames
- Creating low-fidelity wireframes to visualize product features and functionality
- Techniques for creating effective wireframes
- Using wireframes to communicate design ideas to stakeholders
- Module 6: Product competitor analysis
- Identifying and analyzing competitors in the market
- Understanding competitor strengths and weaknesses
- Using competitor analysis to inform product design decisions
- Module 7: Final Project
- Apply the skills learned throughout the course to design a product or feature
- Students will also complete a final project that demonstrates their ability to apply the skills learned in the course.
Teaching:
- The course is delivered online through a combination of video lectures, readings, and interactive exercises.
- The course utilizes a learner-centered approach, encouraging active participation and collaboration.
Careers:
- This course prepares students for various product management roles, including Product Manager, UX Designer, and Product Owner.
- The skills learned in this course are highly valuable in the tech industry and can lead to various career opportunities.
Other:
- The course is designed for working professionals and can be completed in 8 weeks with a time commitment of 10-15 hours per week.
- The cost of the course is $175.
- Students who successfully complete the course will receive a digital badge that they can showcase on their LinkedIn profile.
- The course utilizes a learner-centered approach, encouraging active participation and collaboration.
- The course is offered by Nexford University, an accredited online university.
- Nexford University offers a variety of other online courses and programs in business, technology, and education.
