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Advanced Project Operations & Automation Specialization

Advanced Project Operations With AI Automation. Learn advanced automation, AI integration, and analytics for strategic project leadership.

LearningMate

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Advanced level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Implement sophisticated automation workflows and AI-powered tools that eliminate manual processes and predict project risks with precision

  • Apply advanced project analytics including earned value management, resource optimization, and performance measurement for strategic control

  • Design intelligent communication protocols and data-driven operational systems that optimize team performance and stakeholder engagement

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December 2025

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Specialization - 17 course series

What you'll learn

  • Learners will analyze timelines, identify dependency bottlenecks, assess risks, and create mitigation plans to ensure projects stay on schedule.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Case Studies
Category: Project Risk Management
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: Scheduling

What you'll learn

  • Interpret Agile metrics to find impediments and build automation rules in Jira to escalate tasks and maintain smooth project workflows.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Backlogs
Category: Root Cause Analysis
Category: Automation
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Project Performance
Category: Automation Engineering
Category: Business Workflow Analysis
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Process Design
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Issue Tracking
Category: Project Controls

What you'll learn

  • Learners will evaluate and recommend appropriate project management methodologies based on specific project constraints and requirements.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Project Design
Category: Project Management
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Project Planning
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Decision Making

What you'll learn

  • Learners will create and manage hybrid project plans, analyze scope changes, and maintain project timelines using Waterfall and Agile methods.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Sprint Planning
Category: Change Control
Category: Planning
Category: Analysis
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Scheduling
Category: Timelines
Category: Project Planning
Category: Initiative and Leadership
Category: Project Estimation
Category: Change Orders
Category: Waterfall Methodology

What you'll learn

  • Analyze resource data to spot over-allocations (>120%) and propose mitigation actions like task re-sequencing to balance project workloads.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Resource Management
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Project Management
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Capacity Management
Category: Resource Planning
Category: Capacity Planning
Category: Business Communication
Category: Resource Allocation
Category: Stakeholder Communications

What you'll learn

  • Use earned value metrics (CPI & SPI) to evaluate project cost and schedule performance and recommend data-based actions for improvement.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Earned Value Management
Category: Scheduling
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Project Controls

What you'll learn

  • Identify tasks for AI automation and use automated tools to prioritize project backlogs, applying critical human oversight to the results.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Prioritization
Category: Backlogs
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Project Management Software
Category: Administrative Support
Category: Strategic Prioritization
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Delegation Skills

What you'll learn

  • Integrate tools like Trello and Slack to automate project updates, save time, and ensure real-time team communication.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Cloud-Based Integration
Category: Project Management Software
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Productivity Software
Category: Internal Communications
Category: Project Management

What you'll learn

  • Apply automation rules to enforce Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits, prevent bottlenecks, and improve team focus in Agile projects.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Process Improvement
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Slack (Software)
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Scrum (Software Development)

What you'll learn

  • Design and build multi-step automations to connect project management, documentation, and communication tools, eliminating repetitive manual tasks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Process Design
Category: Workflow Management
Category: No-Code Development
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Data Integration
Category: Project Management Software
Category: Cloud-Based Integration
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Slack (Software)

What you'll learn

  • Learn to transform raw project data into clear, concise status reports using AI, improving stakeholder communication and decision-making.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Risk Management
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: AI Enablement
Category: Dashboard
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Business Reporting
Category: Project Management

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate AI risk predictions using performance metrics like precision and recall to make data-driven model adoption decisions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Predictive Modeling

What you'll learn

  • Use AI to automate project reports and create dashboards to monitor key metrics, enhancing reporting efficiency and decision-making.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Project Performance
Category: Project Portfolio Management
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Performance Reporting
Category: Project Risk Management
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Project Management Software
Category: Interactive Data Visualization

What you'll learn

  • Design and implement communication protocols to improve team alignment, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive predictable project success.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Process Improvement
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Communication Planning
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Project Management

What you'll learn

  • Use survey data and feedback analysis to improve change communication, drive user adoption, and ensure successful project launches.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Surveys
Category: Change Management
Category: Case Studies
Category: Business Transformation
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Data Analysis
Category: User Feedback
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Communication
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Performance Metric

What you'll learn

  • Learners will be able to analyze team meeting schedules and propose actionable changes to enhance productivity.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Drive Engagement
Category: Business Workflow Analysis
Category: Proposal Development
Category: Process Optimization
Category: Process Development
Category: Productivity
Category: Calendar Management
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Consolidation
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Time Management
Category: Meeting Facilitation
Category: Auditing
Category: Scheduling

What you'll learn

  • Learners will analyze collaboration data, create performance visualizations, and make data-driven recommendations to improve team efficiency.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Test Tools
Category: Communication Systems
Category: Collaboration
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Analysis
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Report Writing
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Box Plots
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Virtual Teams
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Operational Analysis

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