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Platform Product Management: Enabling the Low Code/No Code (LC/NC) Business Revolution

Platform Product Essentials

Learn the fundamentals of business solutions delivered with cutting edge low-code development platforms.

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What You Will Learn

  • Some history of software development, on premise application and hosted cloud solutions
  • Low-code vs no-code vs high-code (and what is mid-code?)
  • The importance and value of LCNC platforms
  • The foundation of platform management
  • The four pillars of platform management
  • Ensuring your are ready for success
  • Selecting a software vendor to ensure scalability
  • Different Pricing models for vendor support
  • How to structure your team
  • Defining a business process
  • How and when to get outside assistance

About This Course

Gartner Research predicts that by 2024, 65% of application development projects will rely on low-code no-code (LCNC) development. Successfully implement a platform to transform your business. Building business workflows, process automation and custom app development has never been easier with the modern landscape of technology tools. Learn how to deliver business solutions on some of the most cutting edge low-code development platforms, like Salesforce, Appian, Servicenow, Mendix and many others to revolutionize how business is done. Ensure your business, your team, and your vendors are set up for success utilizing these Low Code/No-Code platforms (LC/NC).

Delivering a platform solution for your business in a “clicks not code environment” seems easy. However the drag and drop interface of the technology isn’t the hard part. This is a course that will help you focus on the real difficulty in platform implementation, the structure of your business and its people. We will explore the benefits of low-code application development vs no-code development and how these tools are surpassing traditional development as the gold standard for custom applications. Our classes will showcase the low-code app development on the google platform and show you how to leverage LC/NC apis to leverage the functionality of tools like Zapier to connect your platform applications. All with little to no coding knowledge.

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At A Glance

Expert Instruction
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Self-Paced
‍Progress at your own speed

5 Weeks
2 - 3 hours per week

Free or $249.00
For the full program experience
Discounted to $224.10 when you purchase the full Platform Product Management: Enabling the Low Code/No Code (LC/NC) Business Revolution Professional Certificate Program.

10 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
Earn PDUs toward your Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Mangement Professional (PMP) certification

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Your Instructor

Jake Artz

For nearly a decade, Mr. Artz has been part of the platform digital revolution, delivering salesforce solutions in the public and commercial sectors. As an engagement delivery manager at Salesforce, Mr. Artz is working to bring best-in-class sales, service, and customer experiences to clients. Mr. Artz currently serves on the Project Management Institute, Washington DC Chapters board of directors as the VP of technology. During his time with PMIWDC, Mr. Artz, led two initiatives to release Zoho, an enterprise-wide CRM, and Microsoft Office 365 to the chapter and its members. Mr. Artz holds a variety of professional credentials, including five salesforce certifications, a PMP, and a variety of agile delivery certifications. Mr. Artz has delivered presentations in the past to the Project Management Institute on "Managing Projects in the Cloud", and on the topic of citizen development. Mr. Artz has also been a guest lecturer at Montgomery College. Mr. Artz holds a Bachelors of Arts from George Washington University and a Masters of Science in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University.

What Our Students Are Saying

This is a great course to learn the technical aspects of Agile project management and John Johnson is a coherent and concise lecturer delivering high quality lessons. I took the verified track as I will be handling more projects in my role as a university learning developer.
Neill Wylie
I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. The only thing that I might suggest is highlighting new terminology in a separate "dictionary" as some terms were new or maybe industry-specific and I sometimes lost my concentration when trying to figure them out. I liked that the class used real-world examples and suggested further reading and videos.
Serena Bonini
This course will definitely give you a real-world approach on using Agile and all the kinds alike - from the comparison between Traditional, Agile, and Lean, the overview of each method. This course also dives into the framework Agile uses, such as Scrum, DAD, LeSS, and all the pros and cons each of them has. Simply said, highly recommend!
Kevin Samuel
The "paid" track has additional information and I like the PPT slides, bonus! This is helpful if you need to go back and review information later, maybe referencing another course or work issue. Whatever your role, I think this is really helpful for anyone in software! I think the final is great because you do go back and look things up that you may have forgotten early on in the first week. You can save your answers and go back. I needed that flexibility. I like the casual aspect of this course.
Kimberly Eck
The course teacher/instructor in the videos was delivering the information in an inspiring way. The slides and the summary tabs were very helpful. The course is a good introduction to agile on a high level. Basic terms, roles, and frameworks are explained and compared. The test questions in the final exam supported the learning progress, as many of them were presented in a form where the student has to apply the knowledge, not only repeat what he/she has learned/heard.
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Syllabus

Week 1

A brief history of software development. What is LC/NC and how did we get here?

Week 2

Lining up Your Business. Ensuring the foundational elements are in place for your platform to revolutionize your business and to meet your business needs and streamline delivery.

Week 3

Putting your team to work. How to get the most out of your functional team and development teams to make sure your platform has the support it needs to transform your business.

Week 4

Selecting the Right Tool: A primer of some LCNC platforms. How to navigate the landscape and pick the best tool for you. We will focus on low-code application platform enhancement models and their user interfaces.

Week 5

Getting the Support you need. How to select a System Integrator, put them to work and achieve the results you're looking for.

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Debbie Gray, Director of Human Resources, GTMR Inc.
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