Overview

This long course focuses on task-level design, estimation, and the fundamental tooling conventions that make planning achievable in day-to-day delivery. You will master task anatomy (title, description, assignee, due date, labels, and dependencies) and practical field templates that ensure clarity across teams. The course introduces story points and collaborative estimation techniques and demonstrates how to map story-point forecasting to team velocity. Hands-on work uses Asana timeline/Gantt views to sequence and export compact schedules and to create reproducible timeline artifacts. The emphasis is on repeatable, shareable artifacts: field templates, trimmed timelines, and a brief velocity snapshot for stakeholder conversations. You will practice short exercises that connect estimation choices to planning outcomes.

Syllabus

Task Fields: Recall Project Essentials

"Task Fields: Recall Project Essentials" is a beginner-level module for project management professionals focused on mastering digital tools like Trello and Asana. Through hands-on learning, you will practice identifying essential task fields such as Title, Assignee, and Due Date by matching terms with their visual icons. This module emphasizes that accurately populating task fields is crucial for improving team clarity, accountability, and collaboration. You will finish the module by creating a Trello reference card, a practical tool to streamline onboarding for new team members and enhance overall project productivity.

Estimate Agile Work with Story Points

Tired of inaccurate, time-based project estimates? "Estimate Agile Work with Story Points" is a beginner-level module for agile teams seeking more confident and predictable planning. You'll learn to replace stressful hour-based guesses with story points, a collaborative method for measuring a task's complexity and uncertainty. Through hands-on practice and real-world case studies, you will master relative estimation and use your team’s historical data (velocity) to create sprint plans you can actually deliver. You'll gain the skills to drive more accurate and collaborative planning using tools like Jira and Asana.

Project Timelines with Asana

Ready to turn project chaos into predictable success? "Project Timelines with Asana" is a beginner-level module for professionals who want to master scheduling. Moving beyond simple to-do lists, you will learn to build, manage, and communicate complex project timelines with confidence. Through hands-on labs in Asana, you’ll practice mapping dependencies, identifying the critical path, and setting realistic milestones. You will gain the skills to resolve schedule conflicts and create clear stakeholder communication plans, empowering you to deliver projects on time and schedule like a professional.

Project Productivity with Essential Shortcuts

Tired of wasting time switching between your keyboard and mouse? "Project Productivity with Essential Shortcuts" is designed for any professional who wants to reclaim lost productivity. This module teaches a powerful method to identify your most frequent tasks and master their keyboard shortcuts. Through hands-on labs, you'll conduct time trials to measure your efficiency gains and build a personalized workflow that dramatically accelerates your work in any software. You will leave with a Personalized Productivity Toolkit, giving you a data-driven case for your new skills and a foundation for continuous improvement.

Task and Productivity Project

In this hands-on project, you will step into a project manager's role to transform a chaotic plan into a model of efficiency. You will audit a sample project, identifying inconsistent tasks and unclear details. By applying standardized templates, fixing metadata, optimizing the timeline, and using a productivity shortcut, you will create a streamlined, stakeholder-ready report. The final deliverable will be a powerful mini-case study for your portfolio, featuring "before-and-after" exports that provide concrete proof of your ability to create order, improve clarity, and drive project success.