Business Software Courses and Certifications

Skills Factory

Welcome to the World of Project Management

Short beginner tutorials show how to use common work and study tools, from project software to documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Technology for Teachers and Students

Microsoft Word for Beginners - The Complete Course

Practical walkthroughs show how to save time in Word and shape documents with editing, formatting, layout, and built-in tools.

• YouTube
• 5 hours 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Technology for Teachers and Students

Intermediate Excel Skills, Tips, and Tricks

Learn intermediate Excel techniques for working with data, building interactive dashboards, and streamlining everyday spreadsheet tasks.

• YouTube
• 16 hours 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Awesome Open Source

ERPNext - A Self Hosted, Open Source ERP System That Is Enterprise and Production Ready

5 ratings

Set up a self-hosted ERPNext instance with Docker, then explore its interface and initial settings.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learn how to plan and schedule work in IBM Maximo Manage using Scheduler applications, dashboards, optimization, and resource assignments.

• IBM Training
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Excel for Everyone: Core Foundations

52 ratings at edX

Learn Excel fundamentals including data wrangling, spreadsheet management, and basic data analysis.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Get started with Maximo for Aviation: work through models, aircraft and equipment, maintenance programs, and technical publications and engineering changes, then take the badge quiz.

• IBM Training
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

NDC Conferences

How to Start and Run a Software Lifestyle Business

A deliberately small niche software business can offer a more sustainable alternative to high-risk, investor-driven startups.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Awesome Open Source

Building an MSP Business Using Open Source Software - Part 1: Introduction

An introductory walkthrough of launching an MSP with open-source tools, from remote support and backups to invoicing, SSO, and pricing.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mervin Praison

Build Powerful Software in the Era of AI - Business Ideas and Strategies

Explains three approaches to AI-era software: supervised coding copilots, faster generation and review, and documentation built for language-model agents.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Eric Kimberling - Digital Transformation

AI vs ERP: The Future of Business Software

Learn how to define and articulate an AI strategy within the broader context of ERP and digital transformation strategy.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Use IBM Robotic Process Automation commands to connect to databases, run SQL, manipulate data, and execute database procedures.

• IBM Training
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Excel for Everyone: Data Management

30 ratings at edX

Further your Excel skills to manage larger datasets and more complex data wrangling, management and modelling.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Excel for Everyone: Data Analysis Fundamentals

27 ratings at edX

Perform advanced data wrangling, analysis and dashboard visualization to help drive strategic decision-making.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Learnit Training

Smartsheet Beginner Tutorial

4 ratings

Learn to build, format, filter, share, and publish collaborative project sheets, dashboards, and checklists in Smartsheet.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video