U of A Partners With Emergn to Launch Product Management Training Course

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Product managers can register for a new 10-session, online training course to help define, develop and launch products, based on today’s industry practices and strategies, through the University of Arkansas Global Campus.

U of A Professional and Workforce Development, a part of the Global Campus, will partner with Emergn, a leading global professional services firm, to offer this Product Management Training Course on Thursdays from Feb. 18 to April 22.

“Everyone involved in product management is after the same thing — creating a highly successful product,” said Alex Adamopoulos, Emergn CEO. “At Emergn, our primary focus is helping people improve the way they work so they can craft, design and build great solutions customers love.”

Product owners and managers with any level of experience can register online for the facilitator-led training course. The cost is $1,299, including a copy of Emergn’s Product Management book and access to the Emergn online learning platform for one year.

The 10-session course includes eight one-hour, work-based classes; two one-on-one sessions with Emergn product management experts; and two to three hours per week of practical application and additional study.

“We rely on our industry partners to help the U of A identify and deliver practical training that is in high demand,” said Tara Dryer, senior managing director at the Global Campus. “Emergn and the Northwest Arkansas Product Management Guild worked with us to provide this important workforce education option.”

Emergn is a co-founding member of the Northwest Arkansas Product Management Guild. The guild’s mission is to lead the product management profession in developing and promoting vendor-neutral product management approaches, industry best practices, body of knowledge expertise and educational services.

Other training options are showcased on the U of A Professional and Workforce Development website, managed by the Global Campus.

Course Details

The Product Management Training Course is a practical, online course for those working in and around product management. Emergn facilitators will focus on the skills and competencies needed to launch products and services as well as the features that satisfy the needs of consumers.

Participants can apply what they learn in the workplace, allowing them to bring a structured approach to managing products and applying strategy. They will study true industry scenarios and the most effective strategies for building better relationships with stakeholders: bosses, teams and customers.

“Understanding the latest thinking in product management via textbooks doesn’t cut it when it comes to navigating the complexity of transforming an idea into a value proposition and product that users love,” according to Emergn. “Emergn designed this course to help participants apply what they learn outside of the classroom.”

The course will include techniques and tools from many modern schools of management, including Design Thinking and Lean and Agile, and will align them with the outcomes of Value, Flow, Quality, which is Emergn’s action-learning education program focused on outcomes. VFQ is used by hundreds of organizations globally, according to Emergn.

Other training programs are showcased on the U of A Professional and Workforce Development website.

About U of A Professional and Workforce Development: U of A Professional and Workforce Development, part of the U of A Global Campus, supports U of A colleges and schools and works with industry in the development and delivery of online, distance and workforce education programs and courses. The Global Campus provides instructional design services, technology services and assistance with marketing, recruiting and strategic academic development.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among fewer than 3% of colleges and universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the U of A among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.

About Emergn: A leading expert in digital transformations, Emergn’s mission is to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. The global professional services firm blends agile and lean principles to help enterprises solve their complex organizational and IT business problems, and optimize the way they develop and deliver solutions across the enterprise. Emergn works with companies to adopt a customer-centric mindset that enables them to create innovative solutions that solve real and valuable problems for their customers.

Through its educational program VFQ, the industry’s only work-based learning approach to scaled digital transformation, Emergn supports enterprises and individual learners who want to adopt modern ways of working so they can deliver better products and services, compete more effectively in the digital economy or bring new ideas to market. Emergn has a strong presence in over a dozen countries, with its U.S. headquarters in Boston and EMEA headquarters in London. For more information, visit Emergn’s website and follow us on Twitter.