Project Management Essentials
A crash course in the essentials of project management for new project managers.
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What you will learn
"This course is great, to the point, informative, lecturer is very knowledgeable. One of my favorite courses. Great job." – Romol Bereaux
What project management fundamentally does, and the domains it applies to.
Who in the organization can benefit from using project management.
How project management applies to small (sometimes very small) projects.
What comes before project management, before you have a project.
When project management is most useful, and the process will be more than worth the effort.
The five stages of the formal project management process, their essential features, and how they fit together.
The most important concept in project management – the triple constraint, its key messages, and how the parts inter-relate.
The role of the Project Manager, key responsibilities, and why accountability is a good thing.
The purpose of project initiation, and the key elements of the project charter.
The importance of the first definition of the project scope – the one sentence objective.
A one-page flowchart of the whole planning process, setting up your project for success.
The official baseline for the project scope – the work breakdown structure.
The precedence diagram – your most important tool for planning, communicating, and managing your project.
The official baseline for the project schedule – the Gantt chart.
The essential elements of the project cost breakdown.
The importance of planning for the unexpected – risk management planning.
Documenting the planning in a concise project management plan for sponsor review.
The purpose and key elements of the monitoring and control phase.
Managing the number two cause of project problems – scope changes.
The essential elements of managing the project schedule.
The essential elements of managing project cost.
The essential elements of managing project risk.
The best way to conduct the monthly project review.
The purpose and key elements of project closing.
Wrapping up the project with a targeted final report.
A summary checklist of all the key learnings of the course.
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9/22/2017
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