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Project Management Essentials
Learn the skills and tools for leading a project team to successful project completionPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 19 lessons.
Beginner Provider : Danny Howell 4 chapters · 19 Lessons · 1h 16m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
This Project Management Essentials course will lay the foundation for project management capabilities and is designed to help you implement the building blocks to successfully manage a project team, associated tasks, and many other aspects of leading a project to successful completion. Learn project management basics, organizational structure, building the project team, managing challenges and identifying risk. This course is the first in a series of project management courses that will enhance your productivity and project outcomes.
What You'll Learn
- Build the foundational capabilities needed to manage a project team, tasks, and other aspects of leading a project to completion
- Distinguish project management from functional management and understand project characteristics and lifecycle
- Identify project resource types and their utilization, and recognize the factors behind project failure and success
- Compare organizational structures and apply the stage-gate decision process for project success
- Build the project team and manage roles, conflict resolution, expectation management, and executive sponsors
- Define and manage risk through risk processes, risk types and tracking, contingency planning, and a risk register
Key Takeaways
- This course lays the foundation for project management capabilities and the building blocks to successfully manage a project and lead it to completion.
- It covers project management basics, organizational structure, building the project team, managing challenges, and identifying risk.
- It addresses risk management through defining risk, risk types and tracking, contingency planning, problem solving, and implementing a risk register.
- It is the first in a series of project management courses intended to enhance productivity and project outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed to help you implement the building blocks to successfully manage a project team, associated tasks, and many other aspects of leading a project to successful completion.
What does this course cover?
It covers project management basics, organizational structure, building the project team, managing challenges, and identifying risk, including topics such as the project lifecycle, resource types, organizational structures, conflict resolution, executive sponsors, and risk management with a risk register.
Is this a standalone course or part of a series?
It is the first in a series of project management courses that will enhance your productivity and project outcomes.
What will I learn about risk in this course?
You will learn to define risk and understand risk management and risk processes, risk types and tracking, risk contingency planning and problem solving, and how to implement a risk register.
