Project Management Foundations

Last Update January 25, 2024

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Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Learn what it takes to deliver projects successfully.

Curriculum

77 Lessons

Introduction

Deliver successful projects00:01:22

What you should know00:02:40

Get to know Project Management

First Things First

Develop a Project Plan

Build a Project Schedule

An Overview of Agile Project Management

While You Run the Project

Work with Teams

Monitoring and Controlling Processes and Performance

Close the Project

Changes to PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition

Conclusion

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Project Management Foundations

About This Course

Curriculum

Introduction

Deliver successful projects00:01:22

What you should know00:02:40

Get to know Project Management

What is a project?00:03:10

What is project management?00:03:05

What it takes to be a project manager00:02:00

The waterfall project management lifecycle00:03:47

The agile project management lifecycle00:02:54

How organizational structure affects projects00:02:20

How organizational culture affects projects00:03:30

Project management software options00:03:19

Challenge Organization00:00:45

Chapter 1 Quiz on Get to know Project Management

First Things First

Initiate a project00:01:25

Identify project stakeholders00:03:16

Analyze project stakeholders00:02:12

Identify the project goal00:03:23

Define project objectives00:03:56

Gather requirements00:03:54

Identify project deliverables and success criteria00:02:55

Identify project assumptions and success criteria00:02:53

Prepare a project scope statement00:02:25

Create a project charter00:03:06

Challenge: Project charter00:00:40

Chapter 2 Quiz on First Things First

Develop a Project Plan

Project planning overview00:01:39

What is a work breakdown structure?00:02:27

How to create work packages00:01:47

Estimate time and cost00:03:22

How to choose the best estimate00:03:29

Create a resource management plan00:03:46

Build a project schedule00:01:50

Develop a project budget00:03:25

Identify risks00:03:15

Create a risk management plan00:04:11

Set up a communication plan00:02:32

Develop a quality plan00:03:30

How to plan procurement00:02:50

How to obtain approval to proceed00:01:49

Challenge Change00:01:10

Chapter 3 Quiz on Develop a Project Plan

Build a Project Schedule

Put tasks in sequence00:04:00

How to assign resources to tasks00:02:29

Learn to use milestones00:01:41

Make a realistic schedule00:01:53

Understand the critical path00:02:59

How to shorten a schedule00:03:35

Document the baseline00:01:37

Challenge: Network diagram00:00:32

Chapter 4 Quiz on Build a Project Schedule

An Overview of Agile Project Management

What is agile project management?00:03:37

The agile project management lifecycle00:02:54

Plan an iteration00:03:10

Manage the explore stage00:02:49

Handle the adapt and close stages00:02:41

Challenge: Agile00:00:42

Chapter 5 Quiz on An Overview of Agile Project Management

While You Run the Project

How to run a project00:01:55

Techniques for communicating effectively00:04:01

Run effective meetings00:03:17

Chapter 6 Quiz on While You Run the Project

Work with Teams

Manage team resources00:03:27

Understand team dynamics00:02:46

How to manage virtual teams00:02:15

Challenge: Team00:00:51

Chapter 7 Quiz on Work with Teams

Monitoring and Controlling Processes and Performance

How to gather data00:01:37

How to manage project change00:02:27

Learn how to manage project scope00:02:30