Project Management Essentials

2.5h - $245.00 USD

Competencies
Content
Who Should Enrol
Reviews

Most people will, at some point, be tasked with leading a project or working on a project team. Indeed, the successful management of projects, both big and small, is key to organizational success.

However, managing a project is not an easy task and involves a lot of moving parts.

This course equips learners with the core skills to manage projects on budget, on time, and within scope.

Specifically, the course highlights the different phases of a project and provides tips and tools for successfully initiating, planning, leading, and closing a project.

Competencies Obtained

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

Understand how to define a project’s scope and requirements.
Employ strategies to engage project stakeholders and manage project related conflict.
Understand what is involved in bringing together and successfully leading a project team.
Utilize techniques to track progress against the project’s schedule and budget.
Follow best practices related to project risk management, quality management, and procurement.
More effectively manage project changes and prevent ‘scope creep’.
Identify the tasks required to successfully close out a project.

Course Content

The Project Management Essentials course covers the following topics:

New Project Manager Essentials

Key characteristics of projects.
Responsibilities of a project manager.
Resources to leverage when starting a project.
Identifying key project stakeholders.

Defining a Project Scope and Team

Determining project requirements.
Defining project scope.
Building and leading a project team.

Creating a Project Schedule and Budget

Creating a project schedule and identifying key project milestones.
Defining the project’s budget.
Using data to assess project performance.

Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality

Planning for and managing project risks.
Ensuring projects are delivered to the required quality standards.
Determining whether to complete work in-house or outsource to a third party.
Selecting vendors.

Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects

Controlling changes on a project and preventing ‘scope creep’.
Developing a communication plan.
Communicating with and effectively engaging project stakeholders.
Approaches for managing conflict that may arise during the project.

Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close

Getting projects back on track when behind schedule or over budget.
Key steps in wrapping up a project at its completion.

Who Should Enrol?

All those who lead projects or work as part of a team to complete projects.
Anyone who wants to grow their professional skillset and boost their career prospects.

Reviews

“This course has really given me all the key aspects of project management. It has opened my mind to a new way of achieving my daily goals at work to succeed in all my duties. It is very concise and it gives you the topics necessary for project management.” — Anonymous

“The project management course offers a valuable oversight on how to start and run an close a project.” — Anonymous