Beginning Project Management: Project Management Level One

Project Management: Growing a Successful Career as a Project Manager

Project management is an exciting place to be. Project managers help shape the success of organizations, implement new technology, change the business landscape, and have influence over all areas of a business. Project managers earn a nice income and often move up the organizational chain into full-time management positions.

In this course, we’ll examine the absolute basics of project management. Everyone must start somewhere, right? This fundamental course will explore the big picture of project management and the project management life cycle. You’ll finish this course with a great grasp of project management, your roles and responsibilities as a project manager, and how to move forward in your career as a project manager.

This course is designed for people that are new to project management. This course is structured to give you a solid project management foundation and help you speak the project management language. Don’t worry – this course is easy to follow, has a logical approach, and it has a fun, can-do attitude in its delivery.

Projects use processes to move things forward. These processes are universal to all projects, regardless of the industry you may work in. These processes are grouped into logical chunks, and that’s our primary focus of the course. You’ll learn the major components of the project management lifecycle:

  • Initiating the project
  • Planning the project
  • Executing the project
  • Monitoring and controlling the project
  • Closing the project


Finally, this course includes several templates you can download and use in your projects. We’ll also show you how to build many of your project management documents. Let’s get started right now on your project management career.

What you'll learn:

  • Compare and contrast the project management process groups
  • Explain what a project is (and is not)
  • Explain how to initiate a project
  • Work with the project team to plan a project
  • Oversee the project execution
  • Monitor and control the project activities
  • Close out a phase or a project
  • Define the roles and responsibilities of a successful project manager
  • Claim 6 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
    • 4 Ways of Working
    • 1 Power Skills
    • 1 Business Acumen


This course includes:

  • 3 hours of on-demand video
  • Seven articles
  • Nine downloadable resources
  • Certificate of completion and badge
  • 6 PDUs if you're a PMI credential holder


Who this course is for:

  • Absolute beginners in project management
  • People launching their project management career
  • Project team members seeking a better understanding of project management
  • Don't take this course if you're an experienced project manager looking for advanced scientific analysis and management philosophies. You'll be sad.


Requirements:

  • Willingness to learn
  • Acknowledgment that we all start somewhere
  • Can-do attitude to finish the course


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Course curriculum

    1. Section 1 - Project Management Foundations (slide deck)

    2. Lecture 1: Course Overview

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    3. Assignment: Introductions

    4. Lecture 2: Course Checklist: Go to the Information Your Need the Most

    5. Course Checklist - Resource

    6. Lecture 3: Fundamentals of Project Management

    7. Lecture 4: Defining Projects and Project Management

    8. Lecture 5: Exploring the Project Management Life Cycle

    9. Lecture 6: Compare and Contrast - Predictive and Agile Project Management Methodologies

    10. Lecture 7: Key Project Stakeholders

    11. Lecture 8: Section Wrap: Project Management Foundations

    1. Section 2 - Core Project Management Principles (slide deck)

    2. Lecture 9: Section Overview: Core Project Management Principles

    3. Lecture 10: Your Role as a Project Manager

    4. Lecture 11: Key Skills for Project Management

    5. Assignment: How Can Projects Really Help?

    6. Lecture 12: Project Life Cycle

    7. Lecture 13: Why Do Projects Fail?

    8. Lecture 14: Why Initiate a Project

    9. Lecture 15: Completing a Project

    10. Lecture 16: "Selling" a Project to Management and Customers

    11. Lecture 17: Creating a Project Vision

    12. Lecture 18: Setting Goals for Your Project

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    13. Assignment: Crafting Project Goals

    14. Lecture 19: Creating a Target Chart

    15. Lecture 20: Hosting a Project Kickoff Meeting

    16. Lecture 21: Planning and Executing Your Project

    17. Lecture 22: Section Wrap: Core Project Management Principles

    1. Section 3 - Mechanics of Project Management (slide deck)

    2. Lecture 23: Section Overview: Mechanics of Project Management

    3. Lecture 24: Developing the Project Charter

    4. Lecture 25: Preparing Your Project

    5. Lecture 26: Planning the Project Work

    6. Lecture 27: What Really Needs to Be Done?

    7. Lecture 28: People are Resources: Labor Costs

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    8. Lecture 29: Designing Your Work Breakdown Structure

    9. Lecture 30: How to Estimate Time

    10. Assignment: Estimating Activity Durations

    11. Lecture 31: Experimenting with Scheduling Techniques

    12. Lecture 32: Calculating Your Management Reserve

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    13. Lecture 33: Using a Project Management Information System

    14. Lecture 34: Scheduling Approaches

    15. Lecture 35: Scheduling Advice for Project Management

    16. Lecture 36: Budgeting Tips and Tricks

    17. Lecture 37: Diving into Quality Management

    18. Lecture 38: Controlling Quality in Your Project

    19. Lecture 39: Section Wrap: Final Thoughts on Project Management Mechanics

    1. Section 4 - Leading and Managing the Project Team (slide deck)

    2. Lecture 40: Section Overview: Leading and Managing the Project Team

    3. Lecture 41: Choosing Your Project Team

    4. Lecture 42: Determining Activity Resource Needs

    5. Lecture 43: Building Your Winning Team

    6. Lecture 44: Defining the Team Roles and Responsibilities

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    7. Lecture 45: Leading Team Development

    8. Lecture 46: Managing Project Team Meetings

    9. Lecture 47: Reward Your Project Team

    10. Lecture 48: Section Wrap: Leading and Managing the Project Team

    1. Section 5 - Advanced Project Management (slide deck)

    2. Lecture 49: Section Overview: Advanced Project Management

    3. Lecture 50: Managing Project Risks

    4. Lecture 51: Performing Risk Analysis

    5. Lecture 52: Preparing the Final Project Plan

    6. Lecture 53: Getting Stuff Done: Project Execution

    7. Lecture 54: Controlling Changes in Your Project

    8. Lecture 55: Planning Project Communications

    9. Lecture 56: Communicating with Project Stakeholders

    10. Lecture 57: Communicating Bad News

    11. Lecture 58: Managing Project Communications

    12. Lecture 59: Communicating with Executives and Project Sponsors

    13. Lecture 60: Managing Project Meetings

    14. Lecture 61: Creating Status Reports

    15. Lecture 62: Exploring Scrum

    16. Lecture 63: Closing out Your Projects

    17. Section 5 Wrap: Advanced Project Management

    1. Lecture 64: Section Overview: Project Management Forms and Templates

    2. Lecture 65: Statement of Work

    3. Lecture 66: Project Charter

    4. Lecture 67: Key Performance Indicators

    5. Lecture 68: Project Management Plan

    6. Lecture 69: Scope Management Plan

    7. Lecture 70: Project Scope Statement

    8. Lecture 71: Milestone List

    9. Lecture 72: Work Breakdown Structure

    10. Lecture 73: Requirements Management Plan

    11. Lecture 74: Configuration Management Plan

    12. Lecture 75: Change Management Plan

    13. Lecture 76: Change Request

    14. Lecture 77: Change Log

    15. Lecture 78: Assumption Log

    16. Lecture 79: Communications Management Plan

    17. Lecture 80: Stakeholder Management Strategy

    18. Lecture 81: Human Resource Plan

    19. Lecture 82: Activity List

    20. Lecture 83: Issues Identification and Tracking

    21. Lecture 84: Performance Report

    22. Lecture 85: Project Status Report

    23. Lecture 86: Quality Management Plan

    24. Lecture 87: Quality Checklist

    25. Lecture 88: Risk Management Plan

    26. Lecture 89: Project Acceptance

    27. Lecture 90: Operational Transfer Plan

    28. Lecture 91: Course Wrap

    29. Course checklist

    30. Project Management Templates - all files

About this course

  • $29.00
  • 104 lessons
  • 6 hours of video content