Project Management - Complete Guide For A+ Project Managers

Complete guide to project management - stakeholders, planning, cost, quality, risks, feasibility, methods & resourcing

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This course provides the best Project Management topics for college students, freshers, and professionals. Learn how to apply the skills of Project Management in the real world.

What  you will learn:

• Know the different Project Management Terminologies and Guidelines

• Understand the Difference between Project and General Management

• Discuss the Difference between Project and Programmes

• Key elements of Strategic and Project Management Thinking

• Familiarize with the skills needed for Project Managers

• Understand the Iron Triangle & Diamond Approach

• Discuss the PMBOK and the Project Management Life Cycle

• Test Project Feasibility

• Determine the who are the Stakeholders and the Project

• Stakeholder Analysis and Manage Stakeholders

• Know the Outline of a Feasibility Study

• Fundamental Project Management Tools and Project Planning

• Resource planning

• Know the benefits of resource planning and the work breakdown structure

• Use a mind map to create a WBS

• Know the Project tools - the activity on node network diagram

• PERT terminology and creating PERT chart

• Activity, Methods, and other Factors

• Project Cost and Procurement Management

• Discuss the Project Operational Plan

• Familiarize with the Project Quality Management & Risk

• RACI Matrix Rules and Roles

• Project Communication Plan and Project Communications

• Know how to manage a team

• Assembling the Project Team and Example of Skills Inventory Matrix

• Understand what is Conflict Management

• Know how to Delegate Project Responsibilities

• Project Monitoring and Risk Management

• Determine Project Success & Failure

• ...and more!

Contents and Overview

You'll start with Project Management Terminologies and Guidelines; Difference between Project and General Management; Difference between Project and Management Functions; Difference between Project and Programmes; Key elements of Strategic and Project Management Thinking; Skills needed for Project Managers; Additional Skills needed for Project Managers; Iron Triangle & Diamond Approach; The PMBOK; Project initiation and Scope; Time, Cost, Quality, and Human Resource; Communication, Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholders; PMBOK Knowledge Areas; The Project Management Life Cycle.

We will also cover Stakeholders and the Project; Project Stakeholders and Stakeholder Involvement; Stakeholder Analysis and Other Factors; Managing Stakeholders; Decision tree 1-4 discussion; The Project Charter; The Charter should address; The Feasibility Study; Undertaking a Feasibility Study part 1; Undertaking a Feasibility Study part 2; Outline of Feasibility Study; Fundamental Project Management Tools and Project Planning; Project Goals and Objectives, Project Scope, and its Statement examples; Plan the Project and its examples; Learn about the Resource Plan; Learn how to put a resource plan together; Know the benefits of resource planning and the work breakdown structure; Learn how to use a mind map to help create a WBS; Learn the steps to develop a WBS and example of it; Project tools -  the activity on node network diagram; Learn CPM tools; Learn about the 3 Point Estimate; Learn what is Activity Network Diagram; Learn what is project evaluation review technique and creating PERT chart; Learn PERT terminology and creating PERT chart; Advantage and Disadvantage of PERT; Learn Activity, Methods, and other Factors; Learn what is Gantt Chart; Learn what is Project Cost Management; Project Procurement Management; Learn Procurement Management Processes; Discussing Contract Types and Standard Contract.

This course will also tackle What is Project Scheduling; Project Operational Plan; Project Crashing; Preparing for Quality Factors on Project Quality Management; Components involved in Project Quality Management; Learn how to implement the quality policy and create quality assurance; Learn how to implement Quality Control; Project Risk Management and Preparing for Quality; Risk Appetite and Tolerance and Risk Strategies; Learn Risk Analysis and the Cost of Risk; Learn Risk Probability; Learn Risk Impact and Effective Risk Management; Potential Benefits of Risk Management; What is RACI and an example of RACI Matrix; Learn the RACI Matrix Rules and Roles; Learn the RACI Matrix Rules and Roles; Learn the RACI Best Practices; Learn Project Communication Plan and Project Communications; Project Communications; Performance Reporting; Performance Reporting and its factors.

Next, we will discuss What is Project Team Development?; Project Types; Assembling the Project Team and Example of Skills Inventory Matrix; Performance Reporting and 5 stages of Team Development; Leading Project Team Meetings; What is Conflict Management; Delegating Project Responsibilities; Team Dynamics and Roles; Poor Group Dynamics and Strategies for Improving Group Dynamics; Delegating Project Responsibilities and its factors; Sources of Conflict; Factors on Sources of Conflict; Continuation of Sources of Conflicts; Types of Conflicts; Conflict Resolution; Project Quality Management; Project Execution Components; Continuation of Project Execution and its factors; Deliverables and Questions on Project Execution; Project Execution Elements and their Description; Monitoring and Controlling the Project.

Then, Project Closure; Define Project Success or Failure; Project Success; Characteristics of Successful Projects; Factors of Project Failure.

Who are the Instructors?

Linda Coetzee is your lead instructor – a professional making a living from teaching project management. As a project management expert, she has joined with content creator Peter Alkema to bring you this amazing new course.

You'll get premium support and feedback to help you become more confident as an A+ Project Manager! We can't wait to see you on the course!

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