Project Management

Introduction 

Project management is a start-to-finish approach to getting things done and making projects more successful. It's a profession, but it's also a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and manage project work more effectively. Project management can be used to guide small, simple projects as well as complex enterprise-wide initiatives.

In this course you'll be fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. We will explain the fundamentals of project management, from defining the problem, establishing project goals and objectives, and building a project plan to managing team resources, meeting deadlines, and closing the project. Along the way, we will provide tips for reporting on project performance, keeping a project on track, and gaining customer acceptance.
Topics include:

1. Defining the components of a project 

Defining a project 

Defining project management

2. What it takes to be a project manager

3. Using project management software like Microsoft Project

4. Managing project scope, budget, and schedule (coming soon...)

5. Managing project resources, including people (coming soon...)

6. Managing project risk (coming soon...)

7. Initiating a project (coming soon...)

8. Identifying and managing stakeholders (coming soon...)

   
   

9. Identifying requirements and deliverables (coming soon...)

10. Developing a project plan (coming soon...)

11. Building a project schedule (coming soon...)

12. Assigning resources to tasks (coming soon...)

13. Understanding the critical path (coming soon...)

14. Running the project (coming soon...)

15. Managing teams (coming soon...)

16. Monitoring performance (coming soon...)

17. Closing a project (coming soon...)