Project Management Basics E-Learning

Order this unique E-Learning Project Management course online!
✔️ 1 year 24/7 access to interactive videos, voice commands and progress monitoring through reports.
✔️ Learn the practical skills needed to successfully manage small to medium-sized projects, without the need for an extensive project management background.

Why choose this course?

In today's increasingly project-oriented organizations, project management is becoming increasingly important. Many professionals are asked to lead projects, even without formal project management experience. This learning path offers a valuable and practical approach to project management, aimed at effectively managing small to medium sized projects.

What you will learn:

• Fundamentals of Project Management: Understand the basic principles of project management and how to apply them effectively in your organization.
• Project Planning and Organization: Learn how to set up a project, manage the schedule, allocate resources, and organize the project efficiently.
• Risk management: Develop skills to identify, manage and deal with potential risks in projects.
• Leadership in Project Management: Improve your skills in leading project teams, communicating with stakeholders and motivating team members.
• Cost and time management: Manage the budget and schedule to ensure that the project is completed within the set parameters.

By taking this course you will be able to manage projects efficiently and contribute to the success of your organization, regardless of your position or experience.

Who should participate?

This training is ideal for:

• Department managers who lead projects and build teams outside of their usual responsibilities.
• Technical personnel who are increasingly deployed for project management roles and want to achieve their R&D goals through a project-based approach.
• Professionals without formal project management experience, who want to learn the practical skills to manage successful projects.
• Employees who want to develop and grow into project management roles, both at small and medium-sized levels.
• Team members involved in project management who want to improve their understanding of the project cycle.

Course content

New Project Manager Essentials

Course: 21 Minutes

• New Project Manager Essentials
• What Makes a Project
• Where Projects Come From
• Project Manager Responsibilities
• Learning from the Past
• Project Stakeholders
• Knowledge Check: Mastering the Basics of Project Management

Defining a Project Scope and Team

Course: 23 Minutes

• Defining a Project Scope and Team
• Determining Project Requirements
• Scoping the Boundaries
• Breaking It Down to Get It Done
• Aligning Resources
• Building the Team
• Putting the Team to Work
• Knowledge Check: Starting the Project

Creating a Project Schedule and Budget

Course: 24 Minutes

• Creating a Project Schedule and Budget
• Estimating Time and Cost
• Creating a Project Network Diagram
• Creating the Schedule
• Creating the Budget
• Creating Project Milestones
• Measuring Performance
• Knowledge Check: Creating and Monitoring Project Baselines

Finding Your Bearings as a Project Manager

Course: 29 Minutes

• What Is a Project?
• Understanding Business Reasons for Doing a Project
• Your Responsibilities as Project Manager
• Understanding the Project Environment
• Useful Resources When Starting a Project
• The People Involved in Your Project
• Exercise: Preparing to Start Your Project

Getting the Big Picture by Defining the Project's Scope and Team

Course: 30 Minutes

• Project Requirements: Clarify the End Result
• Project Scope: Set the Boundaries
• Work Breakdown: Specify the Project Tasks
• Project Resources: What You Will Need to Do the Work
• The Project Team: Who Will Do the Work
• Team Dynamics: Stages of Team Development
• Exercise: Defining the Project Work

Mastering the Details of a Project's Schedule and Budget

Course: 29 Minutes

• Estimate Project Costs and Durations
• Identify Dependencies between Project Tasks
• Create the Project Schedule
• Create the Project Budget
• Set Project Milestones
• Measure Project Performance as You Go
• Exercise: Creating and Monitoring Project Baselines

Managing a Project to Minimize Risk and Maximize Quality

Course: 29 Minutes

• Sort Out the Risks to Your Project
• How to Respond Correctly When Problems Arise
• The Basics of Quality Assurance
• Quality Control: Checking Work against Requirements
• Outsourcing: To Buy or Not to Buy?
• Procurement: Handling Vendors and Contracts
• Exercise: Risk, Quality, and Procurement

Navigating through Changes and Conflicts in Projects

Course: 28 Minutes

• How to Work within Your Project's Constraints
• How Uncontrolled Changes Can Derail Your Project
• A Simple Change Control Process
• An Effective Communication Plan for Your Project
• Handling Conflict on Your Project Team
• Keeping Stakeholders Engaged and on Your Side
• Exercise: Change, Communication, and Stakeholders

Taking Final Steps to Bring a Project to its Close

Course: 27 Minutes

• When Your Project is Behind Schedule
• The Basics of Earned Value Management
• How to Tell if Your Project is Over Budget
• Canceling a Project: When It's Time to Pull the Plug
• When the Project Work is Complete
• Closing Down Your Project
• Exercise: Controlling and Closing Your Project

Business Impact

• Managing Projects with No Direct Authority
• Ensuring Management Buy-in on a Project
• Managing Conflict in Project Teams
• Managing Scope on a Project
• Weighing the Costs of Project Change
• Managing Vendor Relationships
• Anticipating and Solving Problems as a Project Champion
• Addressing Stakeholder Conflicts
• Portfolios, Programs, and Projects: What's the Difference?
• Controlling Project Cost

Challenge

• Project Management Essentials
• Supporting Project Managers

Get started with Project Management E-Learning Training!

✔️ Learn at your own pace with interactive videos, exercises and practical examples.
✔️ Test your knowledge with progress reports and tests per chapter, so that you can always improve where necessary.
✔️ Improve your project management skills and become a reliable leader in managing projects.

Order your course now and start developing essential project management skills for your career today!