An all-encompassing 5.5-hour course, delivered through short, fun videos that explain the basic principles of project management and provide the practical tools and techniques necessary for managing any type of project.
€299.00 Original price was: €299.00.€119.00Current price is: €119.00.
Being a Project Manager Online Course
At a glance
Based on the book “Being a Project Manager – A Different Book on Project Management“, this easy-to-follow online course explains the basic principles of project management and provides practical tools and techniques necessary for managing any type of project. The course clearly lays out the path for project managers by walking them through the core elements of the profession – planning, control and communication, and goes on to provide clear and simple project management tools that are easy to implement and make a world of difference when taking on a new project.
So, if a new project has landed on your desk and you’re wondering how you’ll be able to manage it successfully, start the course today. You can be sure it will be time well spent; time in which you’ll learn everything you need, and only what you need, to tackle your next project.
Course guidelines
Course duration
37 lectures, a total of 5.5 hours of on-demand video.
Certificate
When you complete the course, you will receive a certificate of completion.
No pre-requisites
You don’t have to know anything about project management in order to take this course.
Any project
This course is for anyone required to manage any sort of project, of any scope, in any field of expertise, and any discipline.
Any background
This course is for marketing, sales, human resource, training, operations, logistics and manufacturing managers; it is for business owners, trained professional project managers, project team members, even project clients; it is for anyone involved in managing any project.
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Course overview
- What is a Project?
- The Golden Triangle and Triple Constraints
- The Infamous Triangle and the Truth Behind it
- The Primary Paradox of Project Management
- What is a Successful Project?
- Who is a Project Manager?
- Summary
- Initial Planning Overview
- Project Necessity and Feasibility
- Project Goals and Objectives
- Critical Success Factors
- Project Stakeholders, Key Players and Affected Parties
- Working Assumptions and Constraints
- Project Life Cycle, Milestones and Deliverables
- Developing a WBS and Rough Estimates
- Creating a General Work Plan
- Preliminary Risk Identification
- Launching the Project
- Initial Planning Summary
- Detailed Planning Overview
- Breaking Down Work into Tasks
- Task Dependencies and Constraints
- Resources, Roles and Responsibilities
- Duration and Effort Estimation
- Detailed Risk Planning
- Detailed Planning Summary
- Why is Control Sooooo Important
- Ongoing Control Procedures
- Periodic Control Procedures
- Special Control Procedures
- Control Summary
- Why is Communication Sooooo Important?
- Formal Communication
- Informal Communication
- Communication Summary
- Summary and Conclusions
- The Project Compass Document

