Getting Started with Project Management
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Course Overview
  This course is a primer on the basics of Project Management. Students will learn how to use Project Management techniques to plan, organize, control, document and close out their projects successfully and with minimum risk.

Because the focus of the class is Project Management theory, no software application is used in class.

PDU credits: 7

Objectives
  

This Course Includes:
  Six months of access to Online Learning Resources for the topics covered in your class. Online Learning Resources is a convenient, on-demand way of helping you retain what was taught in your class.

Audience
  Students attending this course will either be planning to lead a project or serve as a project team member who wants to know more about the theory of Project Management.

Prerequisites
  None
Course Number
  EKEUPROJMGFUN
Course Length
  1 Days

Course Price
  $325.00
Category
  5
Topics
  Lesson 1: The Project Life Cycle
  • What is a Project?
  • The Project Management Life Cycle
  • The Role of the Project Manage
Lesson 2: Setting Up for Success
  • The Meaning of Success
  • What Happens in the Initiation Phase?
  • Project Definition and Scope
  • Putting Together a Statement of Work
  • The Project Charter
Lesson 3: The Project Team
  • The Teamwork Challenge
  • Selecting Team Members
  • The Team Charter
Lesson 4: Risk Management
  • Project Risk
Lesson 5: Project Plans
  • The Work Breakdown Structure
  • Work Package Sequencing
Lesson 6: The Project Schedule
  • The Scheduling Process
  • Time Estimates
Lesson 7: The Project Budget
  • What is a Budget?
  • Creating a Preliminary Budget
  • Budget and Schedule Balancing
Lesson 8: Project Tracking and Control
  • Moving the Project Forward
  • Monitoring for Project Progress
  • Earned Value Analysis
  • Getting Back on Track
Lesson 9: Project Reports
  • Communications Overview
  • Project Performance Reports
  • Project Change Requests
Lesson 10: Project Close-Out
  • Elements of Close-out
  • Evaluation of People and Projects