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Project Management Bundle
Bundle Description
Many types of businesses today depend on projects to achieve short and long-term goals. Project management helps to ensure projects are completed on time within budget and completed with high quality. This bundle of courses will help learners explain the importance of project management, define key terms, list the primary components of a project, and list the five main phases of a project. By enrolling in these courses the learners will be able to list the steps of initiating a project, describe the steps involved in project planning, summarize the steps of the execution phase, describe the role of monitoring and controlling the project, and finally learn the process of closing the project. There are seven courses included in this bundle that will teach you about managing a project.
Bundle Objectives
- Define the terms of projects.
- Describe the key duties of a project manager.
- List the primary components of a project including the five main phases of a project.
- Understand different roles that may be involved in a project.
- Understand the importance of interviewing the project's key stakeholders.
- Understand the importance of documenting important milestones with the project.
- List the steps in the initiating, project planning, project execution, monitoring controlling, and closing phases.
- Create a work breakdown structure and project schedule.
- Explain the purpose of a network diagram, Gantt chart, and RACI matrix.
- Understand how to monitor and control a project concurrently with project execution.
- Understand the importance of communication with the project team, customer, and other stakeholders.
- Explain the importance of discussing lessons learned.
Bundle Duration
7 hours
Audience
New industry professionals, technologists, college students, and high school students
Requisite Knowledge:
None
What is Project Management?
Course Description
Most people are involved in projects at work, either as a project team member or a project leader. Learning about project management will give you the skills you need to be more successful when working on projects.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Define the terms project, project management, and project manager.
• Describe the key duties of a project manager.
• Explain the importance of project management training.
• List some common reasons why projects fail.
Course Duration
42 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None
Components of a Project
Course Description
Before digging into the details of how to build and execute a project plan, it's a good idea to understand the fundamental components of a project.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Differentiate between a project, a process, and a program.
• List the three primary components of a project.
• Define scope, schedule and resources.
• List the five main phases of a project.
• List different roles that might be involved in a project.
Course Duration
60 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None
Initiating the Project
Course Description
The project initiation phase is a time for gathering information, so you clearly understand the project and the expected result.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Explain the purpose and importance of initiating the project.
• List the steps for initiating the project.
• Describe why it is important to interview the project's key stakeholders.
• Describe the information that is typically included in a project overview document.
Course Duration
60 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None
Planning the Project
Course Description
Creating a detailed project plan helps you to think about the steps you must take to execute the project. It also helps you anticipate and plan for unexpected occurrences that might prevent you from reaching your goals.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• List the steps in the project planning process.
• Create a work breakdown structure.
• Describe how to creat a project schedule.
• Explain the purpose of a network diagram and a Gantt chart.
• Describe the purpsoe of the budget.
• Dsecribe the purpose of other sections of the project plan, including the human resources, communicaiton and quality plans.
• Describe project planning tools
Course Duration
78 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None
Project Management Executing the Project
Course Description
During the execution phase, the project team works together to create the project deliverables. You use the work breakdown structure, project schedule, communication plan, and other plans you created during the planning phase as inputs to the execution phase.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• List the steps in the project execution phase.
• Describe the purpose of a project kickoff meeting.
• Describe how to create a project schedule.
• Explain the purpose of a RACI matrix.
• Explain the importance of procurement.
• Understand that monitoring and controlling the project happens concurrently with project execution.
Course Duration
48 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None
Monitoring and Controlling the Projects
Course Description
The project manager is responsible for guiding the project through the different project management phases, keeping the project on track, and achieving the project goals.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• List the steps in the monitoring and controlling phase of the project.
• Discuss the importance of status meetings.
• List the steps you can take to clear roadblocks that may be delaying a project.
• List steps to manage scope creep.
• Understand the importance of communication with the project team, customer, and other stakeholders.
Course Duration
54 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None
Closing the Project
Course Description
At the end of a project, you take steps to finalize the project and shut it down. How you close a project can impact the customer's impression of the end results and how you can work on future projects.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• List the steps you take when closing down a project.
• Describedelviering the product or service to the customer.
• Describe steps for shutting down the procurement process.
• Explain why it is important to document the project.
• Explain the importance of discussing lessons learned.
• Understand why it's important to celebrate the project's success and recognize the participants.
Course Duration
48 minutes
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians, or any individual working directly with this equipment or product
Requisite Knowledge
None