Project Management Essentials
Projects range from launching a new service to moving offices, and they all benefit from a clear structure. This short course introduces the project life cycle, scope, objectives and stakeholders, then covers planning, timelines, resources and managing risks and issues. It finishes with agile and traditional approaches, reporting, and closing a project with lessons learned.
- Modules
- 3
- Duration
- About 20 minutes
- Pass mark
- 80%
- Assessment
- 8 questions from a bank of 12
Learning outcomes
- ✓Explain what a project is and describe the five stages of the project life cycle.
- ✓Define clear scope and objectives and identify a project's stakeholders.
- ✓Plan tasks, timelines and resources using tools such as a Gantt chart.
- ✓Use a RAID log to track risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies.
- ✓Compare agile and traditional approaches and close a project with lessons learned.
Course contents
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Module 1: Projects, scope and stakeholders
Video (4 scenes) · 1 lessons · 2 practice questions
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Module 2: Planning, resources and risks
Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions
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Module 3: Approaches, reporting and closing
Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions
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Final assessment & certificate