The Essentials Of Project Management

The Essentials Of Project Management
Published 9/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz

A solid foundation that will strengthen, solidify, and elevate your project management knowledge

What you’ll learn

Determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practice and recommend a project methodology/approach (i.e., predictive, agile, hybrid)

Identify key deliverables based on the business requirements in order to manage customer expectations and direct the achievement of project goals.

Conduct benefit analysis with relevant stakeholders to validate project alignment with organizational strategy and expected business value.
Perform stakeholder analysis using appropriate tools and techniques in order to align expectations and gain support for the project.

Integrate project planning activities by consolidating the project/phase plans, and assessing consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued b

Determine and prioritize requirements, break down the scope (e.g., WBS, backlog), and monitor and validate the scope regularly.

Estimate project tasks (milestones, dependencies, story points), prepare schedule based on methodology.

Estimate budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned from past projects.

Determine quality standard required for project deliverables, recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps, and continually survey project deliverabl

Deduce project resource requirements, assess and refresh team skills to meet project needs, and maintain team and knowledge transfer. Set a clear vision and mis

Appraise team member performance against key performance indicators, support and recognize team member growth and development, and determine appropriate feedbac

Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders, determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all stakeholders, communicate pro

Plan for risk management by developing a risk management plan, identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing project risk. Determine risk response strategies, iterat

Define resource requirements and needs, manage suppliers/contracts, plan and manage procurement strategy, and develop a delivery solution.
Confirm approach for knowledge transfers, collate lessons learned that were documented throughout the project in order to update the organization’s knowledge ba

Measure ongoing project schedule progress, modify schedule as needed, and coordinate with other projects and other operations. Monitor ongoing budget performanc

Anticipate future cost performance and budget challenges. Identify a process for modifying the cost baseline.

Transfer the ownership of deliverables to the assigned stakeholders in accordance with the project plan in order to facilitate project closure.

Requirements

No prerequisites are necessary for this course.

Description

Overview

Section 1: Essentials of Project Management – How to Watch This Course

Lecture 1 Essentials of Project Management – How to Watch This Course

Section 2: Essentials of Project Management – Course Introduction

Lecture 2 Essentials of Project Management – Course Introduction

Section 3: Determine Appropriate Project Methodology, Approach

Lecture 3 Determine Appropriate Project Methodology, Approach

Section 4: Evaluate Internal and External Business Environment

Lecture 4 Evaluate Internal and External Business Environment

Section 5: Present the Business Case

Lecture 5 Present the Business Case

Section 6: Determine Project Benefits and Value

Lecture 6 Determine Project Benefits and Value

Section 7: Identify and Analyze Stakeholders

Lecture 7 Identify and Analyze Stakeholders

Section 8: Integrate Project Planning Activities

Lecture 8 Integrate Project Planning Activities

Section 9: Plan and Manage Scope

Lecture 9 Plan and Manage Scope

Section 10: Knowledge Check

Section 11: Plan and Manage Schedule

Lecture 10 Plan and Manage Schedule

Lecture 11 Plan and Manage Schedule, Continued

Section 12: Knowledge Check

Section 13: Plan and Manage Budget

Lecture 12 Plan and Manage Budget

Section 14: Plan and Manage Quality

Lecture 13 Plan and Manage Quality

Lecture 14 Plan and Manage Quality, Continued

Section 15: Knowledge Check

Section 16: Build and Lead the Project Team

Lecture 15 Build and Lead the Project Team

Section 17: Support Team Performance

Lecture 16 Support Team Performance

Section 18: Knowledge Check

Section 19: Manage Communications

Lecture 17 Manage Communications

Section 20: Knowledge Check

Section 21: Assess and Manage Risks

Lecture 18 Assess and Manage Risks

Section 22: Plan and Manage Procurements

Lecture 19 Plan and Manage Procurements

Section 23: Knowledge Check

Section 26: Control Project Schedule and Costs

Lecture 22 Control Project Schedule and Costs

Section 27: Forecasting Cost Performance

Lecture 23 Forecasting Cost Performance

Section 28: Plan and Manage Project, Phase Closure

Lecture 24 Plan and Manage Project, Phase Closure

Section 29: Knowledge Check