Project Management Foundations

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: 0 – Introduction

Lecture 1: 0.1 – Introduction

Chapter 2: 1 – Project Management Framework

Lecture 1: 1.1 – What is a Project?

Lecture 2: 1.2 – What is Project Management?

Lecture 3: 1.3 – Project, Program, Portfolio

Lecture 4: 1.4 – PMO

Lecture 5: 1.5 – Organizational Structure

Lecture 6: 1.6 – What is NOT Project Management

Chapter 3: 2 – The Role of the Project Manager

Lecture 1: 2.1 – Who are the Project Managers

Lecture 2: 2.2 – Skills you need as project manager

Lecture 3: 2.3 – Leadership vs Management

Chapter 4: 3 – Starting the project

Lecture 1: 3.1 – Initiate the project

Lecture 2: 3.2 – Identify stakeholders

Lecture 3: 3.3 – Setting the project goal

Lecture 4: 3.4 – Collecting requirements

Lecture 5: 3.5 – Collecting requirements as an iterative process

Lecture 6: 3.6 – Assumptions and constraints

Lecture 7: 3.7 – Identify early project risks

Lecture 8: 3.8 – Create the project charter

Chapter 5: 4 – Drafting your Project Management Plan

Lecture 1: 4.1 – Choosing the project management approach

Lecture 2: 4.2 – Creating the project scope statement

Lecture 3: 4.3 – Breaking down your project into smaller pieces

Lecture 4: 4.4 – Creating WBS through decomposition

Chapter 6: 5 – Project schedule & Cost

Lecture 1: 5.1 – Creating a WBS Dictionary

Lecture 2: 5.2 – Creating an activity list

Lecture 3: 5.3 – Estimating activity duration

Lecture 4: 5.4 – Creating a network diagram

Lecture 5: 5.5 – Understanding the critical path

Lecture 6: 5.6 – Developing the project schedule

Lecture 7: 5.7 – What is cost estimate?

Lecture 8: 5.8 – Techniques in estimating activity durations and cost estimates

Lecture 9: 5.9 – Documenting the project baselines

Chapter 7: 6 – Risk, Communication, Quality, & Resources

Lecture 1: 6.1 – Creating a project risk register

Lecture 2: 6.2 – Creating a risk management plan

Lecture 3: 6.3 – Creating a communications management plan

Lecture 4: 6.4 – Creating a quality management plan

Lecture 5: 6.5 – Creating a resource management plan

Lecture 6: 6.6 – Creating a procurement management plan

Chapter 8: 7 – Gearing up for Project Kick-off

Lecture 1: 7.1 – Setting up a change management plan

Lecture 2: 7.2 – Finalizing the project management plan

Lecture 3: 7.3 – Gain approval of your project management plan

Lecture 4: 7.4 – Hold your first kickoff meeting

Chapter 9: 8 – Managing your project team

Lecture 1: 8.1 – Understanding Different Leadership styles

Lecture 2: 8.2 – Understanding the stages of team development

Lecture 3: 8.3 – What to do with conflict?

Lecture 4: 8.4 – Assessing individual and team performance

Lecture 5: 8.5 – Providing recognition and rewards

Lecture 6: 8.6 – Conducting team building activities

Chapter 10: 9 – Monitoring and controlling the project

Lecture 1: 9.1 – Managing change requests

Lecture 2: 9.2 – Understanding the different types of change requests

Lecture 3: 9.3 – Avoiding gold plating and scope creep

Lecture 4: 9.4 – Using the issue log, change log, and lessons learned register

Lecture 5: 9.5 – Understanding earned value analysis

Lecture 6: 9.6 – How to get project back on track?

Lecture 7: 9.7 – Effective meeting management

Chapter 11: 10 – Closing the project

Lecture 1: 10.1 – Obtaining customer acceptance

Lecture 2: 10.2 – Handing over completed product to operations

Lecture 3: 10.3 – Close the project

Chapter 12: 11 – Agile Project Management

Lecture 1: 11.1 – Introduction to Agile

Lecture 2: 11.2 – Traditional vs Agile Project Management

Lecture 3: 11.3 – Introducing the Agile Manifesto

Lecture 4: 11.4 – Different Agile Frameworks

Lecture 5: 11.5 – Different Agile Frameworks Part 2