Project Management: Getting Started and Beyond

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Project Management Foundations

Lecture 1: Course overview: Real World Project Management

Lecture 2: Course Checklist: Go to the Information Your Need the Most

Lecture 3: Absolute Fundamentals of Project Management

Lecture 4: Defining Projects and Project Management

Lecture 5: Exploring the Project Management Life Cycle

Lecture 6: Compare and Contrast: Predictive and Agile Project Management Methodologies

Lecture 7: Key Project Stakeholders

Lecture 8: Section wrap: Wrapping up Project Management Foundations

Chapter 2: Core Project Management Principles

Lecture 1: Section Overview: Core Project Management

Lecture 2: Your Role as a Project Manager

Lecture 3: Key Skills for Project Management

Lecture 4: Your Project Life Cycle

Lecture 5: Why do projects fail?

Lecture 6: Why Organizations Launch Projects

Lecture 7: Completing a Project

Lecture 8: Selling a Project to Management and Customers

Lecture 9: Creating a Project Vision

Lecture 10: Establishing Goals for Your Project

Lecture 11: Using a Target Chart

Lecture 12: Hosting a Project Kickoff Meeting

Lecture 13: Planning and Executing Your Project

Lecture 14: Section Wrap: Core Project Management Principles

Chapter 3: Mechanics of Project Management

Lecture 1: Section Overview: Mechanics of Project Management

Lecture 2: Developing the Project Charter

Lecture 3: Preparing Your Project

Lecture 4: Planning the Project Work

Lecture 5: What really needs to be done?

Lecture 6: People are Resources: Labor Costs

Lecture 7: Designing Your Work Breakdown Structure

Lecture 8: How to Estimate Duration

Lecture 9: Experimenting with Scheduling Techniques

Lecture 10: Calculating Your Management Reserve

Lecture 11: Using a Project Management Information System

Lecture 12: Scheduling Approaches

Lecture 13: Scheduling Advice for Project Management

Lecture 14: Budgeting Tips and Tricks

Lecture 15: Diving into Quality Management

Lecture 16: Controlling Quality in Your Project

Lecture 17: Section Wrap: Final Thoughts of Project Management Mechanics

Chapter 4: Leading and Managing the Project Team

Lecture 1: Section Overview: Leading and Managing the Project Team

Lecture 2: Choosing Your Project Team

Lecture 3: Determining Activity Resource Needs

Lecture 4: Building Your Winning Team

Lecture 5: Defining the Team Roles and Responsibilities

Lecture 6: Leading Team Development

Lecture 7: Managing Project Team Meetings

Lecture 8: Reward Your Project Team

Lecture 9: Section Wrap: Wrapping Up Leading and Managing the Project Team

Chapter 5: Advanced Project Management

Lecture 1: Section Overview: Advanced Project Management

Lecture 2: Managing Project Risks

Lecture 3: Performing Risk Analysis

Lecture 4: Preparing the Final Project Plan

Lecture 5: Getting Stuff Done: Project Execution

Lecture 6: Controlling Changes in Your Project

Lecture 7: Planning Project Communications

Lecture 8: Communicating with Project Stakeholders

Lecture 9: Communicating Bad News

Lecture 10: Managing Project Communications

Lecture 11: Communicating with Executives and Project Sponsors

Lecture 12: Managing Project Meetings

Lecture 13: Creating Status Reports

Lecture 14: Exploring Scrum

Lecture 15: Closing out Your Projects

Lecture 16: Section Wrap: Wrapping Up Advanced Project Management Topics

Chapter 6: Project Management Forms and Templates

Lecture 1: Section Overview: Project Management Forms and Templates

Lecture 2: Statement of Work

Lecture 3: Project Charter

Lecture 4: Key Performance Indicators

Lecture 5: Project Management Plan

Lecture 6: Scope Management Plan

Lecture 7: Project Scope Statement

Lecture 8: Milestone List

Lecture 9: Work Breakdown Structure

Lecture 10: Requirements Management Plan

Lecture 11: Configuration Management Plan

Lecture 12: Change Management Plan

Lecture 13: Change Request

Lecture 14: Change log

Lecture 15: Assumption Log

Lecture 16: Communications Management Plan

Lecture 17: Stakeholder Management Strategy

Lecture 18: Human Resource Plan

Lecture 19: Activity List

Lecture 20: Issues Identification and Tracking

Lecture 21: Performance Report