Project Management Foundations
- Course overview: Real World Project Management
- Introduce Yourself and Your Projects
- Course Checklist: Go to the Information Your Need the Most
- Absolute Fundamentals of Project Management
- Defining Projects and Project Management
- Exploring the Project Management Life Cycle
- Compare and Contrast: Predictive and Agile Project Management Methodologies
- Key Project Stakeholders
- Project Management Foundations Quiz
- Section wrap: Wrapping up Project Management Foundations
Core Project Management Principles
- Section Overview: Core Project Management
- Your Role as a Project Manager
- Key Skills for Project Management
- How can projects really help?
- Your Project Life Cycle
- Why do projects fail?
- Why Organizations Launch Projects
- Completing a Project
- Selling a Project to Management and Customers
- Creating a Project Vision
- Establishing Goals for Your Project
- Crafting Project Goals
- Using a Target Chart
- Hosting a Project Kickoff Meeting
- Planning and Executing Your Project
- Core Project Management Principles Quiz
- Section Wrap: Core Project Management Principles
Mechanics of Project Management
- Section Overview: Mechanics of Project Management
- Developing the Project Charter
- Preparing Your Project
- Planning the Project Work
- What really needs to be done?
- People are Resources: Labor Costs
- Designing Your Work Breakdown Structure
- How to Estimate Duration
- Estimating Activity Durations
- Experimenting with Scheduling Techniques
- Calculating Your Management Reserve
- Using a Project Management Information System
- Scheduling Approaches
- Scheduling Advice for Project Management
- Budgeting Tips and Tricks
- Diving into Quality Management
- Controlling Quality in Your Project
- Mechanics of Project Management Quiz
- Section Wrap: Final Thoughts of Project Management Mechanics
Leading and Managing the Project Team
- Section Overview: Leading and Managing the Project Team
- Choosing Your Project Team
- Determining Activity Resource Needs
- Building Your Winning Team
- Defining the Team Roles and Responsibilities
- Leading Team Development
- Managing Project Team Meetings
- Reward Your Project Team
- Leading and Managing the Project Team Quiz
- Section Wrap: Wrapping Up Leading and Managing the Project Team
Advanced Project Management
- Section Overview: Advanced Project Management
- Managing Project Risks
- Performing Risk Analysis
- Preparing the Final Project Plan
- Getting Stuff Done: Project Execution
- Controlling Changes in Your Project
- Planning Project Communications
- Communicating with Project Stakeholders
- Communicating Bad News
- Managing Project Communications
- Communicating with Executives and Project Sponsors
- Managing Project Meetings
- Creating Status Reports
- Exploring Scrum
- Closing out Your Projects
- Advanced Project Management Quiz
- Section Wrap: Wrapping Up Advanced Project Management Topics
Project Management Forms and Templates
- Section Overview: Project Management Forms and Templates
- Statement of Work
- Project Charter
- Key Performance Indicators
- Project Management Plan
- Scope Management Plan
- Project Scope Statement
- Milestone List
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Requirements Management Plan
- Configuration Management Plan
- Change Management Plan
- Change Request
- Change log
- Assumption Log
- Communications Management Plan
- Stakeholder Management Strategy
- Human Resource Plan
- Activity List
- Issues Identification and Tracking
- Performance Report
