Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices

A Sequence of Courses: Learn and apply fundamental project management principles, theories, and practices, including the essential concepts to initiate the project planning process and Apply Your Skills in a Capstone Project

Courses

Project management has been proven to be the most effective method of delivering products within cost, schedule, and resource constraints. This series of courses gives you the skills to ensure your projects are completed on time and on budget while giving the user the product they expect. The Specialization concludes with a Capstone project that allows you to apply the skills you've learned throughout the courses.

Initiating and Planning Projects

Course 1

Initiating and Planning Projects

Upcoming Session: May 18th 2015

Duration: 4 weeks

Estimated Workload: 2-3 hours/week

Topics

1. What is a project?
2. What does a project manager do?
3. Get to know your stakeholders
4. Describe the components of a charter
5. Make a plan
6. Scope matters: What is in, what is out?
7. Are you responsible, accountable or both? 

Objectives

• Identify the key characteristics of a project
• Identify primary project constraints
• Define the role and responsibilities of the project manager
• Identify Project Organizational Structures
• Understand the definition of a Project Stakeholder
• Identify project stakeholders
• Identify information needs of the project stakeholders
• Define responsibility for managing stakeholder and controlling stakeholder engagement
• Define the purpose of using a project charter
• Summarize the key elements of a project plan
• Define the components of a project scope statement and a work breakdown structure
• Identify common sources of conflict within a project environment
• Describe the difference between authority and influence

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