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Project Management Foundation course

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Frontier Education

Summary

Price
£12 inc VAT
Study method
Online, On Demand What's this?
Duration
1.6 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed courses certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

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Overview

Save £470 ❖ 60 Video Lessons ❖ Free Time Management Course ❖ Free Communication Skills Course ❖ Free Focus Course ❖ 4 Courses Bundle ❖ Everything to Get Started with Project Management

What will you learn from this course:

  • To manage projects.
  • Managing a project team with assurance.
  • How to launch a successful career in project management.
  • How to Start a Project Management Career.
  • Recognize the meaning of the terms budget, schedule, business case, risk assessment, and others.
  • How to use the various project management software programs and tools to their best advantage.
  • Having a basic understanding of project management concepts and project phases is a need.
  • To be a successful project manager, you will acquire the necessary skills.
  • You will be given all of the tools necessary to become certified in project management.
  • Dealing with change in project management.

Through this Project management foundation course, you will gain world-class knowledge and understanding with a focus on project management, based on solving real-life issues.

Frontier Education provides working professionals, or those with no previous experience, with trailblazing, practice-based teaching, aimed to inspire and prepare you for a career in project management.

This course is designed to help you develop knowledge, skills, and behaviors in project management, applying theoretical concepts and project management models to real-life case studies.

Certificates

Reed courses certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Will be downloadable when all lectures have been completed

Curriculum

1
section
60
lectures
1h 37m
total
    • 1: 00_Introduction 02:57
    • 2: 01_Basic_01_Why Good PM (1080p) 01:21
    • 3: 02_Basic_02_What is a Project (1080p) 01:42
    • 4: 03_Basic_03_Three Characteristics (1080p) 01:10
    • 5: 04_Basic_04_Project Programs Portfolio 02:04
    • 6: 05_Basic_05_The Type of Organisation you work for 03:26
    • 7: 06_Basic_06_PMO (1080p) 01:35
    • 8: 08_Basic_08_The Four Phases 01:41
    • 9: 09_Basic_09_Different Methodologies 01:47
    • 10: 10_The People_The Project Sponsor 01:52
    • 11: 11_The People_Project Manager 01:39
    • 12: 12_The People_The Project Team Leader 01:49
    • 13: 13_The People_The Project Team Members 01:30
    • 14: 14_The People_The Steering Committee 00:55
    • 15: 15_The People_Stakeholders 01:22
    • 16: 16_The People_Recruit a new team 01:34
    • 17: 17_The People_Existing Team 01:17
    • 18: 18_The People_Build an effective team 01:41
    • 19: 19_Initiation_Uncover the Root 01:46
    • 20: 20_Initiation_Define Project Objectives 01:53
    • 21: 21_Initiation_Potential Solutions 02:05
    • 22: 22_Initiation_Competing Demands 01:45
    • 23: 23_Initiation_The Project Charter 01:46
    • 24: 24_Planning_In a Rush 01:31
    • 25: 25_Planning_Get the Priorities right 01:51
    • 26: 26_Planning_Use the WBS 01:56
    • 27: 27_Planning_Tips ot get the WBS right 01:38
    • 28: 28_Planning_Scope Creep 01:30
    • 29: 29_Planning_Goldplating 01:36
    • 30: 30_Planning_Estimate Time 01:53
    • 31: 31_Planning_Create a draft schedule 01:09
    • 32: 32_Planning_GANTT Charts 01:39
    • 33: 33_Planning_PERT Charts 01:17
    • 34: 34_Planning_The Critical Path 01:02
    • 35: 36_Planning_Select the right scheduling tool 01:24
    • 36: 37_Planning_Tips for Scheduling 01:14
    • 37: 38_Planning_Optimize the Schedule 01:55
    • 38: 39_Planning_Fast Tracking 02:46
    • 39: 40_Planning_Identify Cost Categories 02:09
    • 40: 41_Planning_Determine whether to proceed 00:43
    • 41: 42_Planning_Build in Contingency Funds 01:04
    • 42: 43_Keeping on Track_Kick-off Meeting 01:26
    • 43: 44_Keeping on Track_Meetings 01:52
    • 44: 45_Keeping on Track_Meeting Tips 01:53
    • 45: 46_Keeping on Track_Stakeholder Communciations 01:56
    • 46: 47_Keeping on Track_Monitor the Budget 01:54
    • 47: 48_Keeping on Track_Investigate Variances 02:15
    • 48: 49_Keeping on Track_Conduct Quality Checks 01:32
    • 49: 50_Keep on Track_Track Milestones 00:52
    • 50: 51_Keep on Track_Monitoring and Control System 01:30
    • 51: 52_Keep on Track_Manage Risks 00:48
    • 52: 53_Keeping on Track_Conduct a Risk Audit 02:02
    • 53: 54_Keeping on Track_Take Actions 00:54
    • 54: 55_Keeping on Track_Contingency Plans 01:28
    • 55: 56_Closing_Closing the project 01:28
    • 56: 57_Closing_Performance Evaluation 01:19
    • 57: 58_Closing_Documentation 01:20
    • 58: 59_Closing_Lessons Learned 01:30
    • 59: 60_Closing_Celebrating (1080p) 00:38
    • 60: 61_Completion of Course (web) 01:11

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Description

Project management is an interesting subject. As they transition from one project to the next, a project manager constantly interacts with new organizations, procedures, and systems, as well as fresh personnel and circumstances. It takes considerably longer for you to improve your skills in a traditional job than it does in a dynamic work environment like this one.

Your projects will be more successful than ever if you learn how to turn chaos into a project and have solid project management knowledge and abilities, regardless of whether they are associated with the operation of a large organization, your career advancement, the start-up of a new business, or even your life projects. Project managers will be much more in demand in the years to come, which shouldn't come as a surprise. Anybody can benefit from our program's thoughtful design, which aims to help them gain the necessary confidence, knowledge, and abilities to begin managing projects independently.

Requirements

No previous experience or knowledge required

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