Project Management for Administrators (Team Members)
GoSkills
Summary
- Certificate of completion - Free
Overview
- Presented by award-winning Project Management Professional (PMP) instructor Ray Sheen
- Earn up to 12.5 PDUs or project management training hours with PMI
- Certificate of training upon completing the course
- Accredited with CPD UK
- Bite sized video tutorials, cheat sheets, exercise files and quizzes
- Unlimited testing
- Self-paced course can be completed in your own time over 12 months
CPD
Description
- Course Syllabus includes 25 beginner to intermediate level lessons:
- Project Management Context
- Triple Constraint
- Project Management Context
Understand the inter-relationship between the triple constraints on a project of scope, schedule, and resources.
- Project Leader
Know the role and responsibilities of the project leader.
- Stakeholders
Know how to identify stakeholders and understand how they measure project success.
- Project Lifecycle
Understand the phases of a project lifecycle and know how to approach a predictive project versus an adaptive project.
- Project Initiation
- Project Boundaries
Learn how to quickly identify project boundaries using the W questions.
- In-Frame & Out-of-Frame
In-Frame/Out-of-Frame is a technique for clarifying project boundaries by list both the activities and deliverables that are in scope for the project and listing the activities that are not required as part of the project.
- Scope Planning
- Deliverables Deployment
Learn how to identify project tasks and activities using the deliverables deployment technique.
- Task Description
Task Descriptions are the statements of scope for each of the project activities. They are written in the format of “action – completion point.”
- Schedule Planning
- Milestone Schedule
Understand when and how to use a milestone schedule on a project. Learn how to create a milestone schedule.
- Gantt Chart
Understand when and how to use a Gantt chart on a project. Learn how to create a Gantt chart.
- Task List Schedule
A Task List Schedule is a schedule format used to communicate tasks with dates to extended team members or those who do not have a major role in the project.
- Resource Planning
- Project Budget
Understand what is normally shown in a project budget. Learn how to create a time-phased project budget.
- Resource List
The project Resource List is a list of all individuals working on the project with their contact information and all special equipment and facilities required to accomplish project tasks.
- Estimating
- Estimating Uncertainty
Project plans are built with an accumulation of estimates, each of which has a level of uncertainty associated with it. The level of uncertainty is a major contributor to the accuracy of the plan and the amount of project risk.
- Time-Box Estimating
Time Boxes are an estimating technique that sets a finite time for a task or task group. The amount of scope that is completed is variable. Whatever scope is done when the time box ends is the amount of scope for that activity on the project.
- Project Risk
- Positive and Negative Risk
Understand the difference between positive and negative risk. Learn the major steps of project risk management.
- Project Execution
- Team Building
Learn the characteristics of a project core team and understand the stages of a team building lifecycle.
- Communication Management
Understand the characteristics of the major categories of project communication. Know the communication constraints typically encountered on project.
- Project Decision-Making
Project Decision Making is the process whereby the project leader and project team decide upon project strategy, tactics, and acceptable actions. For Project Stakeholders, the decisions normally concern project boundaries. For Project Core Team members, the decisions normally concern project plans and execution.
- Team Meetings
Team Meetings are a gathering of team members to discuss aspects of the project. Team pulse meetings focus on status. Team problem solving meetings focus on problem resolution.
- Task Accountability
Task Accountability is the project management activity associated with ensuring successful completion of project activities.
- Project Control
- Dashboards
Learn how to create and use a project dashboard to communicate project status with both management and your project team.
- Management Reviews
Understand the purpose of a project management review and learn how to prepare for one.
- Scope Creep
Scope creep is the uncontrolled expansion to project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and resources.
- Project Closeout
- Stakeholder Acceptance
Understand how to gain stakeholder acceptance during project closeout and learn how to create and use a Punch List.
Who is this course for?
This online course is designed to teach project or office administrators how to better manage their projects for work and business. It is also suited for junior project managers, business owners or those looking to enter a new project management role. It includes 25 lessons delivered in bite sized, engaging video tutorials by a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) instructor, Ray Sheen.
Requirements
None
Career path
Business & Management, IT, Admin, Secretarial & PA, Project Management
Questions and answers
Do you get a certificate with this? if so, is it included in the price?
Answer:Yes, we provide a Certificate of Achievement at the end of the course, which you can add to your CV or resume, to show potential employers that you have undertaken training from us. GoSkills courses are certified by the Continuing Professional Development Certification Service. GoSkills is also a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P) with the Project Management Institute. You can earn contact hours or PDUs from our project management courses to put towards certification with PMI.
This was helpful.I would like to complete this course within 3 months. Is this achievable if I work full time? If so, how many hours I should spend studying per week?
Answer:The Project Management for Administrators course includes 25 lessons. We estimate that a lesson will take 30 minutes to complete if you watch the video tutorial, complete the exercise files, read through the reference documentation and take the short quiz at the end of the lesson. The total estimated study time for this course is 12.5 hours.
This was helpful.Is there any written exam?
Answer:Hi Adisa, There are multiple choice quizzes at the end of each lesson. Once all the lessons are complete you can take a final exam, which is multiple choice, and when you've passed the exam you will receive a certificate for completing the course. Cheers, GoSkills Support
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Certificates
Certificate of completion
Digital certificate - Included
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