What you’ll learn

Complete Project Management course with diagrams, examples and practical/Real life situations.
How to simplify Project Management to increase your chances of success.
A 5 step framework to become the best Project Manager.

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PART 1: THE FULL PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE

(including all phases of Project Management, Practical view, how to simplify, with lots of diagrams and examples)

INTRODUCTION

Course overview

Introduction to the course

Read this before starting the course Tips and Terminology

The birth of Project Management

What is Project Management

Role of the Project Manager

PART 1: PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE INTRODUCTION

Introduction to Part 1

Overview of Phases

PART 1 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE – INITIATION PHASE

Section overview Initiation Phase

Purpose of the Initiation Phase

Project Manager role in the Initiation phase

Project Charter Definition

Scope Definition during the Initiation phase

Costing during the Initiation phase

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management Introduction

Risk types and risk outcomes

Risk Severity definition and Risk Register example

Risk Management Tips

Project Structure Introduction, basic structure and Project Office

Project Structure Project outsourced

Project Structure Steering committee

Examples Project charter example

Examples Some Initiation – Project Charter components

Initiation Phase wrap up

PART 1 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE – PLANNING PHASE

Section overview Planning Phase

Purpose of the Project Planning phase

Project Manager role in the Planning phase

Project Management Plan

Scope Introduction and Requirements matrix

Scope Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Scheduling introduction

Scheduling Breaking down the Execution phase

Scheduling Examples of breaking down Execution using defined model

Scheduling Steps to produce schedule with simple example

Scheduling Main schedule types

Costing Introduction for Costing in Planning

Costing Using Fixed Price and Time & Material to define Project costing

Costing Fixed Price and Time & Material Example

Costing Simple Budget Example

Costing Schedule based budget example

Costing Budget contingency

Quality Planning for quality Introduction

Quality Planning for Quality what to check

Quality Types of Testing and example on how they show on the Gantt Chart

Project Management Plan Example

Planning phase wrap up

PART 1 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE – EXECUTION PHASE

Section overview Execution Phase

Purpose of the Execution phase

Project Manager role in Execution

Scheduling Introduction to tracking Schedule in Execution phase

Scheduling Critical path definition

Scheduling Monitoring the schedule

Scope Management Introduction

Scope Management How to track scope changes Change control

Issue Management Introduction and Issue Register

Issue Management Most common issue

Project Meetings Introduction and 2 main types of meetings

Project Meetings What to discuss depending on type of meetings

Project Meetings Minutes and Template

Project Reporting Introduction What to include

Project Reporting Defining the RAG status

Project Reporting RAG Status with tolerances

Project Reporting Example of a report and Template

Costing Budget Introduction and tracking actuals

Costing Tracking Budget month by month with Example

Costing Tracking Budget – Introducing Earned Value with one simple example

Costing Tracking Budget – Earned Value formula and 2nd more complex example

Using Earned value for Scheduling

Execution phase Wrap up

PART 1 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE – CLOSING PHASE

COMING SOON

PART 2: A FRAMEWORK TO ACE IT AS A PROJECT MANAGER

COMING SOON

PART 3: THE COURSE IN CONTEXT OF SOME PM STANDARDS

COMING SOON

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My name is Ben, I have been a Project Manager for more than 20 years working for amongst others IBM, HP, large Financial companies and also Government agencies. I have also been coaching Project Managers for more than 10 years.

I have all the most respected Project Management certifications (PMP, Prince2, MSP, Agile Project Management) – and you know when I was doing those courses – I did not really enjoy them because when I did them I was already a PM and what I was hearing was not usable and so remote from what happens out in the field… and I thought I can do better maybe – to bring this knowledge to people interested in Project Management.

So I have learned from it and wanted to make a course that would provide you with all you need to understand project management – both the theory and the practical / real life components. I also wanted to make it more palatable by including diagrams, plenty of examples and some quizzes.

As part of this course I also provide a framework to go beyond being just a standard project manager – to really ace it. A very concrete, step by step framework that if you follow – will really take you to the next level in project management, you would be out there with the best!

And finally this course includes an introduction to the most common methodologies/standards in Project Management (PMP, Prince2, Waterfall, Agile)