Free Project Management Fundamentals for IT Professionals

Name: Free Project Management Fundamentals for IT Professionals
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You will get motivation with confidence about Project Management area and might want to become a Project Manager

Created byMichael Nasonov

Last updated 11/2025

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What you'll learn

You will learn well-structured Project Management Fundamentals
You will learn who is a Project Manager and what are the work performance responsibilities
You will learn desired specific skills set needed by Project Manager in IT Industry
You will learn Software Development Project Life Cycle
You will learn IT Industry Project Management typical processes
You will look at each Project Management processe in detail
You will receive realistic answers for your questions about Project Manager position
Upon course completions, you will see "The Whole Picture" all about Project Manager occupation and job duties

Course content

4 sections • 33 lectures • 1h 29m total length

Greetings from Instructor0:49
Discover the fundamentals of project management in a fast-track format tailored for IT professionals, covering roles from project managers to analysts and developers, with relevance to other industries.
Welcome to Project Management1:14
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Information Technology Definition1:42
Define information technology as the use of computerized systems to protect, access, manage, process, and exchange information via computing, communications, and integrated IT systems including software, hardware, and networks.
Information Technology Project Types2:14
Explore information technology project types, including software development with dedicated team, trouble ticket resolution, package implementation, existing system enhancements, system migrations and infrastructure implementation, disaster recovery, outsourcing or insourcing.
Why Projects are created ?1:00
Explore why projects are created to drive profit, enhance brand and meet legal requirements, covering initiation, authorization, design, development, testing, and delivery.
Typical IT Project Road Map1:05
Initiate a project for your organization, elicit customer requirements, conduct planning activities, start execution, acquire resources and form a delivery team, develop, test, and implement the software product for customer.
Project Initiation Categories and Reasons1:29
Explore four project initiation categories—stakeholders' requests, market demand, technological need, and legal requirements—and how they trigger new projects, improvements, or substitutions.
Project Introduction 1011:16
Define a project as temporary and unique, initiated to deliver deliverables and value, and drive change. Explore why projects start, from regulatory and stakeholder needs to outcomes of poor management.
Project Foundation Checklist1:18
Explore how a project's business value builds from tangible assets and intangible benefits, including strategic alignment, stockholder equity, market share, reputation, and brand recognition, applying management to meet objectives.
Portfolios vs Programs and Project Governance0:33
Explore portfolios, programs, and projects and governance; portfolio management focuses on doing the right programs and projects, program management does them right, and project management delivers the right product.
Projects add Business Value1:17
Learn how projects add business value by turning needs into concept proposals, evaluating feasibility and benefits, and obtaining board authorization to develop a business case and project charter.
IT Project major Key Players roles and responsibilities2:27
Examine IT project key players, the project manager, business analyst, product developer, and quality assurance, along with sponsors, steering committees, and the PMO, detailing roles, responsibilities, stakeholder satisfaction and metrics.
Project Management and Manager1:51
Explore how IT project managers lead planning, execution, and closeout with charter authority, while ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resources align with the product vision.
IT Project Delivery Team Members2:23
Meet typical IT project delivery team members, including SMEs, developers, database and system administrators, QA and acceptance analysts, team leads, scrum masters, and end-to-end testers across on-premises and cloud environments.
Project Manager major responsibilities0:57
Explore the major responsibilities of an IT project manager, including the project charter, the project management plan with subplans and baselines, and managing schedule, resources, costs, and deadline management.
Project Manager special skills set for IT Industry9:49
Develop IT project leadership by applying local business knowledge, budgeting with accounting basics, soft skills, basic marketing, and networking awareness, including OSI and cloud providers Azure, AWS, GCP.
Software Development Project Life Cycle3:04
Explore the software development project life cycle from initiation to production. Cover concept planning, requirements analysis, system design, development, integration and testing, implementation, and operations.
Software Product Development Life Cycles4:00
Explore the five software product development life cycles—predictive waterfall, iterative, incremental, adaptive (agile), and hybrid—and how they shape project planning, scope, and delivery.

IT Industry Project Management High Level3:16
Drive IT project success by guiding initiation with business need, sponsor, and charter, planning scope and schedule, executing development and testing, and delivering with closure and lessons learned.
Project Management approach by a professional4:00
Learn the five process groups and key knowledge areas of project management, from initiation to closing, including planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and stakeholder engagement for IT professionals.
Project Integration Management5:46
Develop the project charter and management plan, direct and manage project work, and apply integrated change control to monitor and control progress, manage knowledge, and close the project.
Project Stakeholder Management2:32
Identify and classify project stakeholders, document their interests, involvement, interdependencies and influence, maintain a stakeholder register, plan and tailor engagement, and monitor relationships through communication.
Project Scope Management3:08
Plan scope management and define the project and product scope through a work breakdown structure and requirements elicitation. Validate and control scope with formal acceptance criteria, baselines, and change requests.
Project Schedule Management3:41
Master plan schedule management by defining activities, estimating durations, sequencing tasks, and applying critical path, resource optimization, and schedule control to deliver the project on time.
Project Cost Management2:56
Plan cost management, estimate costs, and determine the budget to establish an authorized cost baseline, then monitor and control costs through project execution with expert judgment and cost estimation techniques.
Project Quality Management3:02
Plan quality management by identifying quality requirements and translating the plan into executable activities, then monitor execution and verify deliverables meet customer expectations.
Project Resource Management4:18
plan resource management to create a resource management plan and estimate and acquire physical and team resources. develop your team, manage performance, and monitor planned versus actual resource use.
Project Risk Management4:00
Plan risk management, identify individual project risks and sources of risk, and perform qualitative and quantitative analyses. Define risk responses, implement strategies, and monitor risks with risk registers and reports.
Project Procurement Management3:17
Master project procurement management from planning, bid documents, and source selection to conduct procurements, contract awards, performance control, and closed procurements, ensuring effective vendor management and audits.
Project Communication Management2:21
Plan communication management instruments by analyzing stakeholder information needs. Manage and monitor communications through a project management information system, ensuring timely collection, storage, and distribution of project information.

Reality check Questions and Answers about Project Manager occupation6:09
Discover how to land a project manager position in IT through internal advancement or external applications. Learn about PMI or IPMA certifications, 36 PDU training, and renewal requirements.
Project Management Readiness Checkpoint0:36
Receive encouragement to trust your readiness to manage a project. By day's end, you are ready to manage a project, and your personal project success story rate counts.

Requirements

No prerequisites required - you will learn all you might need for Project Management
All you need is your positive attitude, some spare time and willingness to learn

Description

Please read below corresponding information, before enrolling into this course.

This course has been designed to provide a student with maximum organized and structured information within two hours time limit, fulfill a complete understanding about all potential Project Manager occupation job related duties with knowledge processes and requires a capacity level to absorb an informational volume.

You will be provided with necessary for beginner information, regarding Project Management and related occupational applicable processes roadmap.

Please note, that original intended audience are people working within IT Industry, so specific topics are included in addition to general Project Management.

At the end of the course, I will answer some standard occupation related questions, based on my personal subjective career experience, to encourage and motivate you.

A project manager is a professional, who is l responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing the completion of a project.
A project manager leads a team of professionals to achieve project goals within specified constraints: scope, timeline schedule and cost budget.
Project managers continuously communicate with stakeholders to ensure that project's deliverables are met and accepted by end-user customer.

Project management involves a systematic organized approach to ensure projects are completed successfully, within time limit, assigned budget and agreed upon quality.

A Project Manager role is not strictly an IT job unless a Project Manager chooses to specialize in the information technology industry.

Project Manager for other industries are expected to have some knowledge about IT and key business software, but they're not typically classified as IT employees.

Who this course is for:

Any person, who wants to learn about Project Management and Project Manager occupation
Any beginner or already employed person, who wants to be promoted to Project Manager position

Free Project Management Fundamentals for IT Professionals

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction to Project Management18 lectures • 38min

IT Industry Project Management Framework12 lectures • 42min

Project Management Fundamentals final closure2 lectures • 7min

BONUS: Advanced on high demand IT Industry Courses1 lecture • 2min

Requirements

Description

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