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Introduction to Project Management
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Introduction to Project Management

Launch your career in project management. Get started here!
Created byTim Fairley
Last updated 5/2025
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What you'll learn

  • What is project managenent?
  • How do you manage a project?
  • The different project management approaches
  • The role of the project manager
  • The different process groups
  • PMBOK 6 vs 7
  • Key Project Management Terms
  • Project Management Principles

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Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 52m total length

  • Introduction0:59

    Explore the foundations of project management and apply them to real world projects. Compare PMBoK versions six and seven, master key concepts, terms, life cycle, and core principles.

  • What is Project Management?2:34

    Project management is a structured process, a valuable skill set, and a job role that plans, manages, and delivers a temporary project with a defined start and end date.

  • Project Management Approaches5:27

    Explore predictive, iterative, adaptive, and hybrid project management approaches, and learn how project type, uncertainty, and stakeholder involvement shape planning, flexibility, and outcomes.

  • Project Lifecycle6:39

    Explore the project life cycle from initiation to closing, detailing initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing phases and their key gates and outcomes.

  • The Role of the Project Manager5:49

    Define the project manager as the central driver of project success, balancing scope, time, cost, quality, and risk to deliver value for stakeholders through PMI's talent triangle.

  • Process Groups5:40

    Understand how process groups, knowledge areas, and processes shape the pmbok six framework, guiding 49 processes from initiation to closing and improving decision making and project balance.

  • PMBOK 6 vs 75:24

    Compare PMBOK sixth and seventh editions, highlighting process-driven versus principle-based approaches, and explore how value delivery, adaptability, and hybrid practices shift project management for construction and beyond.

  • Key Project Management Terms7:59

    Explore 13 essential project management terms, from project to stakeholder to baseline, risk, and critical path, and learn how these concepts drive scope, schedule, and value delivery.

  • Project Management Principles11:27

    Discover the 12 project management principles that shape culture, stakeholder engagement, value, and risk. Tailor practices to context and enable change for the envisioned future state.

  • Bonus Lecture - Get Started in Project Management0:03

Requirements

  • Interest in construction management

Description

So far, we've helped over 30,000 students accelerate their careers in construction management by mastering the fundamentals.

Launch your career in project management by quickly and effortlessly understanding the basics.

This is the place to start to Launch Your Career in Project Management!

The course is:

  • Proven - taken by thousands of students with satisfied results. Over 94% of students surveyed believed our construction management courses supported their career progression

  • Practical - developed in consultation with industry experts to teach you exactly what you need to know to succeed in the real world

  • Fast - we know you are busy, so we developed the course with that in mind and cut out every second of unnecessary information

And we are always improving. We want to hear your feedback and we are committed to helping you on your journey. We will always respond to questions, queries, or feedback suggestions.

We are super excited to have you enroll in our Introduction to Project Management Course

Learn the fundamental skills required to plan, co-ordinate and manage projects.

The course is going to cover:

  • What is project management?

  • The different project management approaches

  • The project lifecycle

  • The role of the project manager

  • Process groups

  • PMBOK 6 vs 7

  • Key Project Management Terms

  • Project Management Principles

If you're ready, let's get started!

Who this course is for:

  • Junior project managers
  • People interested in launching a career in project management

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