Mastering Project Management Principles and Techniques

Name: Mastering Project Management Principles and Techniques
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The Complete Course for Becoming a Successful and Effective Project Manager

Created byAbdulkareem Bilal

Last updated 7/2022

English

What you'll learn

Fundamentals of project management principles,techniques,tools and reports
Builds the project roadmap, including the project plan, project scope, project schedule, project constraints, work breakdown structure, and risk analysis.
Understand the Project Manager role and acquire the skills needed to become successful in the profession
Measuring whether you're on budget and on time - and how to fix it if you're not
Be able to manage a successful project even with zero experience in that industry
Identify and manage project risks
Manage the complex and difficult process faced by project managers and team especially when the project is failing
Team handling and communication management strategies

Course content

9 sections • 72 lectures • 4h 38m total length

What is a project ?1:57
Characteristics of a project6:52
Project Constraints11:00
Identify and manage the six key project constraints—quality, time, cost, scope, benefits, and risks—and learn how their interrelationships and balance drive on-time, on-budget project success.
Projects types5:12
Explore three major project types—civil engineering, manufacturing, and management projects—and how site exposure to the elements, remote locations, and communication and coordination shape rigorous progress, finance, and quality management.
Project life cycle2:42
Initiation phase3:33
Project planning phase4:01
Project execution phase2:39
Project monitoring and controlling phase1:13
Project closure phase1:55
Project Management - PM3:03
Objectives of project management3:54
Importance of project management5:15
Basic process of project management stages (Review)2:00
Review the five PMBOK project management process groups—initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing—and how they define objectives, establish plans, carry out work, track progress, and close projects.
Activity and recourse planning (1st role project manager)1:11
Organizing and monitoring project Teams (2nd role of PM)0:44
Organize and motivate the project team by putting them front and center, develop clear, straightforward plans, and steer the team toward the final goal.
Controlling and time management (3rd role of PM)0:53
Cost estimating and developing budget (4th Role of PM)0:37
Ensuring Customer Satisfaction (5th Role of PM)0:35
Analyzing and Managing Project Risk (6th Role of PM)0:38
Monitoring Progress (7th role of PM)0:42
Managing reports and necessary Documentation0:41
Qualities of a successful project manager6:04
Critical factors to project success4:16
Identify key factors for project success, including intelligent people, comprehensive planning, open communication, risk management, and strong project closure, led by an accomplished project manager.
Major reasons of projects fail4:49
Uncover six major reasons projects fail—resource planning gaps, unclear goals, lack of visibility, communication gaps, scope creep, and unrealistic expectations—and learn how to address them for success.

What is the planning?1:07
Define planning as the fundamental management function that decides what, when, how, and who. It turns ideas into tangible results by outlining objectives and actions.
Characteristics of planning5:28
Explore the characteristics of planning as the core function of management, detailing its focus on objectives, its intellectual, continuous, and dynamic nature, and its role in forecasting and efficiency.
Significance of planning5:11
Limitations of planning5:37
Explore the limitations of planning in organizations, including rigidity, inflexibility, high costs, and time consumption. See how planning struggles in a dynamic environment, reduces creativity, and fails to guarantee success.
Definitions of project planning according to PMBOK0:44
Learn how PMBOK defines a project plan as a formal approved document that guides execution and control, documents planning decisions, and communicates the approved scope, cost, and schedule baseline.
Purpose of project management plan - PMP1:50
Basic processes of project planning7:08

Whats is project scheduling?1:27
Whats is included in scheduling?1:20
Objectives of scheduling2:19
Steps of project scheduling6:21
Factors to consider when making a project schedule8:04
Identify and quantify deliverables, deadlines, resources, dependencies, milestones, and the work breakdown structure to build realistic project schedules that align with scope and objectives.
Methods and techniques of scheduling8:55
Bar Chart (Gantt Chart)2:01
Explore how bar charts, or Gantt charts, represent projects with horizontal bars whose length reflects task duration and show parallel and serial task timing.
Examples to draw a bar chart (Gantt chart)4:56
Network diagram in project management2:21
Benefits of project management network diagram1:10
Types of network diagrams in project management6:24

What is a project cost estimation?2:11
Types of costs in projects3:30
Identify variable, fixed, direct, and indirect costs to build an effective project budget. Learn to allocate resources and manage costs to maximize value and minimize spend.
Project estimation techniques8:11
When should estimate take place and who is preparing the estimates?2:37
Major project estimation techniques5:50
Explore six common project estimation techniques in project management: top-down, bottom-up, expert judgment, comparative/analogous, parametric modelling, and three point estimating, with examples and use cases.
Principles of cost estimation6:26
Fundamentals and major steps of creating cost estimation5:27
Escalation of cost estimation3:00
Assess cost escalation for inflation, market conditions, and risk clauses in long-term projects, and apply independent cost indices escalation formulas to adjust estimates at set intervals.
Major causes of cost escalation7:27
Identify and mitigate five key cost escalation causes: design errors, unfeasible estimates, scope changes, project complexity, and lack of resources planning, and apply practical strategies to avoid overruns.

What is project implementation ?1:35
Objectives of project implementation2:29
Put the action plan into operation to deliver results, manage resources efficiently, and monitor progress while updating stakeholder analysis, reassessing risk, feeding learning into design, and refining the log frame.
Steps of project implementation7:12
Tips for implementing a successful projects8:55
Identify stakeholders and gather requirements to define a viable scope, break work into tasks, estimate resources and costs, build a high-performance team, and finalize an adaptive project plan.
Types of resources for projects4:30

Introduction to risk management2:27
Mastering project management principles and techniques explains project risk management as identifying, analyzing, and planning for risks across the life cycle to keep timelines, performance, and budgets on track.
Types of projects risks8:34
Tips to reduce and manage risks6:23
Create a risk management plan, keep the risk register up to date, understand risk events, be proactive, and develop your project management skills.

Definition of project evaluation1:45
Principles of project evaluation3:02
Explore the eight principles of project evaluation that guide credible, ethical assessments from start to finish, driving performance improvement, organizational learning, and stakeholder participation.
Benefits of performing a project evaluation2:09
Explore the benefits of project evaluation, including tracking team performance, identifying improvement areas, measuring tangible impact, and involving stakeholders to sharpen planning and accountability for future projects.
Steps to complete project evaluation6:24

What is the project termination or close out phase ?2:43
Types of project termination1:34
Project termination process (Natural Project Closure)4:39
Navigate the natural project termination phase and eight steps of project closure, from delivering and accepting outputs to final reporting, archiving records, updating lessons learned, and releasing resources.
Reasons why aborting your project my become necessary1:37
Varieties of project termination4:21
Explore the four fates of project termination: extinction, addition, integration, and starvation, and how outcomes depend on success or failure, market crises, technological advancement, or resource deprivation.

Requirements

No prior experience is required. We will start from the very basics
just a willingness to learn!

Description

Learn the basic concepts and techniques of project management.

Project management is an essential skill-set for many careers and in many contexts in our lives. Introduction to Project Management is an ideal starting point if you need to manage projects at work or at home, while not necessarily being a formally trained project manager. It is also suitable if you are considering undertaking a project in the near future and are seeking to learn and apply essential project management knowledge and skills.

To deliver a project successfully, it’s important to start by clearly identifying what the project is, and what its outcomes will be. In this course, we will show you practical ways to explore and understand your goals from the outset of your project, and to consider all the factors that may affect its execution. Step by step you will learn how to plan, scope, schedule, cost and manage your project from beginning to end. Since every project relies on the people who are delivering it, the course also enables you to explore how you can effectively communicate, manage people and employ leadership skills to successfully deliver your own project.

In Mastering of Project Management Principles and Techniques course, you will learn practical ways to use project management skills, whether your project is large or small.

Join us to explore how you can benefit from using project management techniques in your own projects.

In this course Also, you will be introduced to the project management life cycle and key project management concepts of constraints, stakeholders, scope, risk, and communication.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn how to manage an entire project on their own
Project team members who want to perform basic project management tasks on their projects or teams
Anyone interested in becoming a project manager or exploring it as a career
Project Managers and engineers
Students and fresh graduated

Mastering Project Management Principles and Techniques

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Course content

An overview of project management25 lectures • 1hr 16min

Project Planning7 lectures • 27min

Project Scheduling11 lectures • 45min

Project Cost Estimation9 lectures • 45min

Project Implementation5 lectures • 25min

Project Risk Management3 lectures • 17min

Project Monitoring and Controlling3 lectures • 15min

Project Evaluation4 lectures • 13min

Project Termination and Close Out5 lectures • 15min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: