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An Introduction to Project Management - A Layman's Guide
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An Introduction to Project Management - A Layman's Guide

A rapid primer for the PMP Exam to give immense value fast!
Created byPhill Akinwale
Last updated 4/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand the basic flow of the PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition Knowledge Areas
  • Understand the 10 knowledge areas of project management
  • Have a firm understanding of the process groups of project management
  • Understand core concepts of agile, predictive and hybrid project management to build on

Course content

5 sections15 lectures3h 37m total length
  • Introduction to Project Management & Agile5:47

    In this section, we will examine what project management is and what projects are. We will learn about the following topics:

    • 3 types of projects (agile, hybrid and predictive)

    • The Stacey model

    • 5 process groups

    • 10 knowledge areas

  • Introduction to Project Management

Requirements

  • No experience needed.

Description

It has been said, the PMP exam is a beast! It is absolutely mammoth, but it can be devoured a bite at a time.

Before jumping into any other program, I suggest that you spend one hour understanding the nuts and bolts of this exam. It will give you the confidence and high level understanding you need to effectively learn more content. This will give you a very solid foundation for success.

In this curriculum, I will take you through the building blocks to strengthen your understanding of agile, predictive, hybrid, and knowledge area topics towards your PMP exam success. There are some very short and simple quizzes at the end of each section to ensure you have grasped the essence of what was taught. In this short course, we will cover the basics of project management, agile and the 10 knowledge areas.

The breakdown is as follows:

  1. The basics of project management, agile and hybrid

  2. Integration Management

  3. Scope Management

  4. Schedule Management

  5. Cost Management

  6. Quality Management

  7. Resources Management

  8. Communications Management

  9. Risk Management

  10. Procurement Management

  11. Stakeholder Management

On completion, you would have received a high-level, effective review of the building blocks of project management for the PMP exam! You'll be able to move on to other courses with more challenging content but you will understand the basics and have a firm foundation to absorb more and more content. These summaries are absolutely priceless and will help you way beyond today! All the best on your exam.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner PMP and CAPM exam students or anyone new to PMI project management.