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Project Management Fundamentals | Learn PM Basics Fast
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Project Management Fundamentals | Learn PM Basics Fast

Beginner Friendly Introduction to Project Management | Waterfall, Agile, Life Cycles, Scope, Budget, Risks & More
Last updated 5/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand the basic project management concepts through expert instruction
  • Compare Agile and Waterfall and choose when to use each
  • Speak the language of project management including concepts, terms, and acronyms with our easy to understand and streamlined videos and PDF resources
  • Utilize communication skills, meetings, communication channels and conflict resolution to lead project teams and stakeholders
  • Understand what project managers, project management offices, and project teams need to do to succeed in projects
  • Plan for project schedule (time), budget (cost) and scope known as the triple constraint, as well as risks, issues and changes that can affect a project
  • Identify the common project life cycle of initiation, to planning, to execution to closure

Course content

6 sections38 lectures1h 39m total length
  • Course and Instructor Introduction1:20

    Get introduced to this course on project management fundamentals and your instructor Nick Mendez!

    This course is a beginner-friendly guide designed to help you understand the core concepts of project management. This course focuses on teaching you the basics like project life cycles, Agile vs Waterfall, scope, budget, risks, and how projects actually work in the real world.

    Even if you have zero experience with project management… take this course! It will give you a strong foundation, help you understand how projects are run, and set you up to move into more advanced training or certifications.

  • Study Tips1:40
  • Get FREE Access to All Our Courses & Practice Exams1:47
  • Important - PDF Sheet for Sections 1-60:01

    Download and use this PDF for quick references/recaps on all the topics for sections 1-6.

  • Hope You Enjoy The Course - Links To Our Resources PDF0:02

    Use this PDF to find links to our resources.

Requirements

  • No project management experience or knowledge needed - this course is beginner friendly!
  • Have a desire to improve your understanding of project management through studying the basics

Description

Project Management Fundamentals Course

This course is an introduction to project management concepts, principles, and fundamentals quickly, clearly, and without stress.

You can apply what you learn in this course to any real-world project you're involved in - whether you're a student, an aspiring project manager or project assistant/coordinator, a project team member, a department manager or any other role.


Throughout this course, I'll teach you about important topics like the project life cycle, project team roles, Waterfall and Agile, important skills such as communication and stakeholder engagement as well as the basics of scope, schedule, budget, risks, procurement and much more. Don't worry though - for this course you don't need any knowledge of these topics and you don't need to have experience with working on projects. In fact, you don't need to know anything about project management because I'll teach you everything you need to get started.


Here’s What You’ll Get Inside This Course:

  • Clear explanations of important project management concepts, terms, and methodologies

  • Real-world benefit from this project management knowledge, as well as preparing your knowledge of the basics that you can continue to build on in more advanced education and through real hands-on experience

  • Simple, helpful lessons on broader project management fundamentals of areas such as risk management, quality control, project governance and more

  • Study tips, visuals, PDF resources and examples to reinforce learning and to get the most out of this course

  • Practical strategies that help you make the most out of this course and suit your specific learning style

  • Real-world examples to understand exactly how these concepts work on the job


Meet Your Instructor

My name is Nick Mendez, and I’ll be your instructor throughout this course. I’ve got many years of experience in IT project management, B2B/B2C sales and entrepreneurship. I also hold 10+ industry certifications - including PMP, PSM, Project+ and many more.

I'm eager to share with you what I've learned about project management through my own hands-on experience in business and studying.


Are You Ready?

So.. are you ready? You’ll walk away from this course understanding what project management is, and prepared to continue into advanced topics and certifications.


Get started by enrolling today.



Important Notes:

  • All information in this course is frequently updated to stay relevant.

  • This is a short, beginner-friendly fundamentals course, we focus on some of the most common concepts and terms. If you'd like to learn project management in-depth, you can check out our Project+ course where we do a comprehensive deep dive into the major project management fundamentals.

  • In this specific course, we do not cover advanced topics such as scheduling methods, performance management (such as EVM, burndown charts) and any specific exam prep, practice tests, or certification strategies.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone new to project management or who needs a refresher on the basics
  • Aspiring or entry-level project managers, project coordinators, project assistants or anyone involved in projects who want to learn project management basics
  • Anyone who works with or plans to work with projects including students and career changers
  • Entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers who want to understand how projects are run and how they provide value