
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.
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Learn how projects are temporary, unique endeavors that deliver business value, guided by scope, schedule, and budget, with risk management and a compelling project business case.
Compare projects to operational work by noting that projects are temporary, unique with start and end dates and higher risk, while operational work is permanent, ongoing, and low-risk.
Identify the right project team members based on scope, skills, and availability. Iterate to build the core and extended team, adjust as needs evolve, and update the project scope.
Identify internal and external roles within a project and define stakeholders. Explain how VIP stakeholders shape communication and governance across internal teams, vendors, regulators, and end users.
Identify and prioritize stakeholders using a power–influence framework, build relationships, and gain early alignment and support. Develop a stakeholder engagement plan and learn the difference from the communication plan.
Build the project team from the ground up by defining internal and external roles. Select suitable project team members and engage stakeholders with a RACI-based responsibility matrix.
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.