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Project Management Excellence: 5-Course Bundle
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Project Management Excellence: 5-Course Bundle

Take your project management skills to excellence with this 5-course essential bundle.
Created bySimon Sez IT
Last updated 7/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand the values and principles that underpin Agile Scrum methodologies.
  • Understand the components of the Agile Scrum framework roles—Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, and Scrum Team Member.
  • Establish the Definition of Done (DOD) to ensure that the team understands what it needs to accomplish.
  • Manage complex projects using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
  • Compare project management methods across industries, recognizing their unique applications.
  • Develop user stories and apply story points effectively for sprint planning.
  • Utilize Kanban to visualize and manage workflow in an Agile project setting.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in backlog refinement for efficient sprint planning and execution.
  • Apply Agile principles in real-world projects, using tools such as Github, Zenhub, and Jira.
  • Explore the Project interface with confidence and quickly find commands.
  • Understand the difference between automatically vs. manually scheduled tasks.
  • Setup Project calendars, define exceptions, and create milestone tasks.
  • Link tasks, add dependencies, and set task deadlines and constraints.
  • Deal with resource overallocations and understand effort vs. non-effort driven scheduling.
  • Set a baseline to measure progress and work with the timeline view.
  • Create milestone tasks, and add structure with summary and subtasks
  • Create and format basic reports, save a Project file as a template, and export a Project file to other formats.
  • Assign fixed costs to tasks and resources, understand cost accrual, and work within budgets.
  • Work with overtime and variable material costs.
  • Record macros to automate repetitive tasks in MS Project.
  • Learn Monday's user interface and create and delete boards.
  • Add data to boards, connect boards, and search, sort, and filter board data.
  • Use calendar, workload, form, Kanban, and Gantt board views in Monday.
  • Share a full board on a public URL, create dashboards, and add basic widgets.
  • Print and present dashboards, and add automation and integrations to a board.

Course content

52 sections • 263 lectures • 22h 57m total length

  • Scrum and Its Components5:34

    Discover how agile scrum uses roles: the product owner, the scrum team, and the scrum master, with ceremonies and artifacts like product backlog and sprint backlog to deliver value incrementally.

  • WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience2:03

    Watch this video to learn essential information that helps you get the most out of this class, including downloadable exercise files, unzip steps, and playback options.

  • DOWNLOAD ME: Course Exercise Files0:23
  • Agile Scrum and Its Values3:52

    Explore how the Agile Manifesto underpins the Scrum framework, prioritizing individuals, working software, and customer collaboration over processes and contract negotiation. Learn how teams embrace change to deliver value fast.

  • Organizing Your Team4:35

    Learn how self-organization drives a scrum team to achieve sprint goals by coordinating with sprint backlog, burndown charts, and daily scrums, guided by competent scrum masters.

  • Examine and Transform5:22

    Examine and transform your scrum team by applying daily status reports, sprint planning, and lessons learned to enable continuous improvement and deliver customer value.

  • 5 Values of Scrum5:38

    Explore the five scrum values (courage, focus, commitment, respect, and openness) and how ceremonies like grooming and sprint planning drive prioritization, collaboration, transparency, and high-quality software delivery.

  • Exercise 014:56

    Apply scrum values to teamwork by assigning roles—courage, focus, commitment, respect, and openness—and collaborating to solve the problem and decide whether to delay a launch to ensure quality.

  • Section Quiz

Requirements

  • No prior knowledge is required for the beginner courses.
  • A basic understanding of the Agile methodology and framework is required for the advanced Agile course.
  • Microsoft Project 2021 desktop version for Windows installed and ready to use on your computer (ideal but not required).
  • Access to Monday is beneficial but not required.

Description

**This bundle includes downloadable course instructor files and exercise files to work with and follow along with, plus LIFETIME access!


This amazing-value five-course bundle gets you full access to courses on project software and services you need to manage your projects successfully.


Whether your project is big or small, business or personal, there are so many options now to ensure your success. Learn the fundamentals of the Agile Scrum methodology and harness the power of Microsoft Project 2021, Monday, and Jira to manage and organize your projects.


There are no prerequisites to the courses besides access to the applications taught in this bundle and an eagerness to learn.


What's included?


Agile Scrum Fundamentals:

  • Explain the differences between Agile Scrum framework and other project management approaches.

  • Understand the values and principles that underpin Agile Scrum methodologies.

  • Organize your team using Scrum principles.

  • Transform your team's approach to align with Scrum values.

  • Identify the problems that Scrum aims to solve, such as lack of teamwork and autocratic leadership.

  • Understand the components of the Agile Scrum framework roles—Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner, and Scrum Team Member.

  • Create and manage Scrum stories to define project requirements.

  • Estimate Scrum effort accurately to ensure project delivery is on track.

  • Establish the Definition of Done (DOD) to ensure that the team understands what it needs to accomplish.

  • Create and manage the Scrum backlog to ensure the team is working on the most important tasks.

  • Define the Scrum sprint and burndown chart to track project progress.

  • Conduct Scrum meetings, including sprint planning, daily Scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective, and backlog refinement.

  • Manage complex projects using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).


Advanced Agile Scrum:

  • Summarize key Agile principles for application in project management.

  • Identify Scrum roles and articulate their responsibilities in a project context.

  • Explain the impact of Agile methodologies on organizational structures and workflows.

  • Compare project management methods across industries, recognizing their unique applications.

  • Assess and select the most suitable Scrum framework based on project requirements.

  • Develop user stories and apply story points effectively for sprint planning.

  • Utilize Kanban to visualize and manage workflow in an Agile project setting.

  • Demonstrate proficiency in backlog refinement for efficient sprint planning and execution.

  • Execute daily sprint activities, including stand-up meetings and sprint reviews.

  • Apply Agile principles in real-world projects, using tools such as Github, Zenhub, and Jira.


Project 2021 Beginners

  • Explain the differences between Project plans and Project versions

  • Explore the Project interface with confidence and quickly find commands

  • Work with keyboard shortcuts

  • Switch between views and tables

  • Create, save, open, and close Project files

  • Setup Project calendars and define exceptions

  • Manually enter tasks

  • Understand the difference between automatically vs. manually scheduled tasks

  • Create milestone tasks

  • Add structure with summary and subtasks

  • Create a work breakdown structure

  • Link tasks and add dependencies

  • Assign lag or lead time

  • Set task deadlines and constraints

  • Assign resources to tasks

  • Deal with resource overallocations

  • Understand effort vs. non-effort driven scheduling

  • Customize table columns

  • Work with the timeline view

  • Sort, filter, and group tasks

  • Identify the critical path

  • Set a baseline to measure progress

  • Identify and fix issues

  • Delay tasks

  • Make tasks inactive

  • Add notes to tasks and resources

  • Track and manage task and project progress

  • Create and format basic reports

  • Print views, notes, and reports

  • Save a Project file as a template

  • Export a Project file to a PDF and Excel workbook

  • Password-protect Project files.


Project 2021 Advanced

  • Splitting and consolidating projects.

  • Creating shared resource pools.

  • Setting up recurring tasks and creating custom fields.

  • Customizing outline numbering.

  • Understanding and creating unique WBS codes.

  • Assigning fixed costs to tasks and resources.

  • Understanding cost accrual and different accrual methods.

  • Working within budgets.

  • Making changes to cost rates.

  • Working with overtime in a schedule.

  • Working with variable material costs.

  • Creating custom tables and views.

  • Sorting, filtering and grouping Project data.

  • Creating, modifying, and running custom reports.

  • Comparing different versions of a project to highlight the differences.

  • Creating Excel and Visio reports from Project data.

  • Understanding Earned Value Analysis and interpreting the EVA tables.

  • Importing and exporting data between Project and other applications.

  • Recording a macro to automate repetitive tasks.

  • Learning the basics of modifying VBA Macro code.


Monday for Beginners:

  • Setting up an account and logging in for the first time

  • An overview of the Monday user interface

  • How to create and delete boards

  • Essential columns and board templates

  • Adding data to boards and connecting boards

  • Searching, sorting, and filtering board data

  • How to add additional board views

  • Using calendar, workload, form, Kanban, and Gantt board views

  • Working with notifications, inbox, and my work

  • How to share a full board on a public URL

  • Creating dashboards and adding basic widgets

  • Printing and presenting dashboards

  • How to add automation and integrations to a board


This course bundle includes:

  1. 22+ hours of video tutorials

  2. 250+ individual video lectures

  3. Course and Exercise files to help you follow along

  4. Certificate of completion

Who this course is for:

  • Team Managers and Project Managers
  • Anyone new to the Project Management role
  • Those who want to learn and adopt the Agile Scrum framework
  • Users new to Microsoft Project 2021 and those upgrading from previous MS Project versions
  • Non-project managers who have been asked to manage a large project
  • Beginner Monday users who want to explore the platform's functionalities

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