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A Quick Guide to Turn Your Idea Into a Project
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A Quick Guide to Turn Your Idea Into a Project

How to Initiate and Plan a Successful Project
Created byTatiana Fregonas
Last updated 5/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Define the project’s objectives : why do you need to do this project, why do you need to do it now and what it will bring to your business in long term.
  • Determine the scope of the project : what the project will/ will not do and how it will impact the rest of your business
  • Specify what tangible results the project will produce and how these results must look like to consider the project a success.
  • Identify what work must be done to complete the project and estimate how much time it will take.
  • Organise your project team : whom do you need onboard and how to make your team work together efficiently.
  • Evaluate the budget needed to complete the project.
  • Identify the potential risks to the project and prepare possible responses.

Course content

5 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 24m total length

  • Module #1 : What Is a Project3:36

    Structure your idea :

    • What makes project different from just an idea ?

    • What do all successful projects have in common ?

    • How to set up a project from your idea ?

  • Module #2 : 7 Golden Rules to Know Before You Start4:45

    • Some tips and golden riles from professional project managers to make your project a success.

  • Module #3 : VAA3:27

    • An example to give you a practical insight on how to plan a project : a VAA Virtual Assistants Agency sets up a project to implement common work practices.

  • Module #4 : Project Brief2:30

    • Organise your ideas around the project by putting them on the paper

    • Downloadable Project Brief in this module

Requirements

  • No experience in project management needed for this course.

Description

You have a great idea how to develop your business, but you feel like overwhelmed about how to make it a reality ?

You have been appointed to lead a new project for your organisation, but you struggle where to begin ?

Then this course is for you. You have an idea, you have the drive, now you just need a little bit of guidance and the right tools to make your project a success.

This course provides clear, actionable and relevant instructions for anyone learning how to initiate and plan a project : how to craft a vision of the project, set up realistic timelines and budget, deliverables, organise resources and estimate risks. When well planned, your project runs with greater ease, excellence, and predictability.

For this course, I have distilled the best ideas from professional Project Management world to make them usable and practical for all ‘regular’ professionals.

A case study is here to show you how to use these methods in real life.

You will be able to start working on your own project directly while following this course.

If you need to discuss how to apply what you have learned in the course to some particular situation on your project, just drop me a message.


Take the leap and bring your project to life !



Who this course is for:

  • This course is for solopreneurs, small business owners and other professionals who face a challenge in the workplace - the need to organise projects, on the fly, without training or previous experience.
  • For beginners in project management.

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