Project Management Fundamentals

Project Management Fundamentals overviews the basics of project management. It provides the theory and core methodology you will need to manage projects or participate on project teams. This course does not make use of any project management software application, but instead focuses on the conceptual underpinnings that students must know in order to use any project management software application effectively.

The Problem

• Do your employees not understand how to be a team player?
• Are your project managers uncertain as to how to handle an entire team?

Our Solution To Learn...

• The phases of the Project Management Life Cycle and a project manager’s role
• Basic project success criteria and common reasons for project failure
• Techniques for setting up a strong project team
• Elements of a Risk Management Plan
• Techniques for planning and sequencing project activities, including the Work Breakdown Structure and the Network Logic Diagram
• The Critical Path for completing a project on schedule
• The cost elements that should be included in a project budget
• Techniques for controlling for deviation from budgets and schedules
• Key elements of project management communications and reporting tools
• Key activities of project close-out