Project Management Overview

In this course, you will be introduced to the project management life cycle and key project management concepts of constraints, stakeholders, scope, risk, and communication.

Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.

1. Role of the Project Manager

• Project Management Life Cycle
• Project Manager Role
• Triple Constraints

2. Stakeholders

• Stakeholder Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholders Analysis

3. Decomposing and Estimating Work Effort

• Project Charter
• Scope Statement
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Estimating

4. Risk Management

• Defining and Documenting Risks
• Prioritizing Risks
• Response Planning

5. Executing, Monitoring, Controlling, and Closing

• PDCA
• Scope Creep
• Change Management
• Lessons Learned

6. Wrap Up

• Stakeholder Communication and Engagement
• Key Points
• Final Reflections
• Quiz

Exercises:

• Identifying key stakeholders on your project
• Estimating work effort by creating a work breakdown structure and decomposing deliverables into sub-deliverables and activities
• Estimating time to complete activities
• Creating a team responsibility assignment matrix and determining when and how to communicate to key stakeholders
• Identifying and analyzing risks and developing a response plan
• Reflection prompts to solidify the learning

• Project team members who want to perform basic project management tasks on their projects or teams
• Business analysts who are working toward their Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP ) certification
• Anyone interested in becoming a project manager or exploring it as a career
• Anyone who works with project managers, such as IT staff, functional managers and team members, sales representatives, and administrative personnel.