Are you a part-time or accidental project manager? Part-time project managers have projects assigned to them in addition to their daily responsibilities. Accidental project managers find themselves leading projects without formal training in the discipline. Some people choose project management as a career, and many others find project management just another part of your area of responsibilities. For you, project management is a skill set, not a career. If you have been assigned projects and need a quick jump start to get going, then this is the course for you. You will learn the 10 essential skills you need to survive and thrive. Topics include understanding the business need and the related project outcomes, setting project boundaries so you know what's included and what's not, getting to know your project stakeholders and their needs so you can set and meet their expectations, and how to plan projects and create a schedule. It's not enough to just manage a project, you also have to control it, so things don't get out of hand. Eventually, the project will come to an end, so you will need to know what project closing looks like. You will want to turn the project over to your customer, so you can close down the project and move on to your next big adventure. Throughout the course, you will find examples of real projects and how each of these essential skills applies in the real world. Project management skills are essential life skills with many practical applications and all industries. Project management and leadership are consistently the top two skill sets current and future employers look for, so this is also essential for your professional development.
Completion Time
24 hours
Access Time
42 Days
Outcome
Individual Skill Course
Language
English
Training Level
Intermediate
Delivery Information:
Online
Asynchronous
Self-paced
Description
Learning Outcomes
What you will learn:
- Learn the 10 essential project management skills you need to survive and thrive
- Understand the business need and the related project outcomes
- Learn how to set project boundaries
- Examine how to get to know your project stakeholders and their needs
- Learn how to plan projects and create a schedule
- Learn how to anticipate and handle problems as they arise
- Understand what a project closing looks like
- Gain project management skills essential to your professional development
- Learn how to survive and thrive in a project management role, whether you chose it or it was thrust upon you
- Get real world examples that are essential to your future success as a project manager
Requirements
Technology Requirements
Hardware Requirements: This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements: Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible. Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled
- The latest Adobe Reader/Acrobat Reader ( free download available at https://get.adobe.com/reader/ )
- Any modern Office suite: Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice
- Reliable internet connection. Broadband cable or highspeed DSL is recommended for optimal experience.
- E-mail account (to be able to register and to receive e-mail from the course system regarding registration, course status, etc.)
Prerequisites
Project Management Fundamentals (or equivalent)
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