Project Management Full Course

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what’s in it for you?

• What is Project Management?
• Project Planning
• Project Planning in Excel
• Project Cost Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Communication Management
• The Best Project Management Tools
• PMP Exam Prep
• Project Manager Roles and Responsibilities
• Project Manager Interview Questions

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What’s in it for you?

1. What is Project Management?
2. What is project?
3. Components of Project Management
4. Project Life Cycle
5. Key focus areas in Project Management
6. Job Roles in Project Management
7. Project Management Certifications

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What is Project Management?

Project Management is application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.

The objective（目标）of project management is to make the final deliverables（可交付成果）in a finite time and budget（预算）

Project management –> Final Deliverables

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There are six constraint of Project Management:

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What is Project

PMI defines a project as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. The temporary nature of project indicates that a project has a definite beginning and end.

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Project Life Cycle

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Monitoring
5. CLosure

a) Initiation

Initiation is the step for checking the feasibility and measuring the worth of the project

Checking feasibility –> Measuring worth

b) Planning

The planning phase involves making a blueprint for achieving the project’s objectives

Blueprint –> Helps in achieving –> Project’s objectives

c) Execution

The Execution phase involves the allocation of resources and making of the deliverables

Resources –> help in making –> Deliverables

d) Monitoring

The Monitoring phase involves Project Manager monitoring and controlling the working of the project.

Project Manager –> Monitors and controls –> the working of project –> and ensures –> Project is going as per schedule

e)Closure

The closure is the final stage of the project, where everything, including what went wrong and what went right all through the process is summed up.

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Key focus areas in Project Management

Scope

Scope refers to the inputs provided to take the project from the first step to the last step. The scope determines the features, boundaries, budget, and deadlines of the project.

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The schedule is a plan for performing a specific work within a particular time interval and achieving the desired objective. The schedule refers to the starting date, the finishing date, and athe duration of the project.

Cost

Cost refers to the process of estimating, allocating, and monitoring the funds needed in a project. There are actions taken now and then in the project to ensure that the project is on budget.

Quality

Quality refers to what a customer or a stakeholder requires from the project deliverables. Quality includes processes and activities that are to be performed to meet the objectives and requirements for which it was undertaken.

Resources

Resources help in carrying out a specific task in project in the best possible manner. Resources can be people, equipment, funds, facilities, or anything else that is needed to meet the project requirements.

Stakeholder

Stakeholders are the ones who have an interest in the deliverables of the project. Stakeholders can be part of the project team, project manager, project sponsors, customers or users.

Communication

Communication amongst all stakeholders is an essential aspect of project management for successful project execution. Improving communication increase the ration of success and decreases the probability of risk.

Risk

A risk is an unexpected event that can affect anything in a project, people, technology, processes, or resources. Every project has a certain amount of risks, and to do a successful project; one must first identify that risk to deal with it efficiently.

Procurement

Procurement refers to the act of obtaining all the materials and services that are needed to meet the project goals. Procurement includes the need to purchase, rent, or contract with some external resource.

Critical Success Factors

Critical Success Factor refers to the elements that are necessary for an organization to achieve the projects’s objectives. Critical Success Factor may differ from one organization to another, depending on their respective goals.

Deliverables

Deliverables refers to the output within the scope of the project. There can be one or more deliverables within a single project; these deliverables may be the items that are to be sent externally to a customer or a stakeholder.

Work Breakdown

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