Project Management Fundamentals
The core concepts of project work — constraints, lifecycle, roles, charters and success criteria — for anyone joining or leading project teams in industrial and energy organisations.
48m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Explain what makes a piece of work a project rather than routine operations
- Describe the scope-time-cost-quality constraint set and how a change to one constraint affects the others
- Name the five lifecycle phases and what each one produces
- Distinguish the responsibilities of the sponsor, project manager, team and PMO
- Explain the purpose and typical contents of a project charter
- Define project success criteria that go beyond delivering on time and on budget
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 2mWhat is a project?Knowledge
- 2mThe constraint set: scope, time, cost, qualityKnowledge
- 7mAwareness check: projects and constraintsAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 2mThe project lifecycleKnowledge
- 2mRoles: sponsor, project manager, team and PMOKnowledge
- 8mKnowledge check: lifecycle and rolesAssessment
3
Skill
- 2mProject charters that actually authoriseKnowledge
- 3mDraft a project charterAssignment
- 7mSkill check: charters and authorityAssessment
4
Mastery
- 2mDefining success beyond on time, on budgetKnowledge
- 3mSuccess criteria review of a real projectAssignment
- 8mMastery assessment: judging project successAssessment
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