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Introduction to Project Management: A 90-Minute Online Module
- Defining what a project is
- Understanding what a project manager does
- Examining the six phases of a project: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing
- Clarifying the final deliverable by answering the question, “What does ‘done’ look like?”
- Using the triple constraint: quality of deliverable, time and cost
- Defining the scope of the project
- Using project management tools in the planning phase>
- Work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Project activity scheduling: critical path, milestones, Gantt charts
- Resource allocation
- Risk analysis and management
- Budget development
- Project communication plan
- Tracking and monitoring project performance
- Managing the relationships between scope, quality, cost and time
- Controlling changes in scope
- Using earned value management (EVM)
- Taking corrective action using different methods
- Closing the project
- Handing off deliverables
- Using an administrative checklist
- Capturing lessons learned
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