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Fundamentals of Project Management

Learn the essential skills and practices for planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects and managing schedules, budgets, teams, risks, and changes.

Project management is a start-to-finish approach to organizing work and making projects more successful.

It’s a profession but also a method anyone can apply to achieve goals and manage project work effectively. Project management can be used for small projects and complex corporate initiatives.

In this course, Ricardo Vargas explains the fundamentals of project management, from defining the problem, establishing project goals and objectives, and building a project plan to managing team resources, meeting deadlines, and closing the project. Throughout the course, learn tips on reporting project performance, keeping the project on track, and gaining client buy-in.

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Delivery Methods

  • Online Learning

What You Will Learn

  • Project Management Fundamentals: This course will show you the fundamentals of project management, from defining the problem, establishing project goals and objectives, and building a project plan to managing team resources, meeting deadlines, and closing the project.
  • How to report project performance: You will learn how to present the progress of your project, showing what was planned and what was accomplished, as well as estimated and actual costs, in short, everything you need to make decisions.
  • How to keep the project on track: Understand how to monitor the project and manage natural changes in the process to support project decision-making.
  • How to gain client acceptance: Understand how to close a project and transfer responsibility for managing the final product.
  • How AI will transform Project Management: Understand the profound transformation of project management with the advancement of AI and leverage technology to maximize efficiency. Sustainability and ESG in projects: Understanding that sustainability is a broad approach that involves balancing environmental, social, and economic dimensions, seeking to create a much more lasting value.
  • Crisis management in projects: Understanding the necessary skills and how to respond appropriately to crises in a project.

Fact sheet

Estimated duration

The entire course has 47 lessons covering about 2:55 hour of video.

Target audience

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of Project Management.

Requirements

No prior knowledge on the subject is necessary.

Languages

The course was recorded in Portuguese with automatically generated subtitles in several languages.

Who is this course for?

The project, Program, and Portfolio Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Team Members work with different methodologies to drive projects.
Those who are members of the Organization's PMO, responsible for supporting portfolios, programs and projects teams.
The strategic areas have priority projects that are fundamental to the maintenance of the organizational business.
Organizations are interested in selecting, prioritizing, and balancing projects and programs aligned with their strategy.

Scholarship and Financial Aid

In mid-2022, Ricardo decided to create the scholarship and financial aid program by donating $10,000 to establish a fund to assist qualified students in pursuing the school's courses.

Eligible candidates can apply for the scholarship all year round. You can contribute to the fund by making a voluntary donation at the checkout page for those aiming to support other students.

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