Course Description
An overview of the concepts and techniques for managing projects. Topics include, but are not limited to, planning, scheduling, scope definition, work breakdown structure, cost-estimating, and risk assessment.
Purpose: This course provides a basic understanding of project management concepts from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) that can be applied to project management across all industries.
Course Credits: 3
Prerequisites: There are not prerequisites for this course
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- LO1:Identify Project Attributes
- LO2:Explain Balancing Project Constraints
- LO3:Explain the Project Life Cycle
- LO4:Explain the Project Management Process
- LO5:Explain Stakeholder Engagement
- LO6:Describe Project Identification processes
- LO7:Describe the Project Selection process
- LO8:Explain the Project Charter
- LO9:Identify the components of a Request for Proposal
- LO10:Explain Relationships with Customers and Partners
- LO11:Discuss Proposal Development
- LO12:Identify the steps in proposal preparation
- LO13:Identify contract types
- LO14:Establish Project Objectives
- LO15:Define Project Scope
- LO16:Create a Work Breakdown Structure
- LO17:Define and Sequence Activities
- LO18:Discuss the use of project management information systems
- LO19:Estimate Activity Resources
- LO20:Estimate Activity Durations
- LO21:Establish Project Start and Completion Times
- LO22:Develop Project Schedule
- LO23:Explain Resource-Constrained Planning
- LO24:Explain Resource Requirements Plan
- LO25:Explain Resource Leveling
- LO26:Explain Resource-Limited Scheduling
- LO27:Estimate Activity Costs
- LO28:Determine Project Budget
- LO29:Determine Actual Cost
- LO30:Explain Earned Value Management
- LO31:Analyze Cost Performance
- LO32:Estimate Cost at Completion
- LO33:Identify Risks
- LO34:Assess Risks
- LO35:Plan Risk Responses
- LO36:Explain Risks Control procedure
- LO37:Explain Postproject evaluation
- LO38:Identify project manager skills
- LO39:Identify the degrees of delegation
- LO40:Explain the stages of team development
- LO41:Identify the characteristics of effective teams
- LO42:Identify barriers to team effectiveness
- LO43:Identify sources of conflict
- LO44:Explain the nine-step approach to problem solving
- LO45:Identify barriers to effective listening
- LO46:Explain how to control changes to project documents
- LO47:Identify collaborative tools used to enhance communication on projects
- LO48:Identify and describe the three main types of organizational structures