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Project Management: The Basics

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

In this free online course, you'll learn the fundamentals of sound project management like scheduling and reporting. Master the basic concepts of project management to handle a time-limited enterprise effectively. Project management plays a significant role in achieving outcomes no matter what field you work in. New projects, from engineering and construction to software development and marketing, demand effective management. This course includes how to timetable activities, communicate schedules and deadlines effectively, and report on the status of projects.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID188642
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Analyze status reports containing valuable information about a project’s progress and performance
• Compute a realistic budget that takes all costs of a project into account
• Define project management and state its three constraints
• Describe deliverables and why these are important in scheduling
• Estimate a schedule during the planning phase
• Evaluate the most appropriate communication tool and methods for your project
• Identify techniques for estimating time accurately to prevent you from running over budget and reducing your profit
• Indicate closure when goals are achieved, agreements are fulfilled, and the end-user accepts the project as finished
• List steps for organizing an effective PM meeting
• Outline the requirements that help you decide what work needs to be done and how you might approach critical decisions
• Select a matching framework that suits your project
• Create a plan that details how a project will be executed and controlled
Course Code5295

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