Project Management Foundations

Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Project management can be used to guide small, simple projects as well as complex enterprise-wide initiatives. Bonnie Biafore has always been fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. In this course, she explains the fundamentals of project management, from establishing project goals and objectives and building a project plan to managing resources and work, meeting deadlines, and closing the project. Along the way, she provides tips for communicating, holding meetings, keeping a project on track, and gaining customer acceptance. The course also provides an overview of the changes introduced in the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Seventh Edition. This course provides exercises for most videos based on a healthcare/IT case study project.

Learning objectives
Identify the definition of project management.
Explore the similarities and differences between traditional and agile project management.
Explore the fundamentals of analyzing project stakeholders.
Examine the best ways to identify a project goal and objectives.
Examine strategies to gather requirements.
Identify the fundamentals of developing a project budget.
Distinguish the best ways to craft a quality plan.
Discover the best steps to take when determining the processes for procuring resources.
Explore the fundamentals of developing a project schedule.
Examine approaches for monitoring and controlling progress and performance.