Overview
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Learn the basic project management skills you need to succeed as a business professional.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Project management: A priceless skill
- Introduction to the 12-step process
- What is a project?
- Define the Iron Triangle
- Plan before you commit
- Kick-off meetings
- Key project drivers
- Three ways to list all the project tasks
- Choose the level of granularity
- Use Post-its to plan the order of tasks
- How to estimate durations
- The importance of your project's critical path
- How much safety margin does a project need?
- How to calculate and add contingency
- How to speed up your plan
- How to create a Gantt chart
- A reason to love Gantt charts
- Set up a basic Gantt chart in Excel
- Add names and dates to your Gantt
- Add time and money to your Gantt
- Resource planning for one project
- Resource planning for multiple projects
- How to create a Risk chart
- How to monitor project progress
- Cost monitoring: The potential traps
- The six combinations of progress and spend
- How to forecast future cost
- When to re-adjust the plan
- What to do when your project is late or over budget
- Why avoid reviewing projects
- How to review a project
- Apply the simple 12-step process
