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Description

Project management is an exciting profession. Moving from one project to another, a project manager continually faces new businesses, new processes and systems, new people, and new situations. Such a dynamic environment helps you learn more all the time, and advances your skills more than traditional jobs.
Developing the ability to structure chaos into a project with solid project management knowledge and skills will make your endeavors more successful — whether it's the performance of a large organization, your career progression, a new business start-up, or even your personal life projects!
It’s no surprise that the demand for project managers is expected to be substantial in the years to come.
Our program is carefully designed to help anyone build knowledge and skills, grow the needed confidence, and start managing projects!
This online course uniquely combines the following critical lessons that a PM should learn:
Perform a
complete project case study
and learn what a project manager must do from the beginning to the end
Understand the fundamental project management theory, apply best practices and avoid common mistakes in your next project
Learn how to use Gantt charts, Critical Path Method, Project Plan, Budget, and many other tools (
receive 15+
project management templates). A brief tutorial on how to use
MS Project
is also included.
Gain the professional and personal skills needed to become an excellent project manager
Learn how to create the five most crucial project management documents with MS Excel 
Learn
Agile
project management
Master
SCRUM
and apply this project management methodology
Learn the main differences between
Waterfall and Agile
, compare the pros and cons, and understand which philosophy to apply in your next project
Get promoted and apply what you learn here to the real business world, regardless of the industry
Why precisely this course?
Reason #1: The instructor
Ivan, the course instructor, is a professional project manager (PMP, PRINCE2) who was honored as "Project Manager of the Year" by the Project Management Institute (PMI). In this course, he brings together his extensive experience leading multinational projects and programs across a variety of industries, and his passion for project management. This combination provides students with a profound understanding of the field through practical lessons and insightful reflections. In addition, Ivan serves as a project management consultant, tutor and mentor to junior PMs. He is also a guest lecturer on project management at several universities.
Reason #2: 365 Careers
365 Careers is one of the most popular course providers on Udemy, with high-quality practice material and continued support for our students. The average amount of time we spend creating a course is between 5 and 6 months. We take pride in our high-quality production, practice materials, and continued support to our students.
Reason #3: Udemy
Udemy is the leading global marketplace for online courses—where you’ll find updated content, enjoy a seamless course-taking experience, and discover the best value-for-money deals on the internet.
This course is for anyone!
Our content is highly appreciated those new to project management, and those with practical experience in the field looking for a way to refresh and strengthen their knowledge and skills.
As we named it -
Beginner to PROject manager!
Our Project Management course covers all the fundamental knowledge, concepts, tools, and techniques you need to understand, including how a project works and how to manage it best. 
We start from the theoretical basics and progressively build upon that knowledge. Each step adds real-life practical examples, case studies, and exercises.
Compared to similar material, what is unique about this course is that we’ll review and analyze a complete project from the beginning to the end. We’ll examine the tasks a PM should take at each stage of that process. In addition, you’ll receive more than 15 project management templates to help you lead projects in various industries.
 
What sets this course apart from the rest of the Business courses out there?
High-quality production, including Full HD video and animations
Uniquely engaging and fun content — not a collection of boring lectures
Professional PMP certified instructor with years of experience on the job
Complete training covering all major topics and skills necessary to become a successful project manager
Extensive case studies that help you reinforce everything that you’ve learned
Excellent support for when you don’t understand a concept or want to drop us a line — you’ll receive an answer within 1 business day
Dynamic learning curve, where the instructor keeps a steady tempo throughout the course
Bonus prizes - upon completion of 50% and 100% of the course, you will receive two bonus gifts
Why do you need project management skills?
Promotions – Project managers acquire valuable technical skills, which makes them the leading candidates for senior roles within corporations
Salary/Income – A project manager salary in the US starts from $60k and gradually rises as they move up the ladder
Secure Future - There's a high demand for skilled project managers, and you won’t need to be concerned about finding a job
Growth - This isn’t a tedious job. Every day you'll face various challenges that will enhance your existing skills and abilities
This course comes with Udemy's 30-day money-back guarantee. So, you have nothing to lose.
Make one of the best decisions of your professional career. Click the 'Buy now' button.
Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to learn how to manage an entire project on their own
Young professionals and university graduates interested in a project management career
Anyone who wants to develop or enhance their project management knowledge and skills

What you'll learn

Gain the project management knowledge and skills, necessary to manage an entire project

Perform a complete case study of a project from the beginning to the end, observing real-life project scenarios

Receive 15+ project management templates and valuable documents to help you structure and manage projects

Understand the project manager role and acquire the skills needed to become successful in the profession

Study Waterfall and Agile project management, performed with Scrum

Learn the fundamental theory and best practices of project management

MS Excel: learn how to use MS Excel to create the five most crucial project management documents

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Welcome to the course! Introduction to projects and Project Management
10
1.1-What does the course cover?
1.2-What is a Project?
1.3-Why do companies execute projects?
1.4-Download all course materials
1.5-What creates the demand for projects? Prioritization and selection of projects
1.6-What is a Project Manager? What is their commitment in a project?
1.7-What are the skills and the knowledge a Project Manager must have?
1.8-Projects: a History lesson
1.9-Project management terminology
1.10-Introduction Quiz
2-The project phases
1
2.1-How does a project start and how does it evolve? What a project's main stages?
3-The initiation phase
8
3.1-What is the Initiation phase about? Define the project goals
3.2-What is involved in a business case?
3.3-What is project "Scope"?
3.4-Who performs the feasibility study and what does it involve?
3.5-What goes into risk assessment? What are expectations?
3.6-How to create a Project Charter?
3.7-Case Study 1
3.8-Initiation Phase
4-The planning phase
8
4.1-What is Planning? Why is it important? What happens if it is not done correctly?
4.2-Why is Planning so critical in Project management?
4.3-What is the cost of Change in projects?
4.4-What to do before you start?
4.5-Project management insights
4.6-Scope Planning
4.7-Scope Planning (continued)
4.8-Planning - Intro & Scope
5-The planning phase - timelines and schedules
10
5.1-How to estimate when planning?
5.2-The planning fallacy, optimism bias, illusion of control
5.3-How much to buffer?
5.4-Identifying dependencies
5.5-Planning - Estimation and Dependencies
5.6-Identifying the critical path
5.7-Using the Gantt chart to plan the project work streams
5.8-Building the project schedule (+ MS Project tutorial)
5.9-How to build a milestone table and its uses
5.10-Planning - CPM and Gantt
6-The planning phase - cost
8
6.1-The process of budgeting
6.2-The process of budgeting (continued)
6.3-Procurement contract types
6.4-Procuring non-financial resources
6.5-Planning HR
6.6-RACI matrix - assigning roles
6.7-Quality requirements
6.8-Planning - Budgeting, R&R, Quality
7-The planning phase - Expectations, Assumptions and Risks
4
7.1-Planning expectations management
7.2-How to control assumptions
7.3-Planning Risk management
7.4-Building a Risk log
8-The planning phase - Change process
2
8.1-How to deal with and record change requests
8.2-Planning - Risk and Change Management
9-The execution phase - Meetings
3
9.1-Introduction to Execution and KO Meetings
9.2-What is involved in a kick-off meeting
9.3-Tips to handle meetings
10-The execution phase - Project Diary
2
10.1-What is action-owner due date
10.2-Filling in the project diary
11-The execution phase - Managing the team and work
3
11.1-How the Project Manager manages tasks
11.2-How the Project Manager manages the team
11.3-Execution
12-The monitoring and control phase
10
12.1-What is monitoring and control
12.2-Controlling in a PM environment
12.3-M & C - Intro
12.4-How to check if a project is on schedule
12.5-How to see if a project is on budget
12.6-M & C - Time and Cost
12.7-How to perform quality control
12.8-Keeping the risk log updated
12.9-Dealing with change proposals
12.10-M & C - Quality and Change management
13-The execution phase - Issue management
4
13.1-How to record and build project report updates
13.2-How to deal with any issues that occur during execution
13.3-Case Study 2
13.4-Execution - Status Reporting and Issue Management
14-The closure phase
3
14.1-Why do we close a project
14.2-What steps to take to close a project
14.3-Closure
15-MS Excel for Project Management
18
15.1-Introduction
15.2-Tracker 1: High-level
15.3-Tracker 2: Standard tasks
15.4-Tracker 3: Few steps & statuses
15.5-Project Management Logs
15.6-Actions, Issues, Dependencies Log
15.7-RAIDD Log
15.8-RAIDD Log - Structures
15.9-Risks Log
15.10-Project Management Logs - Outro
15.11-Project Schedule
15.12-Gantt Chart (months)
15.13-Gantt Chart (weeks)
15.14-Budget - Simple Table
15.15-Budget - Time & Materials 1
15.16-Budget - Time & Materials 2
15.17-Formatting Tips & Tricks
15.18-MS Excel for Project Management: Conclusions
16-Agile project management
7
16.1-Waterfall
16.2-A different kind of project
16.3-Where Waterfall falls short
16.4-Introducing Agile
16.5-Agile project structure
16.6-Product Development in Agile
16.7-Agile
17-SCRUM
13
17.1-Complex Work in Projects
17.2-SCRUM: A History Lesson
17.3-SCRUM Theory and Structure
17.4-SCRUM Artifacts: Product Backlog
17.5-User Stories
17.6-EPICs
17.7-SCRUM Artifacts: The Increment. Technical tasks and Product Releases
17.8-The "MVP" of a Project
17.9-SCRUM Roles: Product Owner
17.10-SCRUM Roles: Development Team
17.11-SCRUM Roles: The Scrum Master
17.12-SCRUM Events
17.13-Scrum
18-Agile vs Waterfall
3
18.1-Agile vs Waterfall - Comparison
18.2-Agile vs Waterfall - Analysis
18.3-Agile vs Waterfall - Conclusion
19-You are now a PROject Manager!
2
19.1-You are now a PROject Manager!
19.2-Completion gifts