Project Management Essentials

What You’ll Learn

1. Identify the phases of the project life cycle and explain the roles of various stakeholder groups as a project moves through each phase.

2. State the concept and importance of a project organizational structure.

3. Define the elements of a project charter and explain the importance of specific deliverables in successful project management.

4. Explain task definition, WBS Work Breakdown Structure, critical path, and slack time; and relate these concepts to successful project management.

5. Identify tools and reports that project managers use to keep projects on schedule.

6. Discuss the importance of risk assessment in project management and identify risk mitigation and risk response strategies for different levels of risk.

7. Explain project control techniques and apply decision making processes to handling exceptions to the project schedule.

8. Summarize alternative approaches to traditional project management and explain when each one is appropriate.

9. List control techniques for assuring a successful project implementation.

10. Apply the appropriate leader behaviors to each stage of team development.

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