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An Introduction to Project Management PMBOK-Third Edition aligned Imagine trying to control the unexpected and unpredictable through processes in such a way that you meet the cost, quality, and time expectations of all invested parties in order to accomplish a temporary endeavor. This is the mission of project management. Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. All industries employ project managers to implement processes as a way to control business. In fact, the  more...

Introduction to Project Process Groups and Initiating a Project In a relay race, the baton handoff from one runner to the next has a dual purpose. For the first runner, the handoff represents the end of his phase of the race. For the second runner, the handoff represents the beginning. The baton handoff is both a result and an input. In any project, there are many baton "handoffs" that must happen, making the whole project highly interactive. During this  more...

Project Planning In the early planning phases, project managers and team members have the most potential influence on the outcomes of a project. Yet, lots of planning does not guarantee successful planning. Just as project success can be planned, project disasters can be predestined if team members are not careful about the assumptions they make. A project management team that can balance the need for  more...

Executing Monitoring Controlling and Closing a Project After initiating and planning for a project, it's time to get down to the actual nitty gritty of carrying out the project. The Executing and Monitoring and Controlling Process Groups might be likened to the act of juggling--keeping multiple activities going simultaneously, while responding to unforeseen changes in the project environment. While executing processes focus more on accomplishing  more...

Communications Planning and Information Distribution ...-internal and external--concerning all project management Knowledge Areas. In this course, learners will be given an overview of project Communications Planning and Information Distribution. They'll be introduced to best practices outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) -Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI ), Inc. Specifically, learners  more...

Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management ...-internal and external--concerning all project management knowledge areas. In this course, learners will be given an overview of performance reporting and managing stakeholders. They'll be introduced to best practices outlined in "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK Guide) - Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI ), Inc. Specifically, learners  more...

Project Management Professional Certification Review Project Management: Certification Review, is the last of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to know how best to prepare for PMP certification, be prepared for questions on the PMBOK knowledge area of project integration management, project scope management and project time management. The Prime-Project Management Professional curriculum  more...

Microsoft Project 98 Basic Microsoft Project 98 is the leading project management software tool. This course provides an introduction to project management and using Project 98 to help manage projects. After completing this course, you should understand basic principles of project management and be able to use Project 98 to assist in creating a project Work Breakdown Structure and in sequencing tasks in order to create a  more...