The Project Management Beginner To Project Manager

The Complete Course for becoming a Successful Project Manager

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.7

- Gain the Project Management knowledge and skills
- needed to manage an entire project on your own
- Perform a complete Case Study of a Project
- from the beginning until its end
- observing real-life project scenarios
- Receive 15+ Project Management templates and practical documents to help you structure and manage projects

What you'll learn

Gain the Project Management knowledge and skills
needed to manage an entire project on your own
Perform a complete Case Study of a Project
from the beginning until its end
observing real-life project scenarios
Receive 15+ Project Management templates and practical 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 both 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 5 most important project management documents

* Requirements

* No prior experience is required. We will start from the very basics
* You will need access to Microsoft Office (Word
* PowerPoint
* Excel) to download and practice with the supplemental course materials

Description

Project Management is an exciting profession. Moving from one project to another, a Project manager constantly 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 much faster than traditional jobs do.

Developing the ability to structure chaos into a project, along with solid project management knowledge and skills, will make your endeavors more successful than ever – whether it is the performance of a big organization, your own 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 on their own!

This online course is unique, as it combines all critical lessons a PM should learn:

  • Perform a complete Project Cases Study, learning what a Project Manager must do from the beginning until the very 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 (GET 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 a great Project Manager

  • MS Excel tutorial: learn how to create the 5 most important project management documents with MS Excel 

  • Learn Agile project management

  • Master SCRUM and understand how to apply this project management methodology

  • Waterfall or Agile? Learn the main differences, compare the Pros and Cons, and know 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 instructor of the course, is a project manager with a proven track record. He is a certified professional project manager (PMI®) with substantial experience in leading multinational projects and programs across different industries. Furthermore, Ivan is a project management tutor, delivering training sessions to companies, individuals, and university students. In this course, Ivan shares valuable practical lessons, diverse experience, and his strong passion for project management!

Reason #2: 365 Careers

365 Careers is one of the most popular course providers on Udemy. 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. Here you will find updated content and enjoy a seamless course-taking experience. And, frankly, you will find the best value for money deals on the Internet!

This course is for anyone! Our content is highly appreciated by people that are brand new to Project management, and also those who have practical experience in the field, but are looking for a way to refresh and strengthen their knowledge and skills.

As we named it - Beginner to PROject manager!

The Project Management Course covers all the fundamental knowledge, concepts, tools and techniques you need to understand:

  • How a project works

  • How to best manage it

We will start from the proven theoretical basics and will gradually build upon that knowledge. In each step of the way, we will add real-life practical examples, case studies, and exercises.

What is unique about this course, compared to similar materials, is that we will be reviewing and analyzing a complete project – from its very beginning until its last day. To put things into perspective, we will examine the key tasks a PM should take at each stage of that process. In addition, you will receive more than 15 project management templates to help you lead projects in different industries.

 What sets this course apart from the rest of the Business courses out there?

  • High-quality production – HD video and animations

  • Truly engaging and fun content (This isn’t a collection of boring lectures!)

  • Professional instructor (PMP certified, with years of experience on the job)

  • Complete training – we will cover all major topics and skills you need to become a successful project manager

  • Extensive Case Studies that will help you reinforce everything that you’ve learned

  • Excellent support - if you don’t understand a concept or you simply want to drop us a line, you’ll receive an answer within 1 business day

  • Dynamic learning curve - we don’t want to waste your time! The instructor keeps up a very good pace throughout the whole 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?

  1. Promotions – Project managers acquire valuable technical skills, which makes them the leading candidates for senior roles within corporations

  2. Salary/Income – A project manager salary in the US starts from $60k and gradually rises as they move up the ladder

  3. Secure Future - there is a high demand for skilled project managers, and you won’t have to be concerned about finding a job

  4. Growth - this isn’t a boring job. Every day you will face different challenges that will enhance your existing skills and abilities

This course comes with Udemy's 30-day no questions asked money-back guarantee. So, you have nothing to lose! Subscribe to the course and give it a try!

Click the 'Take this course' button now! This will be one of the best decisions in your professional career!

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

Course content

19 sections • 114 lectures

What does the course cover? Preview 03:45

What is a Project? Preview 04:13

Why do companies execute projects? Preview 03:31

Download all course materials Preview 00:10

What creates the demand for projects? Prioritization and selection of projects Preview 06:38

What is a Project Manager? What is their commitment in a project? Preview 05:16

What are the skills and the knowledge a Project Manager must have? Preview 07:16

Projects: a History lessson Preview 04:59

Project management terminology Preview 06:08

Introduction Quiz

How does a project start and how does it evolve? What a project's main stages? Preview 05:10

What is the Initiation Phase about? Define the project goals Preview 03:42

What is involved in a business case? Preview 02:04

What does scope cover? Preview 02:56

Who performs the feasibility study and what does it involve? Preview 02:17

What goes into risk assessment? What are expectations? Preview 02:21

How to create a Project Charter? Preview 03:34

Case Study 1 Preview 14:30

Initiation Phase

What is Planning? Why is it important? What happens if it is not done correctly? Preview 04:27

Why is Planning so critical in Project management? Preview 03:36

What is the cost of Change in projects? Preview 02:34

What to do before you start? Preview 02:21

Project management insights Preview 04:30

Scope Planning Preview 06:33

Scope Planning (continued) Preview 04:42

Planning - Intro & Scope

How to estimate when planning? Preview 03:52

The planning fallacy, optimism bias, illlusion of control Preview 05:58

How much to buffer? Preview 05:21

Identifying dependencies Preview 04:09

Planning - Estimation and Dependencies

Identifying the critical path Preview 04:05

Using the Gantt chart to plan the project work streams Preview 03:27

Building the project schedule (+ MS Project tutorial) Preview 08:50

How to build a milestone table and its uses Preview 02:47

Planning - CPM and Gantt

The process of budgeting Preview 02:07

The process of budgeting (continued) Preview 04:55

Procurement contract types Preview 03:53

Procuring non-financial resources Preview 02:16

Planning HR Preview 02:35

RACI matrix - assigning roles Preview 02:28

Quality requirements Preview 06:14

Planning - Budgeting, R&R, Quality

Planning expectations management Preview 04:33

How to control assumptions Preview 01:47

Planning Risk management Preview 03:21

Building a Risk log Preview 03:15

How to deal with and record change requests Preview 05:41

Planning - Risk and Change Management

Introduction to Execution and KO Meetings Preview 02:18

What is involved in a kick-off meeting Preview 05:07

Tips to handle meetings Preview 04:04

What is action-owner due date Preview 02:22

Filling in the project diary Preview 03:23

How the Project Manager manages tasks Preview 03:57

How the Project Manager manages the team Preview 06:03

Execution

What is monitoring and control Preview 02:34

Controling in a PM environment Preview 02:43

M & C - Intro

How to check if a project is on schedule Preview 04:21

How to see if a project is on budget Preview 03:35

M & C - Time and Cost

How to perform quality control Preview 05:08

Keeping the risk log updated Preview 01:24

Dealing with change proposals Preview 04:50

M & C - Quality and Change management

How to record and build project report updates Preview 05:46

How to deal with any issues that occur during execution Preview 03:47

Case Study 2 Preview 16:50

Execution - Status Reporting and Issue Management

Why do we close a project Preview 02:12

What steps to take to close a project Preview 04:00

Closure

Introduction Preview 03:33

Tracker 1: High-level Preview 07:58

Tracker 2: Standard tasks Preview 06:49

Tracker 3: Few steps & statuses Preview 04:37

Project Management Logs Preview 04:50

Actions, Issues, Dependencies Log Preview 03:40

RAIDD Log Preview 04:27

RAIDD Log - Structures Preview 05:06

Risks Log Preview 02:48

Project Management Logs - Outro Preview 03:20

Project Schedule Preview 05:15

Gantt Chart (months) Preview 02:56

Gantt Chart (weeks) Preview 04:12

Budget - Simple Table Preview 03:28

Budget - Time & Materials 1 Preview 04:01

Budget - Time & Materials 2 Preview 03:39

Formatting Tips & Tricks Preview 05:51

MS Excel for Project Management: Conclusions Preview 02:07

Waterfall Preview 03:59

A different kind of project Preview 05:59

Where Waterfall falls short Preview 04:49

Introducing Agile Preview 06:30

Agile project structure Preview 04:48

Product Development in Agile Preview 06:07

Agile

Introduction to SCRUM Preview 05:24

SCRUM project structure Preview 04:19

User Stories Preview 05:14

EPICs Preview 02:23

Product Backlog, Releases, MVP Preview 05:41

Product Owner Preview 03:38

Development Team Preview 05:23

SCRUM Master Preview 05:08

Agile vs Waterfall - Comparison Preview 03:29

Agile vs Waterfall - Analysis Preview 07:10

Agile vs Waterfall - Conclusion Preview 03:36