Foundations of Project Management
Discover the principles of project management
What is project management? What are the essential concepts of project management? What factors affect the state of a project? Answer these questions and others with this course.
You’ll be taught the essentials of project management, including theoretical and applied perspectives. You’ll study project constraints such as cost, time, and resources.
You’ll also look at the role and the skills of project managers and investigate the opportunities for further professional development.
You’ll discuss and demonstrate competence in selecting and starting a project within an organisational context.
What topics will you cover?
Core concepts of project management, including the prerequisites for a project (the business case), project management and the role of the project manager
Project phases and processes, such as traditional project life cycles
Factors important to project selection and prioritisation, as evidenced by organisational capability and available resource capacity