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Project Management Foundations, Initiation, and Planning

To navigate today’s complex and rapidly changing work environments, many organizations divide work into projects. Project management provides a structured approach to plan and manage projects in order to achieve on-time, within-budget, and scope as planned delivery. Compare and contrast predictive and adaptive project management models. Learn to avoid common causes of project failure. Investigate how to lead effective meetings and how motivating your team can lead to project success. Create essential documents required during the project initiation phase like the business case, project charter, project brief, stakeholder register, and stakeholder engagement plan. Prepare other project documents to help you scope a project and plan accurate project schedules and budgets. You will gain practical experience with hands-on labs. Upon completion, you will have a portfolio of widely used project initiation and planning assets to demonstrate your skills to potential employers. This course is set up to help you succeed as a project manager. It is well-suited for those looking to step up their careers or new graduates seeking to establish their project management careers. This course is part of series of courses intended to help you prepare for CAPM and PMP certification exam. RECOMMENDED: It is good for everyone gearing toward a career in Project Management to have basic to intermediate skills in an Office Productivity Suite, such as Microsoft Office 365. We highly recommend enrolling in the SkillUp EdTech Office Productivity Software Specialization, which covers Word Processing, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint, Messaging, and Email.

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BeginnerCourse20 hours

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GS

5.0Reviewed Oct 6, 2025

The course provides well-thought-out information for beginners, making it easy to understand the concepts.

JD

4.0Reviewed Jul 1, 2024

There were some exam questions that didn't seem to go back to course material (I may have just missed it). Specifically concerning project backlog folders in agile models.

SK

4.0Reviewed Jun 30, 2024

Prof Yeomans' demos and instructions are very easy to understand and follow. The course is designed very well

BW

5.0Reviewed Oct 5, 2023

Very good course for those interested in learning the fundamentals of Project planning and by extension project management.

CC

5.0Reviewed Sep 18, 2024

Quite challenging for a person that's changing careers but I am looking forward to more!

LM

5.0Reviewed Jul 22, 2024

Great resources, great SME's providing insight. Quite a bit of hands-on experience on the labs, and that can become a time sink.

SA

4.0Reviewed Dec 3, 2024

Good introduction to basics of Project management. As I am currently working on the same role, I could connect with it. Especially the 4th to 6 th modules were of high practical usage.

SK

5.0Reviewed Jan 16, 2024

This course is a really good to prepare yourself for initiating and planning different types of projects. Thank you!

VG

5.0Reviewed Oct 28, 2024

It's a lot of information, and for me, as a newbie, some topics were difficult to understand. The course itself is well structured, with good information shared.

TK

4.0Reviewed Sep 18, 2024

Good course. Covers the fundamentals and will certainly provide you with the basics needed to tackle a project or a mission from a macro perspective up to a micro perspective.

SM

4.0Reviewed Oct 5, 2024

The course was in detail and the lab exercise gave us the taste of working as a PM

JS

4.0Reviewed Aug 7, 2024

Useful information, video tutorial help, practical application was useful but my one of the peer evaluations I conducted was for a foreign language.

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