Project Management: Managing and Closing Successfully

Project Management: Managing and Closing Successfully

This course is part of Project Management: Predictive/Adaptive Method Fundamentals Specialization

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal

Access provided by Saudi Aramco Technical Services Professional Academy

3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Launch project work with effective kickoff meetings, team charters, and collaborative daily standups.
Track adaptive progress using Kanban boards and charts while delivering performance reports and reviews.
Manage formal change requests and execute clean project closeout processes for both predictive and adaptive workflows.
Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "Project Management: Project Foundations and Initiation".

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Project Management: Predictive/Adaptive Method Fundamentals Specialization

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There are 3 modules in this course

To round out your data-analysis skills in project management, you'll manage a project by beginning work, executing the plan, tracking progress, reporting performance, and implementing change control. You'll also close various projects and project elements like sprints, releases, adaptive projects, and predictive projects. Lastly, you'll create a final report.

You finished your project planning and integrated the outputs from each of the planning processes into a comprehensive project management plan. Now, you want to transition your project from planning to execution. In this lesson, you will execute a project plan. The project team members need a coach to guide them as they undertake the work defined in the scope statement. Executing a project plan ensures that the project team is on the same page and that the project is completed on time, within budget, and with the required quality.

What's included

1 video1 reading8 plugins

1 videoTotal 3 minutes

Report on Project Status3 minutes

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

⚠️READ THIS FIRST⚠️5 minutes

8 pluginsTotal 150 minutes

Lesson Introduction5 minutes
Begin Project Work25 minutes
Execute the Project Plan25 minutes
Track the Progress of an Adaptive Project25 minutes
Report Project Performance25 minutes
Implement Change Control25 minutes
Mastery Builder: Managing a Book Project15 minutes
Lesson Summary5 minutes

You have successfully executed the project plan and obtained all deliverables from the project team. You are ready to hand over the project to the customer. In this lesson, you will close the project. Unfinished business, contracts not correctly closed out, and poor documentation can turn into months of additional work and expenditures. The last thing you do on a project will be the first thing people remember about your efforts overall. Formal project closure helps ensure that there are no loose ends that could unravel the good work of your team and the success of your project.