Project Management 101

• Describe the project management process groups and the key activities that occur in each.
• Clarify project goals, stakeholders, scope, success criteria, and approval needs before work begins.
• Develop a project plan that breaks work into manageable pieces and supports realistic timelines, budgets, resources, and responsibilities.
• Track project progress using milestones, status updates, and planned versus actual results.
• Identify project risks, manage changes, and understand the trade-offs between scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
• Recognize where AI can support project planning, risk brainstorming, and communication drafts while knowing what still requires project manager judgment.

This course is well-suited for:

• Professionals who plan, coordinate, or manage project work and want a more structured way to keep projects organized and on track.
• New project managers who need practical tools for managing scope, timelines, stakeholders, risks, changes, and status updates.
• Team leads, coordinators, analysts, administrators, supervisors, and other professionals who manage projects as part of a broader role.
• Employees who support project teams and want to better understand how projects are planned, tracked, controlled, and closed.
• Anyone preparing to take on more project responsibility and looking for a practical foundation before moving into more advanced project management training.

Project Foundations

• Understand the difference between projects and ongoing work.
• Identify what helps projects succeed or causes them to stall.
• Clarify project goals, stakeholders, scope, and success criteria before work begins.

Planning the Work

• Use practical tools, such as a project charter and Work Breakdown Structure, to organize the work.
• Estimate time, cost, resources, and key milestones.
• Sequence tasks and identify dependencies that affect the project timeline.

Managing Project Risk, Trade-Offs, and Change

• Identify project risks before they affect the plan.
• Understand how scope, timelines, budget, and resources affect one another.
• Manage scope creep and project changes through a clear process.
• Explore how AI can support stakeholder analysis, risk brainstorming, project planning, and communication drafts while knowing what still requires project manager judgment.

Tracking, Reporting, and Closing the Project

• Track progress using milestones, status updates, and planned versus actual results.
• Communicate issues, decisions, risks, and next steps to stakeholders.
• Close projects with sign-off, lessons learned, and useful documentation for future work.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

This workshop addresses:

• Achievement and Results Orientation
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Analytical Thinking
• Change Management and Leadership
• Communication
• Computer and Digital Technology
• Decision Making and Decisiveness
• Document Use
• Engagement and Motivation
• Innovation and Initiative
• Leadership
• Planning and Organizing
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Reading Skills
• Research, Analysis and Evaluation
• Risk Management and Assessment
• Working with Data and Numbers
• Working with Others
• Workload and Time Management

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