Start Date : 9 Nov ,2025
End Date : 13 Nov ,2025
Duration : 5 Days
Overview:
With the ever-increasing complexity of projects coupled with the high volatility in customer expectations nowadays, it has become of paramount importance to manage projects by professionals with specific skill set using structured methodologies to bring projects to successful closure.
Project Management Fundamentals course covers the essential principles of managing projects in any industry or business. The course presents a comprehensive overview of the Project Management cycle starting from project initiating until closing, which furnishes a clear methodology to manage projects in the organization. Besides, this course highlights the skills, tools, and techniques to help aspiring project professionals to become competent project managers.
Course Objectives:
- Define several key project management terms
- Recognize the relationship between project, program, and portfolio management
- Describe different organizational structures and their effect on managing projects
- Define project roles and responsibilities
- Recognize the importance of soft skills- such as leadership, team building, and communication- in managing projects
- Initiate and authorize a project
- Plan for a successful project
- Execute the project plan
- Monitor and control project execution
- Close the project and document lessons learned
Course Content:
1- The Project Management Context
Key terms in Project Management
Project, Program, and Portfolio Management
Effect of Organizational Structures on Project Management
The Project Lifecycle
The Triple Constraints
Project Management Roles and Responsibilities
Project Management Process Groups
Stakeholder Management
2- Project Initiating
Project Statement of Work (SOW)
Stakeholder Analysis
Business need and project purpose
Project boundaries and deliverables
Product requirements and characteristics
Project acceptance criteria
Major milestones, summary budget, assumptions, and constraints
Chartering a project
3- Project Planning
Project Integration Management
Project Scope Planning
Project Schedule Planning
Project Cost Planning
Project Quality Planning
Project Risk Planning
Project Resource Planning
Project Communications Planning
Project Procurement Planning
Baseline and the Project Management Plan
4- Project Executing and Controlling
Implementing the Project Management Plan
Developing Project Controls and Key Performance Indicators
Earned Value Management
Project Change Management
Project Status Reports
5- Project Closing
Administrative and Contractual Closing
Formalizing Final Acceptance by Key Stakeholders
Project Closure Report
Project Documents
Lessons Learned
Targeted Audience:
Project Managers and Project Coordinators
Project Planners
Project Engineers
Department and Functional Managers
Project Management Office (PMO) members
Project Sponsors and Senior Management
