Project Management Fundamentals Course
New project managers, project team members, and professionals who manage projects without the formal title.
Overview
A practitioner-led introduction to project management built around the principles codified by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Our developers and instructors have spent decades running real projects across aerospace, automotive, construction, energy, and higher ed, so they teach the fundamentals the way they actually work in practice.
You pick the path: one-day in-person workshop, two-day Microsoft® Project integrated workshop or self-paced online with 11 hands-on labs. For company cohorts of five or more, we customize the case study to mirror your team’s real project context. People learn project management by planning and running projects, so that is what you do, start to finish, during the course.
What you'll learn
- Learn PMI principles and terminology used across every industry
- Plan a project from scope through schedule, cost, and resources
- Practice risk management and stakeholder communication
- Use Microsoft® Project to build and track a cost- and resource-loaded schedule (optional)
- Experience executing and controlling a project through to close-out
- Internalize PMI concepts you can apply on real work immediately
What's included
- Instructor-led training on Project Management Institute (PMI) principles and terminology
- Hands-on planning, executing, and controlling exercises grounded in a real case
- Optional Microsoft® Project integration for scope, schedule, and resource planning
- Customized case studies for company cohorts of 5 or more
- Course workbook with templates and checklists
Who should attend
New project managers, project team members, and professionals who manage projects without the formal title.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites. Open to all experience levels.
Agenda
A typical delivery. Custom on-site engagements are adapted to your team and industry.
- Day 1Plan a project end-to-end
- Project lifecycles, process groups, and PMI terminology
- Build a work breakdown structure (WBS) and scope statement
- Cost and resource-loaded scheduling exercise
- Risk management planning workshop
- Stakeholder analysis and communication planning
- Day 2 (optional)Microsoft® Project integration
- Build a project schedule in Microsoft® Project from your case study
- Add resources, costs, and dependencies
- Monitor and update the schedule through execution
- Variance analysis and status reporting
Upcoming sessions
Public dates listed below. Custom on-site delivery is available year-round. Contact us for a quote.
Frequently asked questions
I have project management experience already. Is this course for me?
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Can you customize the case study for our team?
Will this prepare me for the PMP exam?
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Talk to us about delivering this to your team.
Custom on-site, live online, or a seat in an upcoming public cohort. Tell us a little about your team and we'll come back with a quote and timing.