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This official course from the Project Management Institute® (PMI),® a world leader in certifying project management experts, offers an introduction to the key fundamentals of successful project management. It develops essential skills and provides practical tools to apply them in various professional fields.
PMI’s® main objective is to set global standards in project management through educational programs and the professional certification of experts. Its standards and certifications are recognized by governments and companies worldwide.
The course is designed with a practical approach, through structured modules that facilitate learning. Students will participate in various activities, such as presentations, case studies, projects, learning games, videos, and online consultations, to reinforce concepts and assess their progress.
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Duration
70h (Online)
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:
- Know the fundamentals and basic concepts of project management.
- Apply traditional plan-based methodologies.
- Apply agile frameworks and methodologies.
- Apply business analyst frameworks.
Program
Module 1: Fundamentals and Basics of Project Management
- Define a project, product, program, portfolio, etc.
- Define project management.
- Define a business case.
- Define the scope of the project.
- Define the deliverables.
- Define a milestone and a task.
- List the components of a project.
- List the components of a business case.
- Define problems, risks, assumptions, and limitations.
- Identify the characteristics of traditional page-based delivery.
- Identify the characteristics of agile delivery.
- Identify the ethics of project management (see PMI code of ethics).
- Identify concepts of a project management plan (cost, quality, risk, schedule, etc.).
- Define the different types of resources (human and material).
- Identify common terminology in business concepts related to project management (change management, culture, strategy, governance, compensation, performance metrics, prioritization, categorization, work breakdown, reporting, conflict, accuracy vs. accuracy, leadership, motivation, etc.).
- Identify the characteristics of the different organizational environments (co-location and virtual teams, decentralized and centralized organization, and organizational structures (functional, matrix, projected)).
- Describe organizational structures (virtual and co-location teams, decentralized and centralized organization, and organizational structures (functional, matrix, projected)).
- Identify benefits and concepts associated with risk registration.
- Identify the benefits and concepts associated with the registration of interest groups.
- Define key stakeholder roles, such as project managers, sponsors, team leaders and members, project clients, etc.
- Define the key responsibilities of stakeholders, such as project managers, sponsors, leaders and team members, project clients, etc.
- Identify leadership and management.
- Identify the typical tools used to create a project calendar.
- Define the features and benefits of different project management tools.
- Define common tools or techniques for collecting information.
- Description of the components of an effective meeting.
Module 2: Traditional planning-based methodologies
- Identify the main reason for traditional projects based on; in plans.
- Identify the groups of processes and areas of knowledge (cost, quality, risk, schedule, etc.).
- Identify the phases of the project and the correct order of the phases.
- Define a typical project structure for a traditional plan-based approach.
- Identify the steps to create a schedule.
- Define a work breakdown structure.
- List the dependency types (sequence, start to start, end to start, etc.).
- Define a critical path.
- Describe project controls in traditional projects based on; in plans (earned value, baselines, etc.).
- Identify monitoring and control techniques in traditional projects based on; into a plan.
Module 3: Agile Methodologies
- Identify the main reason for Agile and traditional projects based; in plans (plan based).
- Identify the main tenants/principles of Agile.
- Recognize hybridization.
- Define the use of transparency in Agile projects.
- Describe the principle of servant leadership.
- Describe the process of attracting customers.
- Identify common agile methodologies.
- Indicate the components of Agile sequencing.
- Identify the factors/inputs to determine the framework (time, scope, etc.).
- Identify Agile project progress metrics.
- Indicate the importance of monitoring Agile projects.
- Define the role of the Agile project leader.
- Define the role of the Agile project member.
- Identify good team principles in agile project management.
- Identify examples of team collaboration in agile project management.
- Describe project controls in Agile projects.
- Identify monitoring and control techniques in Agile projects.
- Identify the components of a specific Agile plan (Scrum, XP, Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, etc.).
- Describe the process of breaking down tasks in agile project management.
- Describe the process of prioritizing tasks in agile project management.
- Identify the stakeholders of the final product.
Module 4: Business Analysis Frameworks
- List the roles and responsibilities of the basic/critical stakeholders (business analysts, project sponsor, product owner, product manager, etc.).
- Define role types (internal or external).
- List elements of a communication plan.
- Identify communication channels/tools.
- List the types of requirements (functional, non-functional, stakeholders, security, solution, business, migration, market research, benchmarking, etc.).
- List ways to qualify.
- List the tools used to capture requirements (use case, user stories, process diagrams, etc.).
- Define the traceability matrix of requirements/product portfolio.
- Define what a product roadmap is.
- List the components of the product roadmap.
- Define a launch plan.
- Define components of the project/product acceptance (requirements traceability matrix/product backlog, transition plan, etc.).
