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Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
  • Start Date: 03 May, 2021
  • 4 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Improve your project planning and management skills and learn how to run effective projects at work or in your daily life.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

Discover the importance of project planning and management


On this course, you will learn project planning techniques, principles and execution methods to create projects that can be run more effectively and efficiently.


Whether it’s for projects at work or in daily life, you’ll discover the language and frameworks for scoping projects, sequencing activities, utilising resources, and minimising risks.


You also have the chance to earn professional development units (PDUs) as the University of Virginia Darden School of Business is approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).


Find out how to create a project plan


Once you’ve learned about the basics of project planning and management, you’ll explore in more detail how to create a project plan. As well as examining the scoping process, you’ll learn about the project life-cycle, duration, and critical path.


Once you’re finished, you’ll have a solid project planning template that you can use across a whole range of different situations.


Develop your project management skills


If you’ve already taken a project management course, you’ll know that the planning stages are crucial to your ultimate success. By learning how to plan a project, you’ll also cover topics such as risk assessment, budgeting, and prioritisation.


With this course, you’ll learn how to use the right language and mindset to create an effective project management plan.


Equip yourself with project planning tools


With the set of project management skills you’ll develop on this course, you’ll be equipped with the necessary tools to manage all kinds of projects, no matter their size and scope.


When it comes to the project’s execution phase, you’ll also learn about some of the methods you can use to carry out and analyse your plans.


This course is for anyone interested in project planning and project management.


It’s suitable for anyone considering a career as a project manager who wants to develop planning techniques that ensure projects run smoothly from start to finish.


It will also benefit those already in management positions who have taken on new responsibilities and want to further their knowledge of project management processes and techniques.


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    • Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

      This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

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