Project Management Fundamentals: Run projects effectively
What you'll learn
- The role of a project manager and the skills you need to be successful
- Defining, developing, and pitching an idea to get a project initiated
- How to plan out and properly execute your project
- How to accept, process, and integrate changes to your project along the way
- Helping teammates overcome obstacles and challenges, and how to keep them motivated to maintain progress
- What to look out for when monitoring project progress
- How to review finished projects to ensure successful completion
- Project Management styles and how to choose the right one
Requirements
- There are no pre-requisite skills or knowledge needed
Description
Did you know only 2.5% of companies successfully complete 100% of their projects?
You read that right … only 2.5%!
And if that wasn’t bad enough, consider this:
- The average cost overrun of any given project is 27%
- 57% of projects fail due to breakdowns in communication
- 39% of projects fail due to lack of planning, resources, and activities
- 51% of organizations have no project management training program in place
- Fewer than one-third of projects are successfully completed in a given year
Alarming statistics, wouldn’t you agree?
Hard to believe this could be the case when a staggering 97% of organizations believe project management is critical to business success.
So the question then becomes …
Are you doing everything in your power to successfully manage your projects?
Because here’s the rub …
If you’re not managing your projects correctly, you’re not only setting yourself up for failure, you’re also wasting precious time, money, and resources doing things ineffectively … and likely damaging your company in the process.
So how exactly can you manage projects effectively and efficiently to make sure they come out successful each and every time?
Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to cover in this course.
We’ll cover:
- The role of a project manager and the skills you need to be successful
- Defining, developing, and pitching an idea to get a project initiated
- How to plan out and properly execute your project
- How to accept, process, and integrate changes to your project along the way
- Helping teammates overcome obstacles and challenges, and how to keep them motivated to maintain progress
- What to look out for when monitoring project progress
- How to review finished projects to ensure successful completion
- Project Management styles and how to choose the right one
By the end of this course, you'll have everything you need to correctly analyze, plan, and execute projects effectively, ensuring you never fall short of accomplishing your company’s goals and objectives.
Let’s get to it!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in improving their skills as a Project Manager
- Existing Project Managers who want to improve their skills and brush up on project management best practices
- Business owners and executives interested in learning more about project management
- New managers interested in understanding key project management concepts to improve their skills and professional credibility
- Anyone interested in understanding how to analyze, plan, and execute projects efficiently and effectively
Instructor
PracticalGrowth is a San Francisco-based education studio producing practical workplace courses for professionals, managers, and modern teams.
Our catalog covers leadership, management, HR, project delivery, communication, customer experience, AI, productivity, business strategy, operations, and career development. Each course is designed to help learners build useful skills they can apply directly in their work.
With three professional studio locations across the United States, PracticalGrowth creates polished, studio-produced courses that combine clear instruction, practical examples, and focused workplace learning.
The company was founded by Evan Kimbrell, a longtime online instructor whose courses have reached millions of students worldwide and remained bestsellers for years. Evan’s background spans online education, startups, venture capital, and digital product development.
With more than 350,000 learners and 133,000 reviews, PracticalGrowth is focused on building a practical, high-quality workplace learning catalog for people who want to learn efficiently and apply what they learn immediately.