Initiating and Planning a Project

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Initiating and Planning are crucial phases in developing and executing any successful project. Companies that are embarking on a new project initiative must assign people to gather facts and decide what exactly they want to produce and how they are going to produce it. This course examines which factors should weigh in during the project selection process and how to effectively plan a project from beginning to end.

Target Audience
This course is targeted toward a diverse range of managers and staff members who wish to acquire the necessary skills to successfully manage small to medium sized projects.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Initiating and Planning a Project

recognize the importance of successfully initiating a project

identify the steps of the Initiating phase of project management

identify the types of questions to ask to define a project and your role as the project manager

match project stakeholders to examples of their responsibilities

match each element of a project repository with its example

determine project charter requirements in a given scenario

recognize the importance of successfully planning a project

identify the steps of the Planning phase of project management

identify appropriate team members for a project in a given scenario

match imposed team issues with solutions

match activities that must be performed during the project Planning phase to their examples

recognize examples of the elements of a project plan

recognize the steps in creating the work breakdown structure

match the elements of a project communications management plan with examples

recognize the agenda of a kickoff meeting for a given project

Course Number:
proj_01_a03_bs_enus