Project Management Apprentice

Learn Project Management, Software or Application Development Life Cycle.

What you'll learn

Understanding the commons and differences of Project Management Life Cycle versus Software Development Life Cycle

How to conduct project kick-off, steering committee & go-no go meetings?

How to gather good requirements?

Identifying types of risk and their mitigation strategy

Covers all the phases of project management life cycle

Requirements

This course is design for beginners who would like to understand what is project management is about.

Description

Project Management is now a Life skill more than a professional skill and every beginner in their career has to learn what is project management and how these skills could be applied in their professional and personal life. This course is for the beginners and professionals who would like to pursue or understand what is Project Management. The course is designed to make professionals understand the different phases of Project Management Life Cycle and also covers how software or application development life cycle fits into these phases of Project Management.  This course covers all the important and practical application of tools and techniques used to run a successful project to deliver a product or a service for your organisation. Quizzes are provide in this course for the learner to attempt and understand how far they have gained knowledge in Project Management through this course. Additionally candid videos & brain teasers are provided to give the learner a better experience in learning the concepts. After completion of this course, the learner will be issued a course completion certificate and will be certified as "Project Management Apprentice". "Project Management will continue to exist as long as human needs exist to create new products or services or solve a problem in this planet"  If you have any feedback, please feel free to reach out. We would love to hear feedback from our learners to make this course even more better than how it exist today. Thanks, and have a great learning.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is Project Management Apprentice ?

Section 2: Understanding Projects, Programs & Portfolio

Lecture 3 What is Project Management vs Portfolio Management ?

Lecture 4 Understanding Project Management vs Program Management vs Portfolio Management

Lecture 5 How Portfolios are formed ?

Lecture 6 Keys differences between Project - Program - Portfolio (PROJECTS)

Lecture 7 Key differences between Project - Program - Portfolio (PROGRAM)

Lecture 8 Keys differences between Project - Program - Portfolio (PORTFOLIO)

Lecture 9 What is Project ?

Lecture 10 Characteristics of a Project

Lecture 11 How does Project comes to existence ?

Lecture 12 Examples of non-projects

Section 3: Project Management

Lecture 13 What is Project Management ?

Lecture 14 Video - What is Project Management ?

Lecture 15 Why project management ?

Lecture 16 Types of Project Management ?

Lecture 17 Project Management Types Usage in the industry

Lecture 18 Project Management Failures

Lecture 19 Understanding Project Management Failures - Video

Lecture 20 How Projects really work ? - Video

Lecture 21 Common causes of Project failures

Lecture 22 Key elements of Project success

Section 4: Project Manager

Lecture 23 Who is a Project Manager ?

Lecture 24 Types of Project Managers

Lecture 25 PM’s Role & Responsibilities

Lecture 26 Top qualities of a Project Manager

Lecture 27 Who was the first Project Manager ?

Lecture 28 Gantt Chart

Lecture 29 Video - Types of Project Manager

Lecture 30 Video - Communication Gap

Section 5: Project Owner, Stakeholder & Team Structure

Lecture 31 Who is the owner of the Project ?

Lecture 32 Who is a stakeholder ?

Lecture 33 Project Team Structure

Lecture 34 Video - Teamwork & Leadership

Section 6: Project Management Office (PMO)

Lecture 35 What is PMO (Project Management Office) ?

Lecture 36 Video - Servent Leadership

Section 7: AI in Project Management

Lecture 37 Application of AI in Project Management

Lecture 38 AI in Project Management Continued…

Section 8: Project Constraints

Lecture 39 Understanding the Project Management Triple Constraint

Lecture 40 Triple Constraint

Lecture 41 Quadruple Constraint

Lecture 42 Summary

Lecture 43 Brain teaser (Question)

Lecture 44 Brain teaser (Answer)

Section 9: Project Management Life Cycle

Lecture 45 Famous Quotes

Lecture 46 Project Management Life Phases & SDLC Phases

Lecture 47 Project Management Life Cycle vs Software Development Life Cycle

Lecture 48 Candid Conversation between manager and a contractor

Section 10: Initiation Phase

Lecture 49 Initiation Phase

Lecture 50 Project Management Life Cycle - Initiation Phase

Lecture 51 Role of PM in Initiation Phase

Lecture 52 Roles in Initiation Phase

Lecture 53 Project Charter

Lecture 54 Project Charter Template

Lecture 55 Project Charter Approval

Lecture 56 Why is a Project Charter so Important ?

Lecture 57 How to write a Project Charter ?

Lecture 58 Project Charter Template

Lecture 59 Project Charter's importance and it's communication to stakeholders

Lecture 60 Project Kick-off meeting

Lecture 61 What is Project One-Pager and what is the Go-live Criteria ?

Lecture 62 Things to do for a Kick-off Meeting (Before, During & After)

Lecture 63 Project Initiation - Summary

Section 11: Planning Phase - Concept

Lecture 64 Role of PM in Planning Phase

Lecture 65 What phases of SLDC falls in Planning phase ?

Lecture 66 Concept Phase

Lecture 67 Concept Phase Document

Lecture 68 Project Vision Statement

Lecture 69 Understanding In Scope and Out of Scope

Lecture 70 Examples of In Scope

Lecture 71 Examples Out of Scope

Lecture 72 Communication Plan

Lecture 73 Project Business Value

Lecture 74 Examples of Business Value (Tangible)

Lecture 75 Business Value (Intangible)

Lecture 76 Examples of more Business Value (Tangible and Intangible)

Lecture 77 Project Plan

Lecture 78 Project Team

Lecture 79 Roles & Responsibilities

Lecture 80 Project Organization Chart

Section 12: Risk Identification & Management

Lecture 81 What is Risk ?

Lecture 82 Potential Project Risks

Lecture 83 Good vs Bad Risk

Lecture 84 Risk and Mitigation

Lecture 85 Managing Risk

Lecture 86 Video - Risk Management

Lecture 87 Video - Risk Assessment

Section 13: Planning Phase - Concept Summary

Lecture 88 Concept Phase Summary

Section 14: Planning Phase - Requirements

Lecture 89 Requirements Phase

Lecture 90 What is Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) ?

Lecture 91 Project Management Work in Project Management

Lecture 92 Work Breakdown Structure Example

Lecture 93 Scope Management Plan

Lecture 94 Types of Requirements

Lecture 95 Requirements Gathering

Lecture 96 Requirement Gathering Techniques

Lecture 97 Project Requirements Template

Lecture 98 Good Requirements Reference Card

Lecture 99 What makes bad requirements ?

Lecture 100 What are Good and Bad requirements ?

Lecture 101 Examples of Bad Requirements

Lecture 102 Examples of Good Requirements

Lecture 103 Requirements Review

Lecture 104 Requirements Review Process

Lecture 105 Requirements Model

Section 15: Planning Phase - Design

Lecture 106 Design Phase

Lecture 107 Estimation Techniques (Top down & Bottoms Up)

Lecture 108 Estimation Techniques (Three Point & Analogous)

Lecture 109 Estimation Technique (Parametric & What If Analysis)

Lecture 110 Critical Path Method

Lecture 111 Design & Requirements Mapping

Lecture 112 Identify Best Practices

Lecture 113 Examples of Best Practices

Lecture 114 Best Practices in Construction & Health Care Industry

Lecture 115 Design Thinking

Section 16: Planning Phase - Design Continued

Lecture 116 Gap Analysis

Lecture 117 Gap Analysis Continued…

Lecture 118 Conduct Design Review

Lecture 119 Design Approval

Lecture 120 Requirement & Design Phase - Summary

Section 17: Quality Assurance

Lecture 121 Quality Assurance

Lecture 122 Quality Assurance - Videos

Lecture 123 What are Quality Assurance Best Practices for Automotive industry ?

Lecture 124 Quality Assurance Best Practices in Software/Application ?

Lecture 125 Video - Quality Assurance

Section 18: Execution Phase - Build

Lecture 126 Build or Development Phase

Lecture 127 What happens during the Execution phase ?

Lecture 128 What happens in Build Phase ?

Lecture 129 Benefits of well Executed Project

Section 19: Execution Phase - Build

Lecture 130 Agile Methodology

Lecture 131 Agile vs Waterfall Methodology

Lecture 132 Hybrid Methodology

Lecture 133 Build Completion

Lecture 134 Summary - Build Phase

Lecture 135 Brain Teaser - Find out 12 differences

Lecture 136 Brain Teaser - Answer

Lecture 137 Video - Problem Solving & Critical Thinking

Section 20: Monitor & Control Phase - Test

Lecture 138 Test Phase

Lecture 139 Test Phase in Project Management Life Cycle

Lecture 140 Why testing is important ?

Lecture 141 Quality Control

Lecture 142 Quality Assurance vs Quality Control Differences

Lecture 143 Types of Testing

Lecture 144 Accessibility Testing

Lecture 145 What does each testing test ?

Lecture 146 What is the difference between whitebox and blackbox testing ?

Lecture 147 Black Box, White Box and Grey Box testing

Lecture 148 End to End testing

Lecture 149 Functional Testing

Lecture 150 User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Lecture 151 Load Testing

Lecture 152 Testing Rounds

Lecture 153 How to decide on the number of Test cycles ?

Lecture 154 Defect Management Process

Lecture 155 Defect Priority

Lecture 156 Defect Review Meetings

Lecture 157 Showstoppers

Section 21: Change Request & Management

Lecture 158 Change Request

Lecture 159 Who is responsible for Change Management ?

Lecture 160 Steps involved in Change Management Process

Section 22: Product/Service/Result Implementation

Lecture 161 Project Implementation Decision - Go/No Go

Lecture 162 Go Live Criteria for Go/No Go

Lecture 163 Go Live Sign Off

Lecture 164 Implementation Plan (High Level)

Lecture 165 Cut-Over Plan

Lecture 166 Cut-over plan execution

Section 23: Closure Phase - Close

Lecture 167 Project Close

Lecture 168 Project Closure Activities

Lecture 169 Capture Lessons Learned

Lecture 170 Post Go-Live Support

Lecture 171 Handover to Support Team

Lecture 172 Gather Customer Feedback

Lecture 173 Awards & Celebrations

Section 24: Project Management Tools

Lecture 174 Features to look for in Project Management Tools when selecting one

Lecture 175 Project Management Tools and it's comparisons

Lecture 176 Project Management Tool Comparison for Selection

Lecture 177 Summary

Lecture 178 Project Management Apprentice - Completion

Beginners who like to pursue project management as their career