The Practical Project Manager

How to Successfully Manage & Deliver your New Project in 2023

What you'll learn

Lead your First Project with Confidence

Deliver projects on Time and on Budget

Use the Agile approach properly

Master Technical, Communication, and Leadership skills

Measure & Track your Project Performance

Handle Project Constraints & Business Challenges Efficiently

Manage & Engage Stakeholders

Motivate & Support your Team

Requirements

Basic Project Management knowledge is required to fully benefit from this course

Description

Whether you’re wondering how to become a Project Manager, or you have already taken a project management role, being an accidental project manager, or a traditionally trained one: No matter which path you’ve taken, this course will help you thrive and upscale your career by efficiently facing common project management challenges.If you’re struggling to launch your first project, keep your project organized, manage projects with limited resources and budget, or meet tight deadlines and stringent expectations, this course is made for you.Packed with practical, real-world solutions & How-to essentials, this course is your hands-on guide on how to handle your most pressing project management inquiries concerning:CareerBusiness challengesCommunication & LeadershipTechnical skillsAgileThe Practical Project Manager course is your guide to modern project management, as it provides simple, practical instructions for successfully dealing with whatever issue you might come across.Here’s a sample of the subjects this course covers:How to Land and Ace a Project Manager positionTechnical, Communication, and Leadership SkillsLeading troubled and recovered projectsSetting the stage for Success through Effective PlanningDefining Accurate Budgets and SchedulesEfficiently Monitoring and Controlling Project PerformanceManaging project Changes, Issues, Deliverables, and QualityFraming and Meeting Stakeholders’ ExpectationsMaking the most of Communication and Collaboration Tools and TechnologiesGetting started with Agile Project ManagementThe Practical Project Manager course takes the intimidation out of project management, giving you helpful guidance for managing your project from start to finish, dealing with the continuously arising challenges, using new tools and technology to drive efficiency, improve collaboration, and resolve conflicts, all to help you wear your project manager hat more prominently, and proudly.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Career

Lecture 2 How to Land a Project Management role?

Lecture 3 Do you Need a Project Management Certificate?

Lecture 4 What are the Most In-demand Project Management Certifications?

Lecture 5 How to Answer the Most Common Project Management Interview questions?

Lecture 6 What's the Difference between Project Manager, Product Manager, Business Analyst

Lecture 7 What are the Main Responsibilities of a Project Manager?

Lecture 8 Do you need Technical Knowledge in order to be able to Manage a Project?

Lecture 9 Should you Take on a Project you're Not Interested in?

Section 3: Business Challenges

Lecture 10 How to Successfully manage your First Project with No Previous Experience?

Lecture 11 How Many Projects can be Managed Concurrently?

Lecture 12 How Much Project Management Should a Project Involve?

Lecture 13 How to Handle a Project with a Limited Budget or Resources?

Lecture 14 How to Deal with Work Overload?

Lecture 15 Can a Project Manager also be a Resource on the Project?

Lecture 16 How to Strike the Right Balance between Project Activities and Support Tasks?

Lecture 17 How to Win the Support of Upper Management?

Lecture 18 What to Do when your Project Sponsor leaves?

Section 4: Communication & Leadership

Lecture 19 How to Motivate your Team?

Lecture 20 How to Convince your Team to Adapt Project Management Processes?

Lecture 21 How to Manage Remote Team Members with Different Time zones?

Lecture 22 How to Run Effective Meetings?

Lecture 23 How to Delegate Tasks Effectively?

Lecture 24 How to Deal with a Team Member who keeps missing Deadlines?

Lecture 25 How to Handle Staff Turnover?

Lecture 26 How to Deal with Out-of-scope Requests?

Lecture 27 How to Handle a Team Member's Bad attitude or behavior?

Lecture 28 How to Recover a Troubled Project?

Section 5: Technical Skills

Lecture 29 How to Efficiently Frame and Meet your Client’s Expectations?

Lecture 30 How to Accurately Estimate your Project Cost and Duration?

Lecture 31 How to Implement a Small Project?

Lecture 32 When and How to Hire a Freelancer?

Lecture 33 How to Document your Project?

Lecture 34 Do you Need a Project Management Software?

Lecture 35 How to Track and Measure your Project Progress and Status?

Lecture 36 What are the Key Project Management KPIs?

Lecture 37 How to Assess your Team’s Motivation?

Lecture 38 How to Deliver your Project with No Issues or Bugs?

Lecture 39 How to Wrap up your Project?

Section 6: Agile

Lecture 40 What is the Difference between Agile and Scrum?

Lecture 41 How is a Scrum Team structured?

Lecture 42 How to Define and Prioritize Tasks In the Product Backlog?

Lecture 43 How Long should a Sprint be?

Practitioners seeking a better understanding of project management processes, lifecycles, and approaches,Aspiring, New, and Experienced project managers who want to learn how to handle continuously arising challenges more efficiently,Anyone who wants to take the First Step into Launching their Project management Career