Taking project manager certification training is a valuable experience that boosts your skills and confidence. The courses typically cover key concepts like planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication, often with practical exercises. Participants usually find the training well-structured and helpful for exam preparation, leading to better career opportunities. The quality of course materials can vary, but overall, it's a worthwhile investment for anyone looking to advance in project management.
The project management course is very comprehensive. This course's lesson materials and learning modalities are interactive and substantially discussed. For all aspiring project managers, this course is 100/100 and beyond expectations. Thank you PhilPMA!
I like how concepts are simple and straight forward. Content is good that serves as foundation especially if the staff has no idea on what Project Management is.
The PM course content quality, delivery, practicality, support and resources, assessment, and outcomes meet my learning objectives, which apply to our previous and current project.
This course was instrumental skills and is highly recommend for anyone looking to improve their project execution.
Learned more about projects, and the books are all helpful
Target Audience
Anyone wanting to learn Project Management
Project Managers, Program Managers, Project Engineers, Site Engineer, Project Architects, Quality Assurance & Quality Control Managers, etc. in Manufacturing, Construction and Information Technology Industries
Requirements
No prior experience required. We will start from the very basics
You will need access to Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) to download and practice with the supplemental course materials
Course Curriculum
Welcome to the course! Introduction to projects and Project Management
What does the course cover?
02:43
What is a Project?
04:13
Why do companies execute projects?
03:32
What creates the demand for projects? Prioritization and selection of projects
06:01
What is a Project Manager? What is their commitment in a project?
05:16
What are the skills and the knowledge a Project Manager must have?
07:16
Projects: a History lesson
04:58
Project management terminology
06:08
The Project Phases
How does a project start and how does it evolve? What a project’s main stages?
05:11
The Initiation Phase
What is the Initiation Phase about? Define the project goals
03:43
What is involved in a business case?
02:09
What does scope cover?
02:57
Who performs the feasibility study and what does it involve?
02:17
What goes into risk assessment? What are expectations?
02:22
How to create a Project Charter?
03:34
Case Study 1
14:31
The Planning Phase
What is Planning? Why is it important? What happens if it is not done correctly?
04:28
Why is Planning so critical in Project Management?
03:36
What is the cost of Change in projects?
02:35
What to do before you start?
02:21
Project management insights
04:30
Scope Planning
06:33
Scope Planning (continued)
04:43
The Planning Phase – Timelines & Schedules
How to estimate when planning?
03:53
The planning fallacy, optimism bias, illlusion of control
05:59
How much to buffer?
05:22
Identifying dependencies
04:10
Identifying the critical path
04:06
Using the Gantt chart to plan the project work streams
03:28
Building the project schedule + MS Project tutorial
08:51
How to build a milestone table and its uses?
02:47
The Planning Phase – Cost
The process of budgeting
02:08
The process of budgeting (continued)
04:56
Procurement contract types
03:54
Procuring non financial resources
02:17
Planning HR
02:35
RACI matrix – assigning roles
02:29
Quality requirements
06:15
The Planning Phase – Expectations, Assumptions and Risks
Planning expectations management
04:34
How to control assumptions?
01:47
Planning Risk management
03:22
Building a Risk log
03:16
The Planning Phase – Change Request
How to deal with and record change requests?
05:41
The Execution Phase – Meetings
Introduction to Execution and KO Meetings
02:18
What is involved in a kick-off meeting
05:08
Tips to handle meetings
04:04
The Execution Phase – Project Diary
What is action-owner due date
02:22
Filling in the project diary
03:24
The Execution Phase – Managing the Team and Work
How the Project Manager manages tasks
03:58
How the Project Manager manages the team
06:03
The Monitoring and Control Phase
What is Monitoring and Control?
02:34
Controlling in a PM environment
02:43
How to check if a project is on schedule
04:22
How to see if a project is on budget
03:35
How to perform quality control
05:09
Keeping the risk log updated
01:24
Dealing with change proposals
04:50
The Execution Phase – Issue Management
How to record and build project report updates
05:46
How to deal with any issues that occur during execution
03:48
Case Study 2
16:51
The Closure Phase
Why do we close a project
02:13
What steps to take to close a project
04:01
MS Excel for Project Management
Introduction to MS Excel for Project Management
03:34
Tracker 1 High level
07:59
Tracker 2 Standard tasks
06:50
Tracker 3 Few steps & statuses
04:38
Project Management Logs
04:51
Actions, Issues, Dependencies Log
03:40
RAIDD Log
04:28
RAIDD Log Structures
05:06
Risks Log
02:49
Project Management Logs : Outro
03:20
Project Schedule
05:16
Gantt Chart: Months
02:57
Gantt Chart: Weeks
04:12
Budget: Simple Table
03:29
Budget: Time & Materials 2
03:40
Formatting Tips & Tricks
05:52
MS Excel for Project Management Conclusions
02:07
Agile Project Management
Waterfall
03:59
A different kind of project
05:59
Where Waterfall falls short
04:49
Introducing Agile
06:30
Agile project structure
04:48
Product Development in Agile
06:07
SCRUM
Introduction to SCRUM
05:24
SCRUM project structure
04:20
User Stories
05:15
EPICs
02:23
Product Backlog, Releases, MVP
05:42
Product Owner
03:39
Development Team
05:23
SCRUM Master
05:09
Agile vs Waterfall
Agile vs Waterfall – Comparison
03:29
Agile vs Waterfall – Analysis
07:10
Agile vs Waterfall – Conclusion
03:36
You are now a Project Manager!
You are now a Project Manager! 🎉
01:32
Additional resources to improve you Project Management Skills
Additional resources to improve your Project Management skills
Certification Examination for Certified Project Manager (CPM)
This is the Final Exam for your certification. If you passed this examination, you would receive a certification with the title CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGER (CPM).