Project Management - Complete Guide For A+ Project Managers (Udemy.com)
Complete guide to project management - stakeholders, planning, cost, quality, risks, feasibility, methods & resourcing
Created by: Peter Alkema
Last updated December 2024
What you will learn
- Know the different Project Management Terminologies and Guidelines
- Understand the Difference between Project and General Management
- Discuss the Difference between Project and Programmes
- Learn Key elements of Strategic and Project Management Thinking
- Familiarize with the skills needed for Project Managers
- Understand the Iron Triangle & Diamond Approach
- Discuss the PMBOK and the Project Management Life Cycle
- Test Project Feasibility
- Determine the who are the Stakeholders and the Project
- Learn how to do Stakeholder Analysis and Manage Stakeholders
- Know the Outline of a Feasibility Study
- Learn Fundamental Project Management Tools and Project Planning
- Learn how to put a resource plan together
- Know the benefits of resource planning and the work breakdown structure
- Learn how to use a mind map to help create a WBS
How it compares
Against the other 243 rated Udemy courses in Project Management on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 44% of them
- Reviews927#110 of 244 by number of reviews
- Length28.2 hourslonger than 92% of them
- Last updatedDecember 2024earlier than 74% of them
Course Description
Get instant access to a 131-page workbook on Project Management
Introduce yourself to our community of students in this course and tell us your goals with project management
Encouragement and celebration of your progress every step of the way: 25% > 50% > 75% & 100%
10 hours of clear and concise step by step instructions, lessons, and engagement
This course provides the best Project Management topics for college students, freshers, and professionals. Learn how to apply the skills of Project Management in the real world.
What you will learn:
Know the different Project Management Terminologies and Guidelines
Understand the Difference between Project and General Management
Discuss the Difference between Project and Programmes
Key elements of Strategic and Project Management Thinking
Familiarize with the skills needed for Project Managers
Understand the Iron Triangle & Diamond Approach
Discuss the PMBOK and the Project Management Life Cycle
Test Project Feasibility
Determine the who are the Stakeholders and the Project
Stakeholder Analysis and Manage Stakeholders
Know the Outline of a Feasibility Study
Fundamental Project Management Tools and Project Planning
Resource planning
Know the benefits of resource planning and the work breakdown structure
Use a mind map to create a WBS
Know the Project tools - the activity on node network diagram
PERT terminology and creating PERT chart
Activity, Methods, and other Factors
Project Cost and Procurement Management
Discuss the Project Operational Plan
Familiarize with the Project Quality Management & Risk
RACI Matrix Rules and Roles
Project Communication Plan and Project Communications
Know how to manage a team
Assembling the Project Team and Example of Skills Inventory Matrix
Understand what is Conflict Management
Know how to Delegate Project Responsibilities
Project Monitoring and Risk Management
Determine Project Success & Failure
...and more!
Contents and Overview
You'll start with Project Management Terminologies and Guidelines; Difference between Project and General Management; Difference between Project and Management Functions; Difference between Project and Programmes; Key elements of Strategic and Project Management Thinking; Skills needed for Project Managers; Additional Skills needed for Project Managers; Iron Triangle & Diamond Approach; The PMBOK; Project initiation and Scope; Time, Cost, Quality, and Human Resource; Communication, Risk, Procurement, and Stakeholders; PMBOK Knowledge Areas; The Project Management Life Cycle.
We will also cover Stakeholders and the Project; Project Stakeholders and Stakeholder Involvement; Stakeholder Analysis and Other Factors; Managing Stakeholders; Decision tree 1-4 discussion; The Project Charter; The Charter should address; The Feasibility Study; Undertaking a Feasibility Study part 1; Undertaking a Feasibility Study part 2; Outline of Feasibility Study; Fundamental Project Management Tools and Project Planning; Project Goals and Objectives, Project Scope, and its Statement examples; Plan the Project and its examples; Learn about the Resource Plan; Learn how to put a resource plan together; Know the benefits of resource planning and the work breakdown structure; Learn how to use a mind map to help create a WBS; Learn the steps to develop a WBS and example of it; Project tools - the activity on node network diagram; Learn CPM tools; Learn about the 3 Point Estimate; Learn what is Activity Network Diagram; Learn what is project evaluation review technique and creating PERT chart; Learn PERT terminology and creating PERT chart; Advantage and Disadvantage of PERT; Learn Activity, Methods, and other Factors; Learn what is Gantt Chart; Learn what is Project Cost Management; Project Procurement Management; Learn Procurement Management Processes; Discussing Contract Types and Standard Contract.
This course will also tackle What is Project Scheduling; Project Operational Plan; Project Crashing; Preparing for Quality Factors on Project Quality Management; Components involved in Project Quality Management; Learn how to implement the quality policy and create quality assurance; Learn how to implement Quality Control; Project Risk Management and Preparing for Quality; Risk Appetite and Tolerance and Risk Strategies; Learn Risk Analysis and the Cost of Risk; Learn Risk Probability; Learn Risk Impact and Effective Risk Management; Potential Benefits of Risk Management; What is RACI and an example of RACI Matrix; Learn the RACI Matrix Rules and Roles; Learn the RACI Matrix Rules and Roles; Learn the RACI Best Practices; Learn Project Communication Plan and Project Communications; Project Communications; Performance Reporting; Performance Reporting and its factors.
Next, we will discuss What is Project Team Development?; Project Types; Assembling the Project Team and Example of Skills Inventory Matrix; Performance Reporting and 5 stages of Team Development; Leading Project Team Meetings; What is Conflict Management; Delegating Project Responsibilities; Team Dynamics and Roles; Poor Group Dynamics and Strategies for Improving Group Dynamics; Delegating Project Responsibilities and its factors; Sources of Conflict; Factors on Sources of Conflict; Continuation of Sources of Conflicts; Types of Conflicts; Conflict Resolution; Project Quality Management; Project Execution Components; Continuation of Project Execution and its factors; Deliverables and Questions on Project Execution; Project Execution Elements and their Description; Monitoring and Controlling the Project.
Then, Project Closure; Define Project Success or Failure; Project Success; Characteristics of Successful Projects; Factors of Project Failure.
Who are the Instructors?
Linda Coetzee is your lead instructor – a professional making a living from teaching project management. As a project management expert, she has joined with content creator Peter Alkema to bring you this amazing new course.
You'll get premium support and feedback to help you become more confident as an A+ Project Manager! We can't wait to see you on the course!
Enroll now, and we'll help you improve your project manager skills!
Peter and Linda
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
927 Reviews
Peter Alkema
"What an amazing course! After finishing this course, I have confidence. Thank so much Dr Peter Alkema" ... "This is exactly the jump-start I needed. Very clear and concise"
I lead Digital Transformation & Architecture at ABB and I've been featured on CNBC Africa and won the Gartner CIO Of The Year in 2016. I founded and led the largest banking hackathon in South Africa which was published in 2019 as a case study by Harvard Business School.
I've taught over 100,000 students about technology, business, academics and self-development. In 2020 I completed my PhD at Wits University In Johannesburg. The study introduced a ground-breaking theory of Agile software development teams. My woodworking book was published in 2014 and has sold over 10,000 copies.
Olugbenga Gbadegesin: "Excellent delivery" / Lebogang Tswelapele: "This is what I have been longing for" / Paskalia Ndapandula: "Peter speaks with so much clarity" / Amantle Mangwedi: "It was straight to the point and the sections are cut into nice short segments which made it easier to go through" Kathy Bermudez: "Excellent material. Well organized..."
Werner van Wyk: "Thank you Peter, once again your lesson and course have given me so much knowledge and understanding" / Yvonne Rudolph "I really look forward to take everything i learned in action" / Josephine Mahlangu: "exactly what I needed to know, absolutely valuable and helpful for my personal growth"
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Reviews
By Yousra MASSAOUDI on 9/16/2025
The course is very interesting and general covering all aspects of project management. Although, I found that the AI part is very very long and time consuming. I would rather prefer to focus more on project management tools and methodologies in stead.
By Sujeeta Singh on 2/11/2025
The Project management will provide a strong foundation in key project management principles, tools, and best practices. The course structure was well organized, and examples will help me to understand how to apply the concepts in my work. Overall, it was a great match for me, enhancing my skills in Planning, execution, and team coordination.
By Kristy Osgan on 10/24/2024
amazing course work. very well organized. working my way through the end! the sections are all relevant & presented in a super nice way to consume the information.!
By Sandra Truong on 9/4/2024
Thank you for the course! It makes clear what PM is, but it seems to differ a lot from the PRINCE2 Foundation theory. But this course was still very interesting!
By Anonymized User on 8/25/2023
really good. 3 remarks: - Some typos in the slides in the videos - Some gibberish that should have been removed from the videos - offline PDF doesn't scale well (issue with PDF export?)
By Evette Lucci on 7/25/2023
I have gained insight into a plethora of project management tools. Each tool was described in detailed and I now feel like I have options to organize myself more efficiently. I feel I am transitioning into a working smarter mode. Listening to Linda's A+ PM tool options provided me with a few ah ha moments. I am enjoying this class. And I am interested in continuing the journey. Her style, voice and demeanor align with me. She feels like an old friend trying to help me understand concepts. Thanks.
By Andrew Berezovski on 1/6/2023
The course was pretty informative but not detailed (a few document templates and no real discourse). The most irritative part was uncut tapped scenes, no matter the lector asked to delete them.
By Anonymized User on 9/28/2022
it is really great course which helps in kickstarting your career as project manager with all the qualities and resources explained in a detailed way, highly recommended.
By Joey De Klerk on 7/13/2022
I love this course I hope to Learn some tips and tricks to be a better Project Manager. Great to go back to fundamentals of Network Diagrams and PERT formulas.
By Costino Makhasana on 6/30/2022
This course has been informative and every topic discussed was well delivered and Linda is very well informed about the subject and she made it easy for me to understand.
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