Project Management Basics

Learn how to quickly identify project boundaries using the W questions.

Learn how to identify project tasks and activities using the deliverables deployment technique.

Understand when and how to use a milestone schedule on a project.  Learn how to create a milestone schedule.

Understand what is normally shown in a project budget.  Learn how to create a time-phased project budget.

Understand the difference between positive and negative risk. Learn the major steps of project risk management. 

Project Team Building is a process that the Project Core Team normally goes through to improve team coordination and decision making.

Project Communication Management is a very broad term that refers to all of the communication activities associated with the project. Communication is a key attribute of project management.

Learn how to create and use a project dashboard to communicate project status with both management and your project team.

Project Management Reviews are the formal documented meetings held periodically between senior management and the project team. 

Understand how to gain stakeholder acceptance during project closeout and learn how to create and use a Punch List.