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Fundamentals of Project Management

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ID: 210 | Video: None | Audio: Low | Animation: Low

Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3

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Gain a good understanding of project managment and learn how to manage a project using effective tools and ideas

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This online course is aimed at people interested in IT project management and builds on other business and IT courses available online at ALISON.


Every competent project manager needs to know the various phases and project management software and tools available do the job properly (such as the Gantt Chart). This free course will identify these phases and tools, enabling you to successfully manage any project.

Modules in Fundamentals of Project Management

Project management overview Project management methodology Project management toolset Project management documentation System development life cycle The planning phase Project management, the analysis phase The design phase The implemention phase Evaluation phase Changing information systems Project Management Assessment
Learning Outcome

After completing this course you will understand the history of project management and learn from examples of interviews with project managers. You will gain a good knowledge of project management methodology. Each phase is examined: investigation, planning, design, production, monitoring and evaluation. You will be able to identify and understand the most important tools used by a project manager including GANTT charts, PERT Diagrams, estimating activity time, scheduling, expediting and Critical Path Method. You will gain a good knowledge of program, system, technical, user, paper-based, electronic and media project management documentation. This course will teach you the process of the systems development life cycle to help identify problems and create solutions in each stage of the projects life including planning, analysis, design, implementation and evaluation. You will learn about different issues that can occur when an information system is changed or a new sytem is introduced.

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Comments & Reviews

  • Bassey Ita - Nigeria

    2013-05-20 16:05:30

    Course Module: Project management documentationCourse Topic: Documentation revisionComment: Project Management has so far been interesting, learning how to prioritize and allocate time-lines is wonderful, I am looking forward to creating my own GANTT chart, PERT diagram when am done drawing up an hypothetical project.

  • Tareq Nooman - Yemen

    2013-05-19 13:05:20

    Course Module: Project management overviewCourse Topic: Project ManagementComment: good

  • Bassey Ita - Nigeria

    2013-05-17 14:05:51

    Course Module: Project management overviewCourse Topic: Project ManagementComment: project management has been simplified and the two most important elements in undertaking a particular project is human and material resources

  • Bassey Ita - Nigeria

    2013-05-17 14:05:19

    Course Module: Project management overviewCourse Topic: Project ManagementComment: project management has been simplified and the two most important elements in undertaking a particular project is human and material resources

  • Andrew Chinguwo - Malawi

    2013-05-16 16:05:06

    Course Module: Project management methodologyCourse Topic: Project management methodology revisionComment: The course is providing valuable insights in how to go about managing a project in an orderly and efficient manner