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Business Acumen for Project Managers

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Learn core strategic and business management skills that can help to bolster your business acumen. Discover how to align your projects with the larger purpose of your organization.

Syllabus

Introduction

Building your business acumen as a project manager

1. Strategy and Business Management for Project Managers

The Talent Triangle in project management

2. Aligning Projects with Business Strategy

The role of projects in your business strategy
Strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of projects
Define your strategic project goals
Define the benefits of your project for stakeholders
Define the risks of your project
Define the sustainability of your project
Process improvement methods in project management
Align your project scope, schedule, and budget

3. Recognizing Business Function Priorities

Prioritizing the customer for business acumen
Insights on marketing and sales for project managers
Insights on procurement, operations, and logistics for PMs
Insights on supply chain management for PMs
Insights on human resources for project managers
Insights on safety and physical security for PMs
Insights on information technology for PMs
Insights on finance and accounting documents for PMs
Insights on finance and accounting calculations for PMs
Insights on Capital Expenses (CapEx) and Operational Expenses (OpEx)
Insights on AI
Insights on supply chain resilience
Insights on startups

Conclusion

Leverage your business acumen for project success

Taught by

Daniel Stanton

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