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Project management: the start of the project journey

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This free course, Project management: The start of the project journey, introduces projects, what they are, how they come about, responses to problems and planning. It explores the role of key players including the project manager, feasibility studies, decision making and project life cycles.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Conception: ‘The journey begins’
  • 1 Conception: ‘The journey begins’
  • 1.1 What is a project?
  • 1.2 Organisations and ‘players in the game’
  • 1.3 The project environment: strategic planning
  • 1.4 Two investigative tools
  • 1.5 Organisational objectives
  • 1.6 Summary
  • 2 Feasibility
  • 2 Feasibility
  • 2.1 The feasibility study
  • 2.2 Technical feasibility
  • 2.3 Financial feasibility
  • 2.4 Risk and uncertainty
  • 2.5 Summary
  • 3 Making decisions
  • 3 Making decisions
  • 3.1 A model for decision making
  • 3.2 Aids to decision making
  • 3.3 Summary
  • 4 Projects: the life cycle, the project manager and success
  • 4 Projects: the life cycle, the project manager and success
  • 4.1 Project life cycles
  • 4.2 Promoting project success
  • 4.3 Why manage projects?
  • 4.4 What does a project manager do?
  • 4.5 Summary
  • 5 Software development
  • 5 Software development
  • 5.1 Software is a different kind of product
  • 5.2 Development processes
  • 5.3 Summary
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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