Project Management and its Role in Effective Business

Online Expert Track in Project Management & Business & Management

Implement effective project management & planning and execution to boost business performance

How can you become a better project manager, and what are the principles driving effective project management within an organisation?

This Expert Track has been put together to offer you the chance to cover everything you need to know about good project management.

You’ll be able to learn how to deliver strategic change and transformation through the management of projects in organisations.

You’ll also be able to develop your understanding of the stages, tools and techniques required for project initiation, planning, execution, control and closure.

What makes an effective project manager?

This ExpertTrack explores what it takes to successfully plan and execute a project while considering the wider business context in which the project operates.

You’ll consider a typical day in the life of a project manager and learn the key competencies of an agile project manager, as you explore scrum and waterfall models, project initiation, phases and extended life cycles.

Understand change management and minimise business risk

You’ll have the opportunity to learn the differences between qualitative and quantitative risk analysis (including the Probability and Impact Matrix) and how to make a risk management plan in order to control, minimise and prepare for potential project hazards.

The project management skills and techniques within this ExpertTrack can be useful across a variety of positions and industries, whether you’d like to start or improve a career in project management, or you just want to add the methodologies to another role entirely.

Project management Industry statistics

Median base salary£39,000
UK job openings/month7,320

Source: Glassdoor’s Best Jobs (2019)

Key skills you will learn

Creating a business case
Project phases
Project processes
Project prioritisation and selection
Stakeholder management
Managing change
Agile management
Knowledge management
Communication
Project Management
Leading a team
Organisation

Learning outcomes

By the end of the ExpertTrack, you’ll be able to…

Demonstrate an understanding of the role of project management within organisations to deliver successful change.
Demonstrate competence in planning a project within a given organisational context.
Investigate the application of project management methodologies and techniques used to organise and plan project time, cost, resources and people.
Explore how cultural, communication, leadership and teamwork affect international project management.

Experience required

If you work in project management or are looking to add project management to your professional skills, this ExpertTrack will equip you with the technical and practical knowledge you need to manage and execute on projects effectively.

It’s recommended that you have up to two years of experience in the field of project management whether as a student or in your own career, as some industry understanding will be useful.

Getting started

This Expert Track is designed for anyone interested who wants to understand the fundamentals of project management in the context of an organisation.

It will be of particular interest to professionals and individuals interested in project management – especially aspiring project managers, project managers looking to take their career to the next level, and people in other careers such as engineering looking to gain project management skills.

Expert Track course overview

Course 1
Project Management: How to be a Successful Project Manager Develop your understanding of the project life cycle and agile project tools on this introduction to effective project management.1 test2 weeks3 hours per week Show weekly breakdown
Course 2
Project Planning and Communication: Mastering Gantt Charts and Stakeholder Management Improve your project planning and communicating skills and find out how to take a project to completion.2 weeks5 hours per week Show weekly breakdown
Course 3
Unlocking the Risk Matrix: Project Risk and the Change Management Process Learn to control, minimise and prepare for potential hazards, from qualitative vs quantitative to making a risk management plan.1 test2 weeks5 hours per week Show weekly breakdown
Course 4
Organisations and Project Management: P3M and Knowledge Management Analyse the impact of the organisational environment on project deliverables and learn the skills to succeed in global projects.1 test2 weeks5 hours per week
Course 5
Project Management: Agile Manifesto Principles Learn to successfully navigate unpredictable scenarios within the context of product development using agile vs scrum methodology.1 test2 weeks5 hours per week Show weekly breakdown

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