101: Project Management Basics

Project management focuses on planning and organizing projects and their resources. This includes identifying and managing the life cycle to be used, applying it to the user-centred design process, forming a project team, and effectively guiding the team through all stages until the project is completed.

With proper project management, you can ensure that the purpose/vision and goals of the project are maintained while supporting the tasks and goals of the audience. In addition, you can avoid risks and use your available resources effectively and efficiently. It can also help team members understand their responsibilities, expected deliverables, and the schedule that everyone needs to follow to complete the project on time and within budget.

This course provides you with a basic overview of the areas, pillars, project phases, life cycles, and incorporating user-centred design principles.

To follow up on this course and to achieve a mastering of project management the course Simple Project Management is for you.

You don´t need any prior experience for this course. This is a basic course and made for everyone who wants to get started with their first project as a freelancer or sole trader and for everyone who is interested in project management. There is no assessment between the classes and you can ask questions during the class.

Philip has worked as a senior director in many varied organisations and has been a management consultant for the past 20 years. Project management has therefore been a critical tool that he has used daily for over 40 years. As a projects director in one organisation, he was responsible for multimillion-pound projects with teams of up to 50 people. Philip has specialised in working with startups and SME's for the past 10 years and understands the challenges faced when either launching a new business or growing a small business. And project management has been at the heart of developing successful and profitable businesses.