About The Course
The course has been designed to introduce you to the key elements of a project and in a way that is easy to digest.
You will learn about the key roles and stages of a project.
Each of the 12 lessons consists of just 3 topics.
Each topic should only take a couple of minutes to complete.
You can pause at any point and restart at any point.
There is an optional test at the end of the course. On completion of the test you can print your own course completion certificate.
We have included some useful check lists to help you with your own projects.
The 12 Lessons Cover
- Lesson 1 - What is a Project
- Lesson 2 - What is a Small Project?
- Lesson 3 - Preparation ~ Part 1 ~ Why, What, How
- Lesson 4 - Preparation ~ Part 2 ~ Business Case
- Lesson 5 - Preparation ~ Part 3 ~ Features
- Lesson 6 - Budgeting, Materials and Resources
- Lesson 7 - Planning
- Lesson 8 - Review and Getting Started
- Lesson 9 - Production / Performing the Work
- Lesson 10 - Change Requests / Issue Handling
- Lesson 11 - Completion / Hand Over / Closure
- Lesson 12 - Lessons Learned / Review
Finally take our test (25 multiple choice questions) to see how much you have learnt and get your personalised course completion certificate.
Our Audience
- Accidental project managers, those tasked with managing a project but who have had no formal training.
- Anyone involved in a project should know how a project should be managed so they can have a better understanding of how their role fits in with the whole project.
- Undergraduates / graduate entrants - They may have had little or no formal project management training at college.
- Apprentices - The course will help them gain a better understanding of business processes which will add to their overall skill set.
The Author
The course was written by Peter Noblett who, with over 40 years experience of managing a wide variety of commercial, research and domestic projects, developed the PerformWork model.