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How it works
Drive Success with Project Management Essentials
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Bolster your operational management skills with innovative techniques
On this four-week course, you’ll navigate the world of project management, guided by the expertise of Aberystwyth Business School.
Advance your strategic project planning skills
You’ll explore the strategic aspects of project management, mastering how to foresee and mitigate potential project hurdles with advanced planning methods.
The guidance of Professor Andrew Thomas, coupled with Aberystwyth Business School’s blend of theoretical and practical insights, ensures a learning experience that not only broadens your knowledge base but also enhances your practical skills.
Gain tools for project success
Throughout the course, you’ll focus on strategies to achieve your project goals and objectives.
You’ll delve into Six Sigma methodologies, a set of techniques and tools for process improvement, and their application in project planning and performance evaluation.
During week 3-4 you’ll learn to critically compare various project planning techniques and understand the vital connection between project management methods and broader operational management strategies.
Apply management techniques to your discipline of choice
By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with a comprehensive understanding of project management principles, project life-cycles, models, and practical application techniques.
You’ll be prepared to tackle any project with confidence and strategic insight, ready to make a significant impact in your professional and personal environment.
Syllabus
Week 1
The principles and purposes of project management
Project Management Techniques
Project Management Techniques
Week 2
Projects and Project Management
Projects and Project Management
Projects and Project Management
Week 3
More project management models
More project management models
More project management models
Week 4
Planning and evaluating projects
Critical Path Method (CPM) and Programme Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)
Critical Path Method (CPM) and Programme Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)
When would you like to start?
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Compare various project planning techniques and to apply these techniques to create detailed project plans for given scenarios.
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the connection between Project Management techniques and more general operational approaches to management.
- Apply the project management method to individual disciplines
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for project managers, business analysts, quality assurance specialists, and anyone interested in enhancing their project management skills.
Who will you learn with?
I am Professor of Engineering Management and Head of Aberystwyth Business School. I entered academia having followed an industrial career initially with the Royal Air Force and then later BE Aerospace
I currently work in the field of agricultural research dissemination with a focus on technological innovations and a keen interest in environmental sustainability.
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
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$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$134/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Tests to boost your learning
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 15 Oct 2024
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- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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