Courses

Opening a new branch, rolling out an IT system, organising a conference or moving premises: every organisation runs on projects. In this introductory course you will learn to tell a project apart from day-to-day operations, understand the triple constraint of scope, time and cost, work through the life cycle phases from initiation to closure, identify the key roles and analyse stakeholders with a power/interest grid. You will also use four simple, effective tools: the project charter, the work breakdown structure (WBS), the Gantt chart and the risk register. You will follow Inês, project manager for Atlântico Engenharia's New Headquarters project, and practise with downloadable templates. Based on international references such as ISO 21502, PMI's PMBOK® Guide, PRINCE2® and the Scrum Guide, the course gives you a common language for working on projects in any sector and any country. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Tell projects apart from day-to-day operations and explain the triple constraint and a project's success criteria.
• Describe the phases of the project life cycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure.
• Identify the roles of the project manager, sponsor and team, and analyse stakeholders with a power/interest grid.
• Use simple planning tools: the project charter, work breakdown structure, Gantt chart and risk register.

Modules

1. What a project is36 min
2. The project life cycle31 min
3. Roles and stakeholders33 min
4. Essential tools35 min

Who it is for

Managers, team leaders and project team members who are starting to take part in or coordinate projects