Short Description:
Project management is becoming a core competence and not just about managing processes to ensure that the strategic goals of a business are delivered on time, within budget and specification. These days, project management is more about managing strategic goals while adapting to change and responding to ongoing disruptions. The pandemic, rapid urbanisation, digital transformation and environmental challenges are only some of the types of disruption faced by contemporary businesses. It is up to the project manager to ensure that the project management processes, as well as the projects and/or services themselves, are part of the readjustment required for business to survive these new challenges. This freely available ebook introduces some of the core values, concepts and tools as recognised by the Project Management Institute (PMI). This book will be of value to both students and practitioners in Australia and overseas seeking professional development in the field of project management.

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This podcast reviews the concepts of project Time, scope, cost, quality, risk, HR, Communication, Integration, and procurement management.

This course will walk you through the nuts and bolts of project management. From understanding the project life cycle to setting priorities and expectations to controlling expenses and reporting results, project management touches several resources within organizations. You will examine roles and environments and various techniques of planning, evaluation, and control. An overview of the tools used in contemporary project management will also be discussed throughout the course.

This is a first course in project management, one in which students will learn the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to be an effective project manager. They will learn how to plan, execute, and monitor a project. The course will cover the latest theories and concepts on scoping, stakeholder management, team leadership, budgeting and contracting, scheduling, quality control and assurance, and risk management. Students will have the option to apply their learning to a real-world project. 

Short Description:
The primary purpose of this text is to provide an open source textbook that can be used in introductory project management courses. The objective is to develop a concise, widely applicable open source textbook that can be used in the for-profit and non-profit sectors. This text covers all aspects of the project management lifecycle. The author has intentionally left out examples from fields of practice like business, engineering and information technology in order to ensure this text has universal applicability.

Long Description:
Project management is not just for Project Managers anymore. Organizations of all shapes and sizes continue to transform the ways they innovate and deliver on their promise to continuously improve customer satisfaction levels. When an organization introduces change, they must do it right the first time. Disruption is the new normal. Succeeding in such turbulent times means organizations cannot afford to waste precious resources on failed projects. This has led to a recognition that the tools, techniques and processes associated with project management can help organizations be successful.

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Having been a project manager for over a decade—and having taught hundreds of classes and workshops on project management—I wanted a textbook that would be:Designed for a “flipped” classroom structure. A textbook with short and concise readings with appropriate videos embedded. A student workbook for taking notes while reading so students are ready to work on exercises in class, instead of listening to a lecture that repeats, or tries to clarify, a complicated textbook.Accessible to my students, and not bogged down with academic language or irrelevant research. Something that would provide students with a good introduction to basic vocabulary and concepts without using a lot of technical language.Granular, so that each section would focus on one topic and just that topic. This way, instructors can assign just the sections or chapters they want and not be worried that students will get sidetracked with material that the instructor doesn’t want to focus on in their course.Focused on the essentials of project management. There is a lot to learn in project management, but with a good understanding of the essentials, students can learn advanced concepts and the “exceptions to the rules” on their own.

This learning module (Lesson 3 of Unit 2) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of learning modules on cost management, or as part of the course.

This learning module (Lesson 1 of Unit 6) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of learning modules on cost management, or as part of the course.

This learning module (Lesson 3 of Unit 6) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of learning modules on cost management, or as part of the course.

This learning module (Lesson 1 of Unit 2) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of learning modules on external management, or as part of the course.

This learning module (Lesson 2 of Unit 2) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of learning modules on external management, or as part of the course.

This learning module (Lesson 1 of Unit 1) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of introductory learning modules, or as part of the course.This learning module provides students with a broad contextual overview of the past, present, and future of project management. It also introduces a few basic key concepts.

This learning module (Lesson 2 of Unit 1) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of introductory learning modules, or as part of the course.This learning module provides students with an understanding of the focus and organization of the course Project Management Fundamentals.

This learning module (Lesson 3 of Unit 1) is part of a course called Project Management Fundamentals and may either be completed individually as a stand-alone topic, or part of a trio of introductory learning modules, or as part of the course.This learning module consists of an experiential exercise called the Rock'n Bands game by Klassen & Willoughby (2003) where students engage in a simulated project management exercise.