Foundational to project management is the understanding of how the practice of project management fits into the structure of projects, programs, portfolios, and operations management. Each of these functions have varying responsibilities, considerations, and actions to execute and it is imperative for the new project manager to understand the difference.
Project management is a process and as such has a prescribed set of process steps that must be followed, and for each step, well-defined activities and deliverables that must be created for any project to be successfully completed.
Finally, this webinar will overview the entire fifteen modules in this series.
Agenda
- What are projects?
- The importance of project management.
- Projects, programs, portfolios, and operations management.
- Benefits of effective project management.
- The role of the project manager.
- The importance of understanding project initiation.
- Project management process.
- Introduction to the entire series of modules