Project Management: Beyond planning and control
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Project Management: Beyond planning and control
This course is part of Project Management: Tools, Approaches, Behavioural Skills Specialization
Instructors: Daniel Trabucchi
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What you'll learn
Identify the main variables of a project in a business context and describe the differences between projects and processes
Identify different organizational strcutures when working on a project
Describe the main human and cultural dimensions when working on projects
Pick the best organizational structure for a project
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Project Management is a fundamental theme to understand and work in any business environments. Projects are the organizational way to make innovation happen and to realize any kind of custom solution or to change how an organization work. Project Management is the set of capabilities, skills and tools to properly work on projects. The course aims to define the concept of a project and to show how, in the management of a successful business, project management and process management must coexist and integrate. During the course the project is analyzed as a managerial tool for the management of change and innovation and its links with the company strategy are emphasized.
What's included
10 videos2 readings1 assignment
10 videos•Total 75 minutes
- What is a project•7 minutes
- Projects and processes•7 minutes
- Projects, programs and portfolios•9 minutes
- Projects as arrays of decisions•8 minutes
- Cost-to-change and uncertainty•8 minutes
- The role of the anticipation principle and the stage-gate•9 minutes
- The role of flexibility in turbulent environments•6 minutes
- The drivers of flexibility•7 minutes
- The rise of Agile project management•8 minutes
- The rise of hybrid approaches•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 60 minutes
- The Spotify case•30 minutes
- More food for thought•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Week 1 - Quiz•30 minutes
What's included
9 videos2 readings1 assignment
9 videos•Total 77 minutes
- The organizational issue•7 minutes
- The functional structure•10 minutes
- Project Matrix Organization•5 minutes
- Strong and Weak Matrixes•7 minutes
- Project Management Roles•9 minutes
- Project Management and Leadership•8 minutes
- From Group of individuals to (performing) Project Team•11 minutes
- Conflicts in Project Management•7 minutes
- Conflict Management in practice•11 minutes
2 readings•Total 60 minutes
- Team Status Test•30 minutes
- Conflict Management Test•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Week 2 - Quiz•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Sep 10, 2022
Among all the project management-related courses I took, I enjoyed this the most. It's simple and shows the relationship among the concepts discussed.
Reviewed on Mar 6, 2022
Great teachers! Provided great examples and their lesson plans were easy to follow! Highly recommend.
Reviewed on Sep 6, 2022
I liked the course! I learned a lot, but I find the language unnecessary difficult sometimes. I think many statements could be delivered easier.
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