Foundations of Project Management Course (Self-Paced)
IDPROJ7025SP

Module 1: Foundational Concepts

• Project management standards and the PMBOK® Guide (7th Edition)
• Project management principles
• Project performance domains
• Predictive, adaptive, and hybrid project approaches

Module 2: Starting a Project

• Why organizations initiate projects
• Business case and project charter
• Initial project information and assumptions
• Stakeholder identification and engagement

Module 3: Project Planning

• Importance of planning for project success
• Planning performance domain
• Project scope definition
• Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Module 4: Project Execution

• Role of the project manager during execution
• Managing project work and delivery
• Communications and quality considerations

Module 5: Monitoring and Controlling Project Progress

• Measuring project performance
• Project baselines and variances
• Monitoring and controlling work
• Communicating project status

Module 6: Best Practices for Closing Out a Project

• Administrative and contractual project closure
• Final deliverables and stakeholder handoff
• Lessons learned and documentation

Module 7: Standards and Development Approaches

• Internal and external factors influencing projects
• Stewardship and systems thinking principles
• Selecting predictive, adaptive, or hybrid approaches

Module 8: Initiating and Planning Strategy

• Developing a project charter
• Defining scope, assumptions, and quality metrics
• Stakeholder analysis and prioritization
• Identifying and prioritizing risks

Module 9: Planning Baselines

• Decomposing scope using a work breakdown structure
• Sequencing activities and identifying the critical path
• Establishing schedule and cost baselines

Module 10: Executing Work and Managing Risk

• Balancing scope, schedule, cost, and quality
• Communications management planning
• Risk response strategies for threats and opportunities

Module 11: Team Performance

• Acquiring and managing project resources
• Stages of team development
• Leadership behaviors for high-performing teams
• Conflict management techniques

Module 12: Monitoring, Controlling, and Closing

• Leading and lagging performance indicators
• Formal change control processes
• Project closeout activities and archival