Video description
For anyone who wants to master project management—from
novices to experienced PMs who want to successfully run more
complex projects.
Looking for a better way to master today’s most valuable
project management skills and techniques? Want expert help, but
don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom
training worth the money? Discover
LiveLessons: self-paced,
personal video instruction from the world’s leading experts.
LiveLessons are three-to-four hour video courses organized
into bite-sized, self-contained sessions—you’ll learn key skills in
as little as fifteen minutes!
Each session begins with well-defined learning objectives and
ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your
progress.
Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get
great results in your real-world environment.
In this LiveLesson—which contains 7+ hours of hands-on video
training—top project management trainer
Claudia Bacamakes real-world
project management simpler and easier than ever before.
Project Management for Mere Mortals
®is a comprehensive video training course that teaches
key techniques, using a live case study that covers all five
process groups of project management: initiation, planning,
execution, monitoring/controlling, and closing.
Learn at your own pace and get practical, common-sense help
with scoping, scheduling, budgeting, organizing work, building
teams, setting quality goals, identifying risks, coping with
politics, controlling changes, baselining, ending projects, and
much more!
Table of Contents
Project Management for Mere Mortals LiveLesson Overview
00:09:06
SESSION 1: Setting the Project Management Context
00:20:12
SESSION 2: You’ve Been Assigned a Project!
00:23:00
SESSION 3: How Big Is This Project?
00:25:15
SESSION 4: Creating Product Requirements: Part A
00:19:41
SESSION 4: Creating Product Requirements: Part B
00:18:23
SESSION 5: Laying Out the Work
00:29:00
SESSION 6: The Art of Estimating: Part A
00:15:32
SESSION 6: The Art of Estimating: Part B
00:18:02
SESSION 7: Quality—How Good Does It Have to Be?
00:22:09
SESSION 8: Communication—What Do You Think about My Project?
00:22:17
SESSION 9: Risk—What Should You Worry About?
00:27:35
SESSION 10: Creating the Schedule: Part A
00:18:40
SESSION 10: Creating the Schedule: Part B
00:13:45
SESSION 11: Budgeting—How Much?
00:17:32
SESSION 12: The Rhythm of Project Execution
00:20:40
SESSION 13: Keeping the Project on Track
00:26:11
SESSION 14: Controlling Changes
00:20:31
SESSION 15: Success!—Closing the Project
00:16:26
SESSION 16: Building Effective Teams: Part A
00:14:07
SESSION 16: Building Effective Teams: Part B
00:18:33
SESSION 17: Working Project Politics: Part A
00:17:25
SESSION 17: Working Project Politics: Part B
00:16:47