PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition: 01-Project Management Overview

Discover the basics of what the project management profession is all about. Begin by studying the history and development of project management, as you observe how manufacturing, world events, and education shaped today’s lifecycle processes. You’ll spend time learning about the individuals and programs that established project practices and principles. You will also concentrate on the elements that define a project. Overall, you’ll begin to understand how project management contributes to the development of products, goods and services.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
● define “Project”
● explain the anatomy of a project, the project management lifecycle, and PMI
● identify key characteristics of the Project Management Institute and their Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide)

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Course Level Intermediate
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video

Neal Rowland, PMP, PMI-ACP, ITIL Expert, ITIL Practitio

Neal Rowland has been a Project Management Professional (PMP) for over 13 years. During that time he has instructed, authored courses, advised training companies and corporations, and applied the best practices of project management in his work at Microsoft, Plex, and others. As the Lead Crowd Surfer of The Crowd Training [www.thecrowdtraining.com], Neal leads product development, instructional design, and graphic design. He is a contributor to the PMBOK. Beyond being certified as a PMP, Neal is also a certified agile project manager (PMI-ACP) and IT service management (ITIL Expert and ITIL Practitioner). Neal currently resides in the Detroit area with his wife and 5 kids.

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