Lesson 1 - Project Management 101 - Intro to project management, scope, project planning, scheduling

Опубликовано: 25 Август 2026
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In this lesson, you will learn full Project Management workflow with amazing visuals, from pre-project, scope, planning, and scheduling phases. The visuals and illustrations describe the project process activity models easily.

Learn project management process workflow and life cycle of the PMBOK in 5 minutes. In this video, you will see the main project management techniques and tools. Understand project management process groups, activities in the project life cycle with diagrams, illustrations, and project charts.

The PMI PMBOK will become an easy reading. Visuals can improve a lot your memorization and learning. You will be able to understand the PMBOK,.

This 101 course teaches you will learn project management processes fast, through the primary project processes and activities. In this video, you have an easy journey. Get you project management certifications, be job ready, and succeed in project management career. A project is a journey with a very clear beginning and end. The way has some twists, but you can overcome them quickly.

In the pre-project phase, we define priorities, assess strategic fit, prepare the business case, and select projects to be developed.

Go ahead with the initiation activities!
define initial scope
estimate initial budget
evaluate major stakeholders
develop the PROJECT CHARTER
Get the formal approval, and move on.
"walk" to planning activities

In the planning, you should do your best to anticipate the course of actions to deliver the project outcomes

First stop in the planning process is the scope. The main activities are:
identify and select requirements
describe the project, service, and their boundaries
develop the WBS, the most important document to plan a project

Next stop, schedule planning, based on the WBS
define activities
sequence activities
estimate activities resources
estimate activities duration
develop schedule
the project network
the Gantt chart

Human resource planning includes:
Assign internal staff
plan temporary recruitment
define resource calendar
develop Responsibility Assignment Matrix
plan training
plan team assessment

Now the crucial detail in any project, money. In the cost planning, you should
estimate activities cost
determine budget
develop the Time Phased Budget, it is an essential document in the monitoring and control,
and for the earned value report

Procurement is about to bring resources to the project.
Prepare detail description about the resources to be acquired externally,
develop sourcing and outsourcing plan.

Can you see the skull on the road 90-degree curve? Very risky
Risk planning includes the activities of
identifying risks of the project and its activities
performing risk analysis
preparing risk register
planning risk response

To conclude the project plan, you should work on the communication and stakeholders management planning.
identify communication requirements of each stakeholder’s teams
determine the most suitable communications methods,
what, how, when, and to whom the reports should be sent
develop the stakeholder’s management plan

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