Understand the challenges of project management. Familiarise yourself with project management definitions, different project types and project lifecycle phases.

In the project initiation phase you will define the scope of a project and set the objectives. This is important to make sure the project achieves what it was set up to.

Become familiar with the work breakdown structure and define deliverables and milestones. These will help you to plan and create a schedule for your project.

Learn about Gantt charts and have a go at creating one. Work through defining a project budget.

Learn how to build a project team and assess the role of each team member. Evaluate the risks that could affect a project.

Analyse projects with the critical path method. Identify the critical path and the effects of delays on project activities.

Learn how to implement a project. The role of the project manager in the execution phase starts with the kick-off meeting and includes project monitoring.

Tracking the progress of a project is important to make sure it will stay within the agreed budget and deliver to the schedule. To do this you will need to control its development and manage variances.

To ensure the smooth running of your project, you might need to organise and chair many different types of project meeting. Learn how to make these successful and valuable to all members of the project team.

Analyse the earned value of a project to understand whether your project is on plan, in terms of progress and costs. This analysis provides quantitative data for project decision making, to help cost and schedule management.

Motivated team members can be the key to great project accomplishments. What influences team motivation? How should you evaluate and reward ream members and project managers?

Closing a project involves tying up all the loose ends need to complete your project. Project reviews follow to glean lessons learned from your project.