Course Review
After completing all six units for this project management course, you should be able to define the terms project and project management; explain the role of the project manager during the project life cycle; identify human resource skills for forming and developing teams; balance project time, budget, and resource constraints; and apply project management tools and techniques for managing a project. More specifically, you should be capable of explaining what 5 key project management process groups are and what 9 key project management knowledge areas are. You should also be able to discuss what makes a project successful and what risks projects may have during the whole project life cycle. In today's global world, you also should be able to explain main challenges of managing global projects.
If you plan on taking the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate Exam, this section includes an optional self-assessment test and study guide to help you prepare.
This test was designed for the PMP exam. However, most of the concepts were covered in this course. Each question in this self-assessment test has one best answer. You have 90 minutes to complete the assessment.
If you plan to take a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate Exam, please be aware of the key contents covered by PMBOK (2008), as this study guide lecture points out. Click on the link above, and study these lecture notes, using the arrow button at the bottom of each slide to navigate through the whole lecture (284 slides total). This lecture highlights all key PM processes and knowledge areas that are expected to be covered in your PMP certificate exam based on PMBOK (2008).
