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Project Management: Beyond the Basics (FutureLearn)

Offered by The Open University,

Build your existing project management knowledge and develop the skills to manage teams and deliver effective projects. Learn how to lead project teams with success. Digital transformation and the rise of large scale infrastructure projects has created a growing demand for more project-oriented jobs worldwide. On this course, you will go beyond the fundamentals of project management and improve your knowledge so you’re better prepared to lead projects in the future.

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You will focus on ensuring your projects deliver the intended benefits to stakeholders whilst being on time and within budget. You will learn how to choose the best approach to projects and develop the leadership and management skills needed to grow effective project teams.

Syllabus

Week 1: Becoming an effective project manager
Week 2: Managing projects in a complex world
Week 3: Managing project people
Week 4: Managing projects in complex organisations – seeing the bigger picture

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Reflect on your current knowledge on project management and go beyond the basics of project management in your own professional practice
Identify the appropriate methods and techniques best suited for specific project management scenarios
Improve your awareness of the professional skills required to be a project manager
Demonstrate your understanding of how to manage project teams with success
Improve your ability to give and receive feedback from all project stakeholders
Apply appropriate communication tools and techniques to engage with project stakeholders
Develop an awareness of the ethical aspects in project management

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