Basics of Project Management

This course combines the essential elements of project management and team leadership into one
course. The team leadership aspect provides participants with the opportunity to enhance their
personal understanding of team leadership through the study of various theories, concepts and class
exercises. It also defines each team member’s role with primary emphasis on the competencies and
skills required to be an effective project leader. This course provides participants with the tools and
techniques for developing and sustaining high performance teams. Through class engagement and
reflection, participants will acquire further understanding of the responsibilities of leadership and
become better prepared to apply this knowledge to the project environment. The project management
aspect provides participants with effective methods for assuring projects are completed on schedule,
within budget, and achieve the project’s objectives. This course will provide participants with a solid
foundation for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing a project. Team
exercises and case studies are used to demonstrate and apply the project management concepts taught
in the course.

Course Learning Objectives

 Learn about the role of high performance teams and leadership in project management

 Learn about the tools and techniques for developing and strengthening high performance teams
and team members

 Learn about the stages in project cycle

 Apply best practices to develop competencies and skills in planning and controlling projects to
ensure successful outcomes

 Learn how to monitor project activities and assess progress

 Learn to communicate proficiently to report project status and performance to stakeholders and
contribute to organizational knowledge base

Foundational Project Management Elements

TOTAL POINTS 7

All projects:

Have budgets controlled exclusively by the Project Manager.

Are one-time temporary undertakings.
Are designed to be profitable.
Have delivery dates established by the Project Manager alone.
All of the above.
2.Question 2
When working with the four project targets of scope, quality, cost, and time:
 Of the four project targets, a Project Manager should only be concerned with cost.
The Project Manager needs to understand which of the four constraints is most important to the
customer.
Of the four project targets, a Project Manager should only be concerned with time.
The Project Manager should always set all four targets.
All of the above.
3.Question 3
Project Management includes:

Planning
Coordinating
Communicating
Scheduling
All of the above.
4.Question 4
Which of the following is NOT a Process Group?

Monitor and Control

Initiate
Execute
Project Cost Management
Close
5.Question 5
Success in a project can best be defined by:

Meeting only the project’s S,Q,C,T targets.

Satisfying all of the customer’s expectations no matter what that does to the S,Q,C,T targets.
Only handling the political challenges and situations that arise during the project.
Meeting the S,Q,C,T targets while successfully managing the challenges that arise during the
project.
6.Question 6
Which of these is NOT a Knowledge Area, as defined by PMI?

Project Cost Management

Project Customer Management
 Project Human Resource Management
7.Question 7
A project is a ______________ endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or
result.

scheduled
temporary
unique
managed