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Project Management: Beyond the Basics
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Overview

Build your existing project management knowledge and develop the skills to manage teams and deliver effective projects

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,200

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Project Management: Beyond the Basics
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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from The Open University
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Project Management: Beyond the Basics
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FutureLearn 
Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is for people working on and leading projects in their work but who may not see themselves as professional project managers

What are the course deliverables?
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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More about this course

Digital transformation and the rise of large scale infrastructure projects has created a growing demand for more project-oriented jobs worldwide

In 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.

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

Paid certificate INR 4,450/-

Project Management: Beyond the Basics
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Becoming an effective project manager

Developing as a project manager

Engaging stakeholders

Working ethically in projects

Check your understanding

Managing projects in a complex world

Understanding and responding to complexity

Linear and iterative projects

Adapting approaches to context

Check your understanding

Managing project people

Establishing and leading project teams

Creating the conditions for project teams to succeed

Developing and safeguarding team members

Check your understanding

Managing projects in complex organisations -seeing the bigger picture

Managing quality

Managing resources

Managing conflicts

Check your understanding

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Project Management: Beyond the Basics
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Faculty details

Liz Moody
Liz Moody is a Senior Lecturer in the Open University Business School. She has managed a number of large programmes and change projects in a variety of settings and sectors.

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