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Project Management: Solving Common Project Problems

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Project Management Courses Time Management Courses Quality Assurance Courses Stakeholder Management Courses Team Engagement Courses Cost Management Courses Scope Management Courses

Course Description

Overview

Professional PM trainer Chris Croft outlines techniques for addressing the most common people, quality, cost, and time-management problems that arise when working on projects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Avoiding People Problems
  • Managing stakeholders who have conflicting requirements
  • Engaging team members throughout the process
  • Communication
2. Avoiding Quality Problems
  • Ensuring customer expectations are met
  • Defining quality
3. Avoiding Cost Problems
  • Making sure that nothing gets forgotten
  • Generating realistic estimates
  • Controlling scope creep
  • Discovering hidden overspends
4. Avoiding Lateness Problems
  • Missing the real critical path
  • Avoiding and minimizing the effects of mistakes
  • Losing resources to other projects
  • Monitoring and adjusting the schedule
Conclusion
  • Performing actions in sequence
Frequently Asked Questions
  • How do I estimate tasks?
  • When should I tell the customer that the project is running late?
  • How often should I have progress meetings?

Taught by

Chris Croft

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