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eLearning - courses
on project management
These are learning resources that contain practical
advice and insight on the practice of modern project management
in the development field.
-Free eCourse
-Fundamentals of Project Management.
This
course provides a simple way to learn the basic elements
of modern project management concepts that are required by
international development organizations dedicated to assistance
and humanitarian relief. The course is divided
in 5 modules:
Each module presents ideas and concepts with the aid of charts and graphics to help increase your understanding. After each module you will have an opportunity to review the main topics with a short test. The course has been designed for no more that 120 minutes. You can take the course and its modules at your own pace, the menu and index can help you move around the course and take each module and each lesson independently. To help you increase your knowledge, many modules include links to documents that you can open and read at your own time. These documents are in Adobe PDF format.
Module 5 - Roles, Responsabilities and Skills of Project
Managers
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New!! Play the PM Crossword Puzzle
PM4DEV has developed an fun and entertaining way to practice your knowldege of project management. The crossword puzzle contains 50 questions and it is an interactive system that you can use directly via your internet browser.
One of the most critical roles of the project manager is
the integration
of these processes to ensure they all are properly coordinated.
Students
will learn that the complexity of development projects that
require a different
approach and a new way at managing the limited resources
and the increasing
demands from all stakeholders.
-eCourse
-The Project ManagementCycle
Comming
Soon!!
June 2010
This course introduces the concept of managing a project
using a cyclical approach.
Development project management consists of six phases;
initiating,
planning, implementing, monitoring, adapting and closing.
It is an integrated
approach that provides for a continuous learning process;
they help keep the
project on track to deliver its outcomes on time, on budget
and under the expectations
of the donor and project beneficiaries. The students will
learn how
the project cycle is an opportunity that gives rise to adjustments
in the project
and contribute to learning.
-eCourse
-Advanced Project Management.
Comming Soon!!
December 2010
This course
focuses on advanced practices and methodologies in project
management, from the project maturity model, to program
and project portfolio management. This book will give readers
helpful information that can be incorporated in
their project management practices.
Other topics discussed
include: project
management during emergencies, security management, managing
international
project, project management information systems and helpful
advice
on how to implement a project management methodology in a
development
organization.
Today's development projects
are more complex and require the participation of a diverse group
of stakeholders, project managers need to coordinate between
the needs of the many stakeholders. Coordinate and integrate
the work of different specialists from different fields, and
need to use different approaches to solve the complex problems.
Development projects need to be carefully designed
taking in consideration the input from different stakeholders,
project budgets need to be managed, schedules monitored, and
outcomes evaluated. This complex project environment requires
appropriate project management skills.
Smart
organizations are making project management a core competence
and investing resources to implement modern project management
methodologies and provide their project managers and teams
the tools and training they need to do their jobs.
