Project Management Certification
Step 1: Resources
Please review each of these resources thoroughly to prepare for the quiz at the end of this page.
Step 2: Questions
Watch the Video. Reflect on the following:
What were Leonard’s constraints?
Which one do you think is the hardest? Why?
Why would you want to evaluate your work after it’s been approved?
How does evaluating success help you?
Reflect on the steps depicted in the video
- Conception and Initiation – The ring must be destroyed (idea, benefits)
- Planning – The ring had to be taken to Mordor to be destroyed with all the risks
- Project launch or execution – Built a diverse team to destroy the ring
- Project performance and control – Compare project status and progress to the actual plan, adjust as necessary
- Project close – After project tasks are completed and the client has approved the outcome, an evaluation
Watch the Video!
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Step 3: Exercise
This puzzle contains significant hints for the final quiz!
1. Project c......... and initiation is asking if the project can be done.
2. Project m......... is the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing the work of a team to achieve specific success criteria.
3. The last step of Project Management is to complete the status and e.......
X
Congratulations!
Step 4: Summary
- The discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria
- The primary challenge is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints
- Risk, scope, time, cost, quality, and resources
- Conception and initiation – Can the project be done? Ideas and associated benefits
- Planning – Identify and allocate resources. Project plan, scope, outline the work, prioritize the project, calculate a budget, schedule, and determine what resources are needed
- Project launch or execution – “Let’s get going.” Resources and tasks are distributed
- Project performance and control – Compare project status and progress to the actual plan and adjust as necessary
- Project close – All project tasks are completed and the client has approved the outcome. Include an evaluation
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