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Lesson 1: Introduction to Project Management

The Integrated Project and Microsoft Project

Chapter 1 of Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage goes into great detail about why projects are important. You learned that job prospects for project managers are growing, and even if you don’t want to become a project manager as a profession, having project management skills will help you to get ahead in your career. In this course, we are going to provide you with several hands-on activities to show you how to apply the concepts that you learn in this course:

  1. Project Management Software: As a part of this course, you will be required to complete training in the use of project management software (as part of Lesson 11). You will learn basic skills of project management software.  If you use a Windows-based operating system, you will learn Microsoft Project. If you use Mac-based system, you will learn ProjectLibre.
     
  2. The Integrated Project: You will apply the concepts learned in this course directly by completing the Integrated Project. The Integrated Project requires small teams to complete a project scope statement document for a hypothetical project, the topic of which will be selected by the team. This document will be submitted for grading throughout the semester. The Integrated Project will be kicked off in Lesson 3.
 

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