SESSION 1 - Project Fundamentals What a project is and how it creates value How projects support organizational strategy Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid approaches (overview) Success criteria and project governance Practice: Identify a project idea to work on during the course Template: Project Brief SESSION 2 - Project Environment Key project roles and responsibilities Internal environment: culture, structure, processes, policies External environment: partners, suppliers, regulations Practice: Environment Scan Template: Project Environment Checklist SESSION 3 - Project Initiation & Charter Development Why initiation matters Linking project purpose to organizational needs Drafting a clear and concise project purpose Identifying assumptions, constraints, and success measures What goes into a project charter Practice: Create a Project Charter Template: Project Charter SESSION 4 - Scope Management Requirements and deliverables Defining scope Work Breakdown Structure Practice: Create a WBS Templates: WBS + Requirements Sheet SESSION 5 - Time and Scheduling Defining activities and sequencing work Identifying dependencies and workflow logic Recognizing key timeline drivers Visualizing the schedule with a Gantt chart Practice: Build a Project Schedule Template: Gantt Chart SESSION 6 - Budget and Cost Estimation Effort and cost estimating Cost categories Contingency and reserves Practice: Prepare Project Budget Template: Budget Sheet SESSION 7 - Quality Management Defining quality in projects Acceptance criteria Quality assurance and control Practice: Create Quality Checklist Template: Quality Checklist SESSION 8 - Resource & Team Management Human, material, and external resources Roles and responsibilities RACI framework Basics of team dynamics Practice: Build a RACI Matrix Template: RACI Matrix SESSION 9 - Risk Management Risk identification techniques Probability & impact assessment Response planning Practice: Prepare Risk Register Templates: Risk Register SESSION 10 - Procurement & Vendor Management When procurement is required Supplier evaluation Contract types overview Practice: Vendor Scenario Template: Procurement Plan SESSION 11 - Communication & Stakeholder Management Communication channels and information flow Stakeholder expectations and engagement alignment Reporting that supports decision-making Weekly status updates and progress visibility Practice: Build a Communication Plan Template: Communication Plan, Stakeholder Register SESSION 12 - Change Management What counts as a change Approval flow Managing scope adjustments Practice: Prepare Change Request Template: Change Request Form SESSION 13 - Monitoring, Controlling & Reporting Tracking scope, schedule, cost, risk KPIs and milestones Simple EVM concepts (CPI, SPI) Practice: Build a mini status dashboard Template: Weekly Status Report SESSION 14 - Agile & Scrum Essentials When Agile is suitable Scrum roles, events, artifacts Practice: Build a sample Scrum board Template: Sprint Backlog SESSION 15 - Capstone: Build & Present Your Project Plan Integrate all project components Presentation of Project Plans and Feedback