Politecnico di Milano
Project Management: Tools, Approaches, Behavioural Skills Specialization
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Politecnico di Milano

Project Management: Tools, Approaches, Behavioural Skills Specialization

Learn how to successfully manage your projects. Master technical tools, managerial approaches and behavioral tips to manage projects

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(223 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
1 month at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • how to correctly plan and control projects

  • how to let them fit it in existing organizations

  • how to properly deal with the project team from a behavioral perspective

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Taught in English
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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Identify the main variables of a project in a business context and describe the differences between projects and processes

  • Identify different organizational strcutures when working on a project

  • Describe the main human and cultural dimensions when working on projects

  • Pick the best organizational structure for a project

Skills you'll gain

Category: Conflict Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Organizational Effectiveness
Category: Cross-Functional Collaboration
Category: Decision Making
Category: People Management
Category: Business Management
Category: Change Management
Category: Team Management

What you'll learn

  • Identify the main phases of a project in a business context.

  • Pick the right tools to plan a project when working on it.

  • Make a plan of a project when working on it.

  • Analyze the results of a planning process when working on a project.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Project Planning
Category: Scope Management
Category: Work Breakdown Structure
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Business Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Project Scoping
Category: Project Schedules

What you'll learn

  • Understand the main indicators to control a project in a business context.

  • Use the right tools to control a project when managing it.

  • Understand the definition of risk in a project.

  • Remember the main typologies of risk approaches in project management.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Earned Value Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Cost Management
Category: Business
Category: Cost Control
Category: Project Controls
Category: Project Risk Management
Category: Project Planning
Category: Planning
Category: Risk Mitigation
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Forecasting
Category: Project Performance
Category: Variance Analysis

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Instructors

Tommaso Buganza
Politecnico di Milano
7 Courses21,455 learners
Daniel Trabucchi
Politecnico di Milano
7 Courses21,455 learners

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