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TITLE: Practical Project Management: Methods, People, Risks, Time and Gantt Charts in Excel

VALUE PROPOSITION PARAGRAPH:
You gain a complete, practical toolbox for running real projects from idea to delivery. You combine core project concepts, essential PM skills, Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid methods, risk and stakeholder tools, and hands‑on time management with Excel-based Gantt charts so you can plan, execute, and communicate with confidence.

What you will learn

• Lesson 1 shows you what a project is, why project management matters, and how concepts like lifecycle, stakeholders, constraints, and success criteria apply to your real work and life.
• Lesson 2 builds your seven key project skills—communication, leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder management, time management, negotiation, and adaptability—using concrete frameworks and practice plans.
• Lesson 3 explains how core methodologies and techniques fit together so you can choose, design, and defend the right approach for each project instead of guessing.
• Sub Lesson 3.1 shows you how to architect Hybrid approaches that blend Agile and Waterfall by phase, component, and stakeholder needs, using real-world cases like Netflix, Tesla, Spotify, and AWS.
• Sub Lesson 3.2 deepens your Waterfall skills so you can design sequential phases, gate reviews, documentation, and quality control for high-risk, regulated, or capital-intensive work.
• Sub Lesson 3.3 teaches you Agile with a Scrum focus—roles, events, artifacts, and sprint cadences—so you can deliver iteratively in fast-moving, uncertain environments.
• Sub Lesson 3.4 gives you a full risk lifecycle—identify, analyze, prioritize, and plan responses to threats and opportunities—so you can turn uncertainty into a managed part of your plan.
• Sub Lesson 3.5 equips you to map stakeholders, use power–interest grids and RACI, and build targeted engagement strategies that turn politics and relationships into project enablers.
• Sub Lesson 3.6 shows you how to manage time with WBS, critical path, float, buffers, compression, and schedule metrics so you can protect deadlines and spot slippage early.
• Sub Lesson 3.7 teaches you to calculate precise task durations in Excel using WORKDAY and NETWORKDAYS so your Gantt charts reflect real working time, not naive date math.
• Sub-Lesson 3.8 walks you step by step through building and formatting Excel Gantt charts (stacked bar method and conditional formatting) for clear, dynamic project timelines.
• Lesson 4 guides you through applying all methods, skills, risk, stakeholder, and time tools in a step-by-step project implementation flow from initiation to closing.

Who this course is for
You are a current or aspiring project manager, team lead, or professional who needs to plan and deliver real projects (work, business, community, or personal) with clear methods, realistic schedules, and strong stakeholder support.

How the course works (structure and outputs) –
Lesson 1: Definitions and Importance of Project Management
You unpack core concepts like projects vs operations, stakeholders, triple constraint, lifecycle, and success criteria, then apply them to simple real-world examples and a “project snapshot” for your own initiative.

Lesson 2: Key Skills Required for Effective Project Management
You assess your seven PM skill areas, get frameworks and case studies for each, and build a 90-day personal skills development charter with concrete weekly actions and metrics.

Lesson 3: Common Techniques and Methodologies in Project Management
You compare Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid, then connect them with risk, stakeholder, and time-management practices to design coherent, real-world delivery approaches.

Sub Lesson 3.1 — Hybrid Project Management: Blending Agile and Waterfall
You learn the structured flexibility framework (phase-based, component-based, stakeholder-driven blends) and design a hybrid plan for a realistic product scenario like EcoTracker.

Sub Lesson 3.2 — Waterfall Methodology: The Structured, Sequential Approach
You work through the classic phases, gate reviews, documentation, and compliance needs, then draft a Waterfall plan for a mission-critical system such as SecureBank’s core replacement.

Sub Lesson 3.3 — Agile Methodology (Scrum Focus): The Iterative Innovation Engine
You practice Scrum roles, events, and artifacts, plan sprints, and run through examples that show how to deliver value in short cycles and adapt based on regular stakeholder feedback.

Sub Lesson 3.4 — Risk Management Planning: Identifying and Managing Uncertainty
You build a risk management plan, populate a risk register, use qualitative/quantitative techniques, and choose response strategies so your project has a proactive risk posture.

Sub Lesson 3.5 — Stakeholder Analysis: Mapping Influence and Managing Expectations
You map stakeholders, build a power–interest grid and RACI, and design communication and engagement strategies for a complex initiative like the GreenCity urban renewal project.

Sub Lesson 3.6— Time Management in Project Management
You create a WBS-driven schedule, identify the critical path, manage float, set buffers, and use Gantt charts and basic Earned Value indices to monitor and control project time.

Sub Lesson 3.7 — Calculating Precise Task Durations for Your Gantt Chart in Excel
You use WORKDAY and NETWORKDAYS (with optional holidays) to calculate realistic completion dates and adjusted lengths that feed directly into accurate Gantt bars.

Sub-Lesson 3.8 – Building Gantt Charts in Excel: The Stacked Bar Chart Method
You prepare structured data, build stacked bar charts, hide the start-date series, fix axes, and add status and progress with formatting so your Excel Gantt chart behaves like pro software.

Lesson 4: Step-by-Step Guide to Project Management Implementation
You walk through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closing, integrating methods, skills, risks, stakeholders, and Gantt-based time management into a complete delivery plan.

Minimum Requirements — Exactly what you need to take this course

Software (free or tools most learners already have)

• Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel
• You will use this for structured worksheets (e.g., matrices, simple charts, trackers, and action plans).
• Google Docs or Microsoft Word
• You will use this for one-page summaries and stakeholder updates.

Notes:

• No paid tools or advanced analytics required.
• If you can’t install anything, the browser versions (Google Sheets/Docs) are sufficient.

Additional materials

• A computer with a modern web browser and reliable internet
• A real or realistic problem from your work/study/personal context to practice on
• Basic facts or observations about the problem (e.g., dates, counts, examples) to make the exercises concrete
• Course templates (provided in the course) for worksheets, matrices, action plans, and KPI tracking

Appropriate mindsets

• Bias to action and iteration: you will try small steps, learn, and improve
• Evidence over opinions: you will use lightweight data to guide choices
• Clarity and brevity: you will keep outputs simple and visual
• Collaboration when possible: you will align stakeholders early; if working solo, you will reflect and seek feedback when you can