Fundamentals of project initiation-Getting started with the course
                                    
                                        Introduction to Course 2
                                            
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                                        Course 2 overview
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Helpful resources to get started
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Fundamentals of project initiation-Understanding the key components of project initiation
                                    
                                        Why is project initiation essential?
                                            
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                                        Key components of project initiation
                                            
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                                        Afsheen: Listening to learn
                                            
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                                        Performing a cost-benefit analysis
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Fundamentals of project initiation-Review: The fundamentals of project initiation
                                    
                                        Wrap-up
                                            
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                                Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria-Identifying project goals
                                    
                                        Introduction: Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria
                                            
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                                        Determining project goals and deliverables
                                            
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                                        How to set SMART goals
                                            
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                                        SMART goals: Making goals meaningful
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Activity Exemplar: Define and determine SMART project goals
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Introduction to OKRs
                                            
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                                        Creating OKRs for your project
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Optional Activity Exemplar: Create OKRs for your project
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria-Defining project scope
                                    
                                        Determining a project's scope
                                            
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                                        Gathering information to define scope
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Monitoring and maintaining a project's scope
                                            
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                                        Strategies for controlling scope creep
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Managing changes to a project's scope
                                            
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                                        Torie: The importance of staying within scope
                                            
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                                        Optional: Reviewing the Triple Constraint
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria-Measuring a project's success
                                    
                                        Launching and landing a project
                                            
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                                        Don't forget to land: Measuring project success
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Defining success criteria
                                            
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                                        Tracking and communicating success criteria
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Using OKRs to evaluate progress
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria-Review: Defining project goals, scope, and success criteria
                                    
                                        Wrap-up
                                            
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                                Working effectively with stakeholders-Exploring project team roles and responsibilities
                                    
                                        Introduction: Working effectively with stakeholders
                                            
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                                        Accessibility for project managers
                                            
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                                        Choosing a project team
                                            
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                                        Review: The building blocks of a project dream team
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Defining project roles
                                            
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                                        Essential project roles
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        John: The importance of a project team
                                            
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                                Working effectively with stakeholders-Evaluating stakeholders
                                    
                                        Completing a stakeholder analysis
                                            
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                                        Prioritizing stakeholders and generating their buy-in
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Activity Exemplar: Complete a stakeholder analysis and power grid
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Working effectively with stakeholders-Assigning project team roles and responsibilities
                                    
                                        Elements of a RACI chart
                                            
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                                        Building out a RACI chart
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Exemplar: Set project roles and responsibilities in a RACI chart
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Certificate completers: Staying motivated in the program
                                            
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                                        Getting the most out of a RACI chart
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Activity Exemplar: Assign project roles and responsibilities in a RACI chart
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Working effectively with stakeholders-Review: Working effectively with stakeholders
                                    
                                        Why projects fail: Initiation missteps
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Wrap-up
                                            
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                                Utilizing resources and tools for project success-Understanding project resource needs
                                    
                                        Introduction: Utilizing resources and tools for project success
                                            
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                                        Essential project resources
                                            
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                                        Managing resources to get the job done
                                            
                                    
                             
                            
                                Utilizing resources and tools for project success-Developing documentation for project kick-off
                                    
                                        The value of project documentation
                                            
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                                        Project proposals and charters 101
                                            
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                                        Project charters: Elements and formats
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Developing a project charter 
                                            
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                                Utilizing resources and tools for project success-Evaluating tools to meet project needs
                                    
                                        Utilizing tools for effective project management
                                            
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                                        Introducing new tools to a team
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Exploring types of project management tools
                                            
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                                        Common project management tools
                                            
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                                        Using Google Sheets for project management 
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Demonstrating your knowledge of project management tools
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Build a project management tool tracker
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Amar: Tools are our best friends
                                            
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                                Utilizing resources and tools for project success-Course review: Project Initiation: Starting a successful project
                                    
                                        Reflect and connect with your peers
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Course wrap-up
                                            
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                                        Course 2 glossary
                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        Get started on Course 3
                                            
                                    
                             
                     
                        
                                
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