Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

[1] analyze the organizational context in which projects are planned, managed, and implemented; [2] compare the five distinct stages in a project's life cycle: initiating, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing; [3] appraise project management tools, techniques, and skills; [4] apply methods and best practices in careful time management of project schedules and critical-path dependencies; [5] evaluate project cost, quality, and delivery; [6] identify critical resources for effective project implementation; [7] explain effective approaches for managing communication strategies; [8] manage risks across a project's schedule, cost, and scope; [9] determine strategies and actions that promote productive stakeholder involvement in decision-making and execution of the project; [10] identify risk mitigations for risk to schedule, scope and budget via documentation, risk reporting tools, and risk response/mitigation planning