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Building Your Project Management Foundation

This course introduces core project management principles—planning, scope, scheduling, and stakeholder alignment—through practical tools and examples to help learners plan and deliver projects confidently.

John Sumanth Vemuri
John Sumanth Vemuri
Business | core | 9 hours |   Published: Oct 2025

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Overview

STUDENTS*
RECOMMEND*

This course includes:

  • On-demand videos
  • Practice assessments
  • Multiple hands-on learning activities
  • Exposure to a real-world project
  • 100% self-paced learning opportunities
  • Certification of completion

In today’s dynamic business environment, delivering on time and within scope isn’t enough — it’s how you plan and manage projects that determines success. This course introduces working professionals to the fundamental principles of project management, helping them transition from informal task coordinators to confident project leaders. Through real-life examples of planning, scheduling, and resource allocation, learners will develop the mindset and skills to manage projects successfully from start to finish. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to define project goals, structure a work breakdown, and apply basic scheduling techniques to deliver results with confidence. Start building a project management foundation that will serve you across any industry.

Skills You Will Gain

Project Management
Beginner Project Management
Managing Scope and Deadlines
WBS and Stakeholder Planning
Tools for Project Managers

Learning Outcomes (At The End Of This Program, You Will Be Able To...)

  • Apply core project management concepts to illustrate the importance of planning, scope definition, and stakeholder alignment. 
  • Plan SMART project objectives linked to organizational strategy, stakeholder requirements, and risk considerations. 
  • Design a simple project schedule with resources, milestones, and key deliverables. 

Prerequisites

This course requires only basic computer skills and a willingness to enhance organization, communication, and delivery abilities. No prior project management experience is needed—just curiosity and motivation to lead projects effectively.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for students, entry-level professionals, mid-level employees transitioning into project management, and entrepreneurs or freelancers who manage client projects and timelines. It equips learners across roles to plan and deliver projects effectively.

Curriculum

Instructors

*Where courses have been offered multiple times, the “# Students” includes all students who have enrolled. The “%Recommended” shown is also based on this data.
1Chapter 1: Projects vs. Operations
2Chapter 2: Time, Scope, and Cost
3Chapter 3: Stakeholders, Communication, and Risk
4Chapter 4: Defining SMART Project Objectives
5Chapter 5: Creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
6Chapter 6: Linking Goals to Deliverables
7Chapter 7: Introduction to Project Scheduling
8Chapter 8: Estimating Effort and Allocating Resources
9Chapter 9: Monitoring the Project Schedule

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John Sumanth Vemuri

John Sumanth Vemuri

John Sumanth Vemuri is an experienced Customer Relationship Management expert, Scrum Master, and IT Project Manager with over 10 years of experience. He has a demonstrated history of working in the consumer goods industry, with skills in people management, call center operations, Telecommunications, Customer Service, and Strategy, along with expertise in NPS. He has managed large-scale complex digitization projects worth more than $5 million, improving customer experience. With an MBA in Operations Research from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, John Sumanth is proficient in driving customer success, project management, agile methodologies, and digital transformation initiatives.
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