Project Management 101: Beginner's Guide to Project Management

Welcome to our Beginner's Guide to Project Management. This Project Management 101 is not for dummies, nor for idiots. Because that's not who you are. But there's no shame in being a beginner: we all started at the beginning!

In this video, I'll introduce you to all the basics a beginner project manager needs. We'll cover:

1. What is a project, and what is project management?
2. The two sorts of project management:
- 'traditional', predictive or planned PM
- 'agile', adaptive PM
3. The Project Lifecycle of a planned project
4. The core concept of all project management (traditional and agile)
5. The eight steps in a predictive project - and the core skills of any project

This video won't make you into a fully-formed project manager. But it will give an absolute beginner all the basic information you need to get started.

So, what next?
There are a lot of videos here, on YouTube, that pick up on topics we've covered here, in more detail. And, on our website, you'll find plenty more free material, as well as low-cost introductory courses, and fully comprehensive training programs.

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[shahhussain]

Great video. I am a seasoned dPM with 20 year experience and was looking for a simple and effective way of presenting what are the PM principles. Thai video articulates what project mgt is in a very clear and concise way. Thank you.

[rodiyatafesojaiye]

I'm a beginner and thank you so much for the pace in which you speak and explain each objective. God bless you hugely

[sukhreetkaur]

'Great video on project management' The explanation on different methodologies is clear and concise. Looking forward to more insightful content.

[CarlitoProductions]

Thank you for this video. I'm a web dev that often gets assigned tasks that require me to take a management role for projects and I've always been lost where to start. This is very clear and gives me ideas how to proceed when getting all the details required to get started. Thank you!

[gtona]

I think I've finally found the right place to learn and commence my journey into project management.

[walt]

Brilliant video. Even after being in post for over 2 years and completing the APM course, always find that refreshing myself with videos such as this one hits home how important the fundamentals of the job is!

[barbossa]

"Welcome to our Beginner's Guide to Project Management. It's not really for dummies, or for idiots. Because that's not who you are. But there's no shame in being a beginner: we all started at the beginning!"

In our culture, we say: A swimmer wasn't born a dolphin

Very informative video. Thanks alot for the efforts.

[chayamiller]

very informative, I like the presentation and the visuals, very helpful.

[realtimeme]

This is awesome, you definitely take me back to school 😆

[rollerlegacy]

MR Clayton,

Since i started taking your classes on youtube and along with my personal studies i have been proggresively changing my practices to the UK model. Would you consider that the Prince 2 handbook you mention in this video has the same objectives or is very similar to the PMBOK? If not, is there something you would recomend from your personal site or other material.

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