Project Manager - free course from the Russian School of Management, training, Date: December 6, 2023.

Project management – ​​from charter to reports
• Introduction to project management.
• Project, program, portfolio.
• Project participants.
• Project management processes.
• Project initiation.
• Project planning.
• Project risk management.
• Project execution control.
• Completion of the project.
• Planning of project management processes.

Project team management
• Project team: composition, structure, characteristics.
• Defining the roles of project team members (according to M. Belbin).
• Tasks of forming a project team.
• Project manager competency model using the “PMI talent triangle” (key skill groups).
• Determining the types of motivation of project team members.
• Tools and methods for project team management.
• Development of interpersonal relationships in the team, effective decision making.
• Features of a remote team.
• Specifics of the role of a manager managing employees remotely.
• Main tasks and difficulties of remote management.
• Main channels of remote communications.
• Overcoming information distortions in remote communication.
• How to establish constructive communication remotely.

Flexible project management in business
• The place of flexible design approaches in business. Product Development, Customer Development and Lean Startup.
• Business model of the project and business.
• MVP. A minimally working product to find a solution.
• Pivot: when and how a decision or strategy should be changed.
• Agile in project management. Popularity of different Agile approaches.
• Scrum. The concept of Sprint. Roles in Scrum.
• Team members. Functions and required skills.
• Documents in the project: Product backlog. Sprint backlog. Burndown chart.
• Processes: Sprint planning, review and retrospective. Scrum meeting.
• Implementation of Scrum. Problems and solutions.