A Quick Guide to Turn Your Idea Into a Project

How to Define, Plan and Initiate a Successful Project

What you’ll learn
Define the project’s objectives : why do you need to do this project, why do you need to do it now and what it will bring to your business in long term.
Determine the scope of the project : what the project will/ will not do and how it will impact the rest of your business
Specify what tangible results the project will produce and how these results must look like to consider the project a success.
Identify what work must be done to complete the project and estimate how much time it will take.
Organise your project team : whom do you need onboard and how to make your team work together efficiently.
Evaluate the budget needed to complete the project.
Identify the potential risks to the project and prepare possible responses.
Requirements
No experience in project management needed for this course.
Description
You are an entrepreneur and you have some exciting ideas how to extend or improve your organisation. Or you aspire to start your business with some groundbreaking concept. Most probably, you are wondering – where to begin ? How to turn these ideas into a successful reality ?

If you want to bring your ideas into life, your project must be carefully planned. And this course is here to help you.

You will learn 7 key elements that you need to define to get your project a good start

how to set realistic objectives,

how to clarify the scope of the project,

how to define the deliverables,

how to assemble the project team,

how to prepare the schedule,

how to estimate the budget,

how to identify potential risks and responses to them.

This course is based on methods, tools and “golden rules” used by project managers. But you don’t need to be a professional project manager yourself or have any experience in project management to follow this course. It is simple, straightforward and easy to use.

A case study is here to show you how to use these methods in real life.

You will be able to start working on your own project directly while following this course.

Who this course is for
This course is for entrepreneurs who are planning to bring changes to their business and are looking to learn how to better prepare their project to make it a success.
This course is for beginners in project management only. We will be talking about the basics of starting a project.