Fundamentals of Project Management

Description
Managing a social impact project means balancing complex requirements, stakeholders, and
issues. In this essential course, you will learn how the best project managers keep their social
impact projects running on budget, on time, and on scope.

Course Topics:

● Module 1: Getting Your Project Started

Design and set up your project.
● Module 2: Schedules and Budgets
Decide when each activity will happen and how much it will cost.
● Module 3: Risk and Stakeholder Management
Prepare for setbacks and unpredictability.
● Module 4: Project Implementation and End-of-Project Transition
Manage people, issues, and transitions.

Curriculum

Module 1: Getting Your Project Started

Recommended Schedule: Complete by Week 1
Description: This module introduces a few basic concepts about project management.
It also explains the work that needs to be done at the very start of a project: the project
design and project set-up phase.

Assignment: Work Breakdown Structure

Module 2: Schedules and Budgets

Recommended Schedule: Complete by Week 2
Description: In this module, you will begin creating project plans. You will explore how
great project managers assemble project schedules. Then, you will learn some basic
principles for activity-based budgeting.

Assignment: Gantt Chart

Module 3: Risk and Stakeholder Management

Recommended Schedule: Complete by Week 3

Description: Social impact projects often have many diverse stakeholders and lots of
risk. In this module, you will learn strategies for managing these two tricky areas. First,
you will learn how to identify and manage risks ahead of time. Then, you will plan a
communication strategy for your stakeholders.

Assignment: Stakeholder Analysis

Module 4: Project Implementation and End-of-Project Transition
Recommended Schedule: Complete by Week 4
Description: The final module of this course introduces a few skills that project
managers use throughout the implementation and end-of-project transition phases of
project management. You will learn how skilled project managers manage issues,
people, and internal controls. You will also make a plan to close out your project
gracefully.

Assignment: RACI Matrix

Course Instructor
Mission Critical Development
Mission Critical Development is a consultancy partnership of experienced social sector
professionals dedicated to helping organizations manage projects to greater effectiveness and
impact. Among other accomplishments, they have trained thousands of international
development workers on the foundations of project management, worked with teams and
managers to develop adaptive management skills in the challenging development environment,
and developed project management systems for large multinational organizations tailored to the
project management needs of international development organizations.

Certification

The University is a non-degree, diploma or credit granting initiative. Philanthropy U, Inc. is the
concept developer and sponsor of the initiative. Learners are not entitled to earn college or
other academic credit.

Learners are eligible to receive a Certificate of Achievement for this course through the Haas
School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley Haas). Berkeley Haas is
known for its role in defining a new generation of business leaders with a focus on social impact.
Ranked #2 among all business school nonprofit programs in the United States (US
News & World Report, 2017), Berkeley Haas inspires and empowers innovative solutions to
pressing social and environmental challenges through the work of the Institute for Business and
Social Impact (IBSI) and the Center for Social Sector Leadership (CSSL).

To earn a Certificate of Achievement for this course, you need to earn more than 50% of
possible points on quizzes and assignments to obtain a passing grade. Quizzes are worth 15%
of your total score, while assignments are worth 85%.