Project Management Fundamentals | Learn PM Basics Fast
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- 1.7 hours
A beginner's map of project management vocabulary and practice. In six sections and 38 video lectures (about 1 hour 39 minutes), the course defines the basic concepts and acronyms, compares Waterfall and Agile and when each fits, and explains the roles of project managers, project management offices and project teams. It covers the triple constraint of schedule, budget and scope, together with risks, issues and change, and walks through the common life cycle from initiation and planning to execution and closure. A further section deals with communication: meetings, communication channels and conflict resolution with teams and stakeholders. The instructors, Nick Mendez and TeachMeIT, supply PDF resources alongside the videos.
No experience is needed. Lectures are in English with auto-generated captions and were last updated in July 2026; Udemy marks the course as suitable for all levels. It is free to enrol in. As a free Udemy course there is no certificate of completion, no Q&A or messaging, and ads may be shown.
What you’ll learn
- Use the core vocabulary, concepts and acronyms of project management
- Compare Waterfall and Agile and judge when each fits
- Describe what project managers, project offices and project teams do
- Plan around the triple constraint of schedule, budget and scope, plus risks, issues and changes
- Follow a project through initiation, planning, execution and closure
- Run meetings, choose communication channels and resolve conflict with stakeholders
Who it’s for
Anyone about to work on or lead a first project who needs the terminology and the standard life cycle explained; not a PMP or CAPM exam-prep course.
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