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Project Management for Non-Project Managers
A scenario-based e-learning course on running a project when it is not your job title and the people doing the work do not report to you.
Overview
A scenario-based, self-paced e-learning course on running a project when project management is not your job. Learners step into the moment a vague brief lands with a fixed deadline and no authority over the people who have to deliver it, choose how to respond, and watch the scope slip or the date move — then learn the approach that keeps the plan honest and the work moving. Delivered as a SCORM 1.2 package for your LMS, with completion tracking.
Format. Self-paced, scenario-based e-learning. SCORM 1.2 — upload it to your LMS and completion tracks automatically.
Who it is for. Any organisation that wants to run this as self-paced learning; suitable for employees at any level.
What learners take away
- Explain what project management is and why it matters
- Identify and resolve common project challenges
- Communicate effectively with each category of stakeholder
- Lead project teams through limited information, conflicting priorities, and burnout risk
- Choose between Waterfall and Agile approaches for a given project
- Apply practical tools across the five phases of the project lifecycle
Course outline
Defines what is and is not a project, distinguishes projects from operations, and establishes why project management matters outside the PM role.
Works through the four most common project challenges, typical constraints, what makes a project genuinely successful, and the soft skills managing one requires.
Covers why communication decides project outcomes and how to target messages differently for each stakeholder group, including repairing a communication breakdown.
Addresses the key challenges project leaders face: deciding with limited information, navigating conflicting priorities, and keeping teams engaged without burnout.
Compares structured and flexible approaches to project planning and uses scenario work to decide which fits a given project.
Guides groups through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure on a running case study, applying a tool at each phase: project charter, power-interest grid, WBS, risk matrix, RACI, Kanban, Gantt chart, change control, and closure checklist.
What you get
SCORM 1.2 package
A self-contained course you upload straight to your LMS — no installation, no dependencies.
Completion tracking
Reports status and completion back to your LMS like any SCORM course.
Scenario-based
Learners make real decisions inside a workplace story and see what each choice costs.
Per-organisation license
Host it for unlimited internal learners — one-time purchase, no per-seat or renewal fees.
The license in one sentence
Buy once and host the course on your own LMS for unlimited internal learners — no per-seat and no renewal fees. You may not resell or redistribute the SCORM package itself. Full license terms
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