Project Management Foundations: Small Projects
Learn how to efficiently manage small projects for great results. In this newly updated course, instructor and project manager Bonnie Biafore shows how to manage smaller scale projects with a simpler yet effective approach. She defines what “small” means in the context of project management and provides an overview of the life cycle of a small project, sharing the best techniques for planning, getting things done, tracking progress, and wrapping up.
Along the way, Bonnie shares the top 10 things you should know about small projects; special considerations for freelancers; best practices for estimating time and costs; objective measures for assessing quality; smart ways to identify risk; and meaningful ways to close a project. Use these tips to make your next small project a success.
Note: This course aligns with best practices from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, published by the Project Management Institute®.

Topics include :
- Summarize the characteristics of a small project.
- Recall the benefits of identifying intermediate deliverables.
- Identify the elements that make up the triple constraint.
- Explain the steps taken to build a project team.
- Recognize effective strategies to ensure projects are completed on time.
- Describe strategies to shorten a schedule.
About the Author
Bonnie Biafore is a certified project management professional (PMP), trainer, and best-selling author.
Bonnie has 25+ years of experience in project management and training, and more than 25 best-selling books, including Practical Project Management with Microsoft Project 2016, Microsoft Project 2013: The Missing Manual, Successful Project Management—an award winner at the 2012 STC International competition—QuickBooks: The Missing Manual, and Your Project Management Coach. Her novel, Fresh Squeezed, is available on Amazon and other book retailers. She has authored dozens of courses for LinkedIn Learning. She also provides project management and Microsoft Project consulting services. When not attached to her computer, she hikes in the mountains, takes aerial dance classes and improv comedy classes, plays the banjo, and cooks gourmet food.
Product Details
- Full Video Tutorials
- Video File Format: MP4
- Skill Level: Beginner
- Video Duration: 1h 29m
- Instructor: Bonnie Biafore
- Language: English