{"id":5087,"date":"2023-02-27T01:04:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/?page_id=5087"},"modified":"2023-02-27T01:04:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:04:28","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:252px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Woman-in-hardhat.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/5b\/Woman-in-hardhat.png\/250px-Woman-in-hardhat.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"282\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">A project manager<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> <i>It&#8217;s not what you achieve, it&#8217;s what you overcome. That&#8217;s what defines your career.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/c\/carltonfis265697.html?src=t_career\">Carlton Fisk<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nIn this learning pathway, we explore the role of a project manager, and related careers, skills, and attributes associated with project management. Irrespective of whether you are preparing for a career in project management or a related field, most people will be required to manage a project in their professional or personal life contexts in some form or another.\n<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At the end of this learning pathway, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Identify different <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/project-management-careers\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/Careers\">careers in the field of project management<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> List the <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/project-manager-roles\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/Roles and responsibilities\">roles and responsibilities<\/a> of a project manager.\n<\/li>\n<li> Appreciate the <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/history-of-project-management\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/History\">rich history<\/a> of project management.\n<\/li>\n<li> Determine if an activity meets the <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/project-attributes\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/Attributes\">requirements and attributes of a project<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> List the <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/project-management-skills\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/Skills\">skills required for project managers<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> Describe the the components and relationships of the <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/project-constraints\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/Constraints\">triple constraint triangle<\/a> associated with project management.\n<\/li>\n<li> Prepare a <a href=\"\/ipm101\/learning-pathways\/project-management-in-context\/start-job-advertisement-challenge\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM101\/Context\/Start job advertisement\">job advertisement<\/a> for a project manager role.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<b>WEnote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Why have you signed up for this course on <i>Introduction to project management<\/i>?\n<\/p>\n<p>Share your reasons for taking this course by posting a WENote. 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