{"id":2199,"date":"2023-02-27T01:52:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm102\/?page_id=2199"},"modified":"2023-02-27T01:52:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T01:52:15","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm102\/course-guide\/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:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Stirling_Point_Signpost,_Bluff_(5585763492).jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/c\/c0\/Stirling_Point_Signpost%2C_Bluff_%285585763492%29.jpg\/300px-Stirling_Point_Signpost%2C_Bluff_%285585763492%29.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Signpost to your learning<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Initiating a project<\/b> (IPM102) is one of four micro-courses for <b>Introduction to project management<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>It is project management best practice to &#8216;start with the end in mind&#8217;. This means in order to plan and manage a project, the need and the desired outcome for a project must be clearly identified and incorporated into the project charter. In this micro-course we will focus on the steps to write up a project charter.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Micro-courses_for_introduction_to_project_management\">Micro-courses for introduction to project management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are four micro-courses which make up <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/introduction-to-project-management\">Introduction to project management<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Course description\n<\/th>\n<th>Micro-course learning materials\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/otago-polytechnic\/the-role-of-the-project-manager\/\">IPM101<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm101\/\">Role of the project manager<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/otago-polytechnic\/initiating-a-project\/\">IPM102<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm102\/\">Initiating a project<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/otago-polytechnic\/planning\/\">IPM103<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm103\/\">Planning a project<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/otago-polytechnic\/executing-and-closing-a-project\/\">IPM104<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm104\/\">Executing and closing a project<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Overview_of_the_course_guide\">Overview of the course guide<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We recommend that you scan through the course guide before commencing your learning journey.\n<\/p>\n<p>The course guide contains:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> A list of the <a href=\"\/ipm102\/course-guide\/course-aims\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM102\/Aims\">course aims and learning outcomes<\/a>,\n<\/li>\n<li> The <a href=\"\/ipm102\/course-guide\/syllabus-and-learning-challenges\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM102\/Syllabus\">syllabus and learning challenges<\/a> page where you will find the sessions, dates, and links to the learning materials and learning challenges. 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