The Modular Project Management^® Core Modules Include

1. Initial Planning

This module starts any project correctly, with project initiation, early sizing, project type and related strategy and life cycle, preliminary schedule, and production of the proposal, charter, or document of understanding.

Learning Objectives

	Define project management, itemize the six Vital Signs of a successful project, and relate them to the US ANSI Standard.
	Initiate the project with the right participants and an approved Project Charter.
	Evaluate the business case, and use it to prepare a preliminary scope statement and objectives.
	Make an early estimate of project effort, then use modeling to define the project’s ideal staffing and duration.
	Structure the appropriate life cycle and deliverables for the project’s size and nature.
	Compile, publish, and approve an Initial Project Plan or Proposal.
	Summarize Initial Planning techniques based on the Vital Signs, or BOK knowledge areas.

Audience
The intended audience of all the Core Modules includes Project Managers, leaders, and key team members (including customers or clients) of medium-to-large projects. Managers of project teams will also receive benefit, as well as Project Management Office staff who have not been exposed to the gamut of project management topics they need to support. See the Intact Team option for increased benefit for one or two work groups.

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