ProjectManagementOER

Introduction to Project Management

This website is a collection of open educational content for a general project management course. The website is currently under development. Some pages may be incomplete or include draft content. Target stabilization date is March 2026.

Citation: A PDF version of this text will be made available soon which should be used for citation. In the interim, please cite as: S. Ali Nasseri, Introduction to Project Management. Updated 29 Sep 2025. pmoer.nasseri.ca

Suggestions: Please let me know (ali@nasseri.ca) if you any thoughts or suggestions on the content.

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction to Projects and Their Context
  2. Project Life Cycle and Project Management Processes
  3. Project Selection
  4. The Initiation Process Group
  5. The Planning Process Group
  6. Scope and Requirements Planning
  7. Creating the Schedule
  8. Estimation
  9. Developing the Budget
  10. Organizational Structures
  11. Resource Scheduling
  12. Using Project Management Software
  13. Risk Management
  14. Adjusting the Schedule
  15. Monitoring and Controlling
  16. Closing

Advanced Topics

  1. Project Portfolio Management
  2. Enterprise Risk Management
  3. Project Management Office
  4. Team Development and Leadership
  5. Change Management
  6. introduction to Agile
  7. Conflict Management
  8. Procurement Management
  9. Stakeholder Management
  10. Project Management Maturity

Acknowledgment

This resource is not meant to replace other texts and does not include elements such as case studies and practice questions found in many textbooks. It does include key concepts and amalgamation of different perspectives in a single place for students to review, mostly inspired by various other texts or existing standards in project management. Each page includes links to the sources consulted.