Project Management Mastery

Courses in this academy

Academy lesson outline

1. What Project Management Actually Is (And Why You're Probably Already Doing It Badly) · 16 min
2. The Five Project Manager Roles You'll Wear (Even Without the Title) · 17 min
3. Why Most Projects Fail (And It's Rarely the Reason People Think) · 17 min
4. Choosing the Right Methodology — Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid · 18 min
5. Defining Project Scope (And Writing It So Nobody Can Misread It) · 17 min
6. Stakeholders — Who They Are and Why Mapping Them Saves Your Project · 17 min
7. Estimating Time and Effort (Without Lying to Yourself or Your Client) · 18 min
8. Building a Simple Project Charter (Your One-Page Source of Truth) · 16 min
9. Project Management Software Landscape — Choosing Before You Commit · 18 min
10. Module 1 Capstone — Diagnosing and Charting a Real Project From Scratch · 22 min
11. Trello Fundamentals — Boards, Lists, and Cards That Actually Work · 17 min
12. Labels, Due Dates, and Members — Adding Structure Without Clutter · 16 min
13. Trello Automation with Butler — Letting the Board Work For You · 18 min
14. Trello Power-Ups — Extending the Board for Real Project Needs · 17 min
15. Trello for Content Calendars and Editorial Workflows · 17 min
16. Trello for Sales Pipelines and Lead Tracking · 17 min
17. Multi-Board Strategy — When One Board Isn't Enough · 16 min
18. Mobile Trello and Working On the Go · 15 min
19. Trello Reporting and Reviewing Project Health · 17 min
20. Module 2 Capstone — Building a Complete Trello System From Scratch · 22 min
21. Notion Fundamentals — Pages, Blocks, and Databases · 18 min
22. Building Your First Project Tracker Database · 18 min
23. Relations and Rollups — Connecting Databases Together · 19 min
24. Notion Dashboards — Building a Project Command Center · 18 min
25. Notion as a Team Wiki — Documentation That Doesn't Rot · 17 min
26. Notion Templates — Building Once, Using Forever · 16 min
27. Notion for Meeting Notes and Decision Tracking · 17 min
28. Notion for Knowledge-Heavy Projects — Combining Tracking and Documentation · 18 min
29. Notion Permissions, Sharing, and Client-Facing Workspaces · 17 min
30. Module 3 Capstone — Building a Complete Notion Project System · 23 min
31. Asana Fundamentals — Tasks, Projects, and Sections · 17 min
32. Task Dependencies — Sequencing Work That Actually Depends on Itself · 18 min
33. Custom Fields and Advanced Task Organization in Asana · 17 min
34. Asana Portfolios — Managing Multiple Projects at Once · 18 min
35. Workload Management — Seeing and Balancing Team Capacity · 17 min
36. Asana Rules — Automating Repetitive Workflow Steps · 17 min
37. Forms and Intake — Standardizing How Work Enters Your Project · 16 min
38. Goals — Connecting Daily Tasks to Strategic Objectives · 18 min
39. Reporting and Asana Dashboards — Turning Task Data Into Insight · 17 min
40. Module 4 Capstone — Building a Complete Asana System for a Complex Project · 23 min
41. The Agile Manifesto — What Agile Actually Means Beyond the Buzzword · 17 min
42. Scrum Roles — Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Development Team · 18 min
43. Sprints — Working in Focused, Time-Boxed Cycles · 17 min
44. The Product Backlog — Managing What Matters Most · 18 min
45. Sprint Planning — Turning Backlog Priorities Into a Committed Plan · 17 min
46. Daily Standups — Brief Synchronization, Not a Status Report Theater · 16 min
47. Sprint Review — Demonstrating Real Progress to Real Stakeholders · 17 min
48. Sprint Retrospective — Improving How the Team Works Together · 18 min
49. Estimation in Agile — Story Points and Relative Sizing · 18 min
50. Module 5 Capstone — Running a Complete Scrum Cycle End-to-End · 23 min
51. What Kanban Actually Is (And Why Trello Misled You) · 16 min
52. Visualizing Workflow — Designing Columns That Reveal the Truth · 17 min
53. WIP Limits in Practice — Setting, Enforcing, and Adjusting Them · 16 min
54. Managing Flow — Reading Your Board Like a Diagnostic Tool · 17 min
55. Lean Thinking — Eliminating Waste Before You Optimize Speed · 16 min
56. The Five Lean Principles Applied to Project Work · 17 min
57. Building a Real Kanban Board in Trello — Step by Step · 18 min
58. Building a Real Kanban System in Notion and Asana · 17 min
59. Kanban Cadences — Meetings That Actually Improve Flow · 16 min
60. Module 6 Capstone — Auditing and Rebuilding a Broken Workflow · 20 min
61. Choosing the Right Tool — A Decision Framework, Not a Popularity Contest · 17 min
62. The Hidden Cost of Switching — When Migration Is Worth It · 16 min
63. Hybrid Workflows — Using Multiple Tools Without Creating Chaos · 17 min
64. Migrating Without Losing Everything — A Practical Step-by-Step Plan · 18 min
65. Module 7 Capstone — Designing Your Team's Tool Strategy Document · 19 min
66. Writing Status Reports People Actually Read · 16 min
67. Managing Difficult Stakeholders Without Losing the Relationship · 17 min
68. Async Communication — Working Across Time Zones and Busy Schedules · 17 min
69. Running Effective Client and Stakeholder Meetings · 17 min
70. Module 8 Capstone — Building Your Team's Communication Playbook · 20 min
71. Building a Risk Register That Actually Prevents Disasters · 17 min
72. Project Budgeting Fundamentals — From Estimate to Actuals · 18 min
73. Resource Allocation — Matching People to Work Without Burning Anyone Out · 17 min
74. Scope Creep — Recognizing It, Naming It, Controlling It · 17 min
75. Building the Comprehensive Project Charter (Risk, Budget & Scope Integration) · 20 min
76. Earned Value — A Simple Way to Know If You're Actually On Track · 18 min
77. Vendor and Third-Party Dependency Management · 16 min
78. Resource Forecasting — Planning Capacity Before You Need It · 17 min
79. When Projects Go Wrong — Recovery, Renegotiation, and Honest Communication · 18 min
80. Module 9 Capstone — The Complete Risk-to-Recovery System · 21 min
81. The Capstone Project Brief — Meet Your Client, Adaeze Textiles · 18 min
82. Discovery and Requirements — Turning a Vague Brief Into a Clear Plan · 18 min
83. Building Adaeze's Project Charter — Applying Module 9's Full Discipline · 19 min
84. Choosing the Tool Stack — Trello, Notion, or Asana for Adaeze's Project · 18 min
85. Sprint Planning and Backlog — Structuring Adaeze's 8-Week Timeline · 19 min
86. Sprint 1 Execution — Managing the First Real Complication · 18 min
87. Mid-Project Budget and Earned Value Check — Sprint 2 Review · 18 min
88. Staff Training Design — Applying Discovery to a Concrete Deliverable · 18 min
89. Launch Week — Final Testing, Cutover, and Risk Closure · 19 min
90. Module 10 Mid-Capstone Review — What the First Half Demonstrated · 20 min
91. Post-Launch Stabilization — The Two Weeks That Make or Break a Handoff · 18 min
92. The Final Project Retrospective — Applying Session 59's Cadence to Project Close · 19 min
93. PM Certification Pathways — PMP, CAPM, and PSM Explained · 19 min
94. Building Your Project Management Portfolio · 18 min
95. Negotiating Your Value — Translating PM Skills Into Career Outcomes · 18 min
96. Leading Without Authority — Project Management as Influence, Not Control · 18 min
97. When to Walk Away — Recognizing Projects and Clients That Aren't Worth It · 18 min
98. Scaling Yourself — From Managing One Project to Managing a Portfolio · 19 min
99. The Complete System — Connecting All Ten Modules Into One Practice · 22 min
100. Your Practice Begins Now — Carrying This Forward · 24 min

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