Introduction to project management/IPM102/Overview

Signpost to your learning

Initiating a project (IPM102) is one of four micro-courses for Introduction to project management.

It is project management best practice to 'start with the end in mind'. 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.

Micro-courses for introduction to project management

There are four micro-courses which make up Introduction to project management.

Course description	Micro-course learning materials
IPM101	Role of the project manager
IPM102	Initiating a project
IPM103	Planning a project
IPM104	Executing and closing a project

Overview of the course guide

We recommend that you scan through the course guide before commencing your learning journey.

The course guide contains:

• A list of the course aims and learning outcomes,
• The syllabus and learning challenges page where you will find the sessions, dates, and links to the learning materials and learning challenges. (You can also access the syllabus from the "Syllabus" button on the course home page),
• The course assignment, and
• The recommended resources to support your learning.