Project Execution & Control

Course Overview

This course covers how projects are managed once planning is complete: tracking progress, managing budgets, identifying and responding to risk, and keeping stakeholders informed through effective status reporting.

⭐ Who Should Take This Course

• Project managers and coordinators actively running projects
• Team leads responsible for tracking budgets and timelines
• Learners progressing from Project Initiation & Planning
• Professionals preparing for CAPM or PMP-track certification study

⭐ What You’ll Learn

• How to track project progress against the baseline plan
• Basic budget management and cost-tracking techniques
• Risk identification, assessment, and response planning
• Change management: handling scope, schedule, and budget changes
• Effective status reporting for stakeholders and sponsors
• Basic quality control and issue management

⭐ Course Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Track project progress against schedule and budget baselines
• Identify common project risks and outline basic response strategies
• Manage change requests without losing control of scope
• Produce a clear, concise status report for project stakeholders
• Apply basic quality-control checkpoints during project execution

⭐ Why This Course Matters

Plans rarely survive first contact with reality — the skills in this course are what allow a project manager to keep a project on track when circumstances change. Execution and control is where day-to-day project management value is delivered, and it’s a heavily tested domain on PMI’s CAPM and PMP exams.

⭐ Prerequisites

Completion of Project Initiation & Planning, or equivalent experience building a project plan and schedule.

⭐ Course Format

• Virtual: Instructor‑led
• Real‑world examples and case studies
• Quizzes and knowledge checks
• Certificate of completion
• One-On-One Support (If required)