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Project Management for Beginners

Plan, run and deliver real projects — and turn it into a paying career.

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About this course

Learn to take any project from idea to finished — a charter, a work breakdown, a timeline, a risk list and a tracking board people can actually follow. By the end you will plan a real small project end-to-end and own the language and tools (Trello, Sheets, Scrum) that get you hired as a project coordinator or PM in Nigeria.

A project has a start, an end, and a result you are chasing — running a shop every day does not. Learn to spot the difference, and you have already started thinking like a project manager.

What you'll learn

Course syllabus — 7 lessons

  1. What a project really is — and what a PM actually does11 min
  2. The project lifecycle: initiate, plan, execute, monitor, close12 min
  3. The triple constraint and the project charter12 min
  4. Breaking work down: the WBS11 min
  5. Estimating, timelines and the Gantt chart13 min
  6. Risks and stakeholders12 min
  7. Waterfall vs Agile, tracking, and your PM career13 min

Your project

Plan a real small project end-to-end

A single shareable link (Google Drive folder or a Google Sheet) containing your one-page charter, WBS, timeline/Gantt and risk register, PLUS a link to your live Trello board (or board tab in the Sheet) showing the To Do / Doing / Done columns with your tasks as cards. Make sure all links are set to 'anyone with the link can view'.

Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.

Frequently asked questions

Is Project Management for Beginners free?

Yes. Project Management for Beginners is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.

How long does Project Management for Beginners take to complete?

5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 1 hour of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.

Do I need any experience to start Project Management for Beginners?

Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.

What will I learn in Project Management for Beginners?

You will build practical skills in Writing a project charter, Work breakdown structure (WBS), Timeline & Gantt estimating, Risk & stakeholder management, Agile/Scrum basics, Trello / Sheets boards, Status reporting & change control. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.

Do I get a certificate for Project Management for Beginners?

Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Plan a real small project end-to-end and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.

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