1. Describe the benefits of project management. 2. Describe the organization and culture required to support successful project management. 3. Define project scope, project priorities, and a work breakdown structure. 4. Develop a project network. 5. Describe the risk management process and understand risk mitigation and contingency plans in order to reduce the duration of a project while understanding the cost implications. 6. Develop estimates for project times and costs and assign resources and costs to a project. 7. Describe the traits of an effective manager