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Understanding Project Compliance

Learn how to navigate and manage project compliance
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Essential Provider Chris Times  6 Lessons ·  22m  in Arabic, English, Spanish 

Course Description

Most business projects need to adhere to certain compliance requirements. This encompasses a range of legal, regulatory, industry, quality, workplace health, process risk, and social responsibility standards. A lack of awareness or understanding of compliance requirements can introduce significant risk to a project and the business. Noncompliance can have severe consequences for both organizations and individual projects. Project delays, unforeseen financial penalties, and a damaged reputation are just a few of the most common consequences. To prevent severe consequences from noncompliance, businesses can invest in proactive compliance management. Proactive compliance initiatives can reduce risks, instill a cultural awareness of compliance, encourage comprehensive planning, and promote a common understanding of the business and its products and services.

In this course on Understanding Project Compliance, you’ll learn about common project compliance needs, how to confirm your compliance requirements, and how to determine potential threats to compliance. You’ll explore the consequences of noncompliance and discover how to classify compliance categories. By the end of this course, you will be able to better manage and fulfill compliance requirements in your projects.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand the consequences of noncompliance for organizations and individual projects
  • Identify and document your project's compliance requirements
  • Classify and describe the different categories and types of compliance
  • Determine and manage potential threats to compliance
  • Recognize common project compliance needs across legal, regulatory, industry, quality, and other standards

Key Takeaways

  • Most business projects must adhere to compliance requirements spanning legal, regulatory, industry, quality, workplace health, process risk, and social responsibility standards.
  • A lack of awareness or understanding of compliance requirements can introduce significant risk to a project and the business.
  • Noncompliance can lead to project delays, unforeseen financial penalties, and a damaged reputation.
  • Proactive compliance management can reduce risks, instill cultural awareness of compliance, encourage comprehensive planning, and promote a common understanding of the business and its products and services.
  • By the end of the course, learners are able to better manage and fulfill compliance requirements in their projects.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You'll learn about common project compliance needs, how to confirm your compliance requirements, how to determine potential threats to compliance, the consequences of noncompliance, and how to classify compliance categories.

What topics does this course cover?

The course covers understanding the consequences of noncompliance, confirming project compliance requirements, classifying compliance categories, and determining threats to compliance.

What skills will I gain from this course?

This course helps you build skills in compliance requirements and compliance risk.

What will I be able to do after completing this course?

By the end of the course, you will be able to better manage and fulfill compliance requirements in your projects.

What categories of compliance does the course address?

The course addresses compliance standards that include legal, regulatory, industry, quality, workplace health, process risk, and social responsibility requirements.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Ways of WorkingPower SkillsBusiness Acumen

KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)

Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Leadership & NavigationBusiness AcumenConsultationGlobal MindsetEthical PracticeRelationship ManagementAnalytical AptitudeCommunicationDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).