[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":325},["ShallowReactive",2],{"template:project-management:en":3},{"title":4,"description":5,"readTime":6,"slug":7,"language":8,"kind":9,"coverUrl":10,"document":11},"Introduction to Project Management","The lifecycle, the triple constraint and planning tools — on one real project","12 min","project-management","en","course","\u002Ftemplate-media\u002Fproject-management\u002Fcover.jpg",{"v":12,"kind":13,"design":14,"blocks":25},2,"longread",{"fontPairing":15,"baseTheme":16,"lineHeight":17,"blockGap":18,"showProgressBar":19,"accentColor":20,"viewPassThreshold":21,"quizPassThreshold":22,"quizShowCorrectness":19,"quizAllowRetry":19,"outlineSource":23,"tocPlacement":24,"language":8},"editorial","classic","relaxed","normal",true,"#3b82f6",80,70,"chapters","document",[26,35,42,47,52,69,76,80,107,115,126,130,133,161,173,179,186,190,205,230,247,252,256,262,276,298,303,312,322],{"id":27,"type":28,"title":4,"subtitle":5,"author":29,"date":30,"readTime":6,"imageUrl":10,"style":31,"overlayOpacity":32,"titleColor":33,"subtitleColor":34},"pm-cover","cover","Learning team","","split",30,"#ffffff","#e2e8f0",{"id":36,"type":37,"text":38,"dropCap":19,"alignment":39,"columns":40,"fontSize":41},"pm-lead","paragraph","\u003Cp>Every team runs projects, whether it calls them that or not: launching a product, moving an office, rolling out a new process. 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