Course description
Discover how to boost your project management skills with the free online Course Project Management in Practice - Planning, Scheduling and Resource Management. This course covers various principles and practices necessary for effective modern project management with a specific emphasis on planning, scheduling and resource management.
The course begins with a fundamental overview of the basic concepts in modern technical project management from project planning and scheduling to proficiently managing project, costs and budgets. You will also learn about strategies for identifying, evaluating, and managing project risks. Finally, you will learn about the most effective and efficient resource allocation techniques that can be employed in technical projects.
This course will be of special interest to mid-career professionals who value practical principles and guidance as well as students and researchers who wish to improve their knowledge of effective strategies for managing complex technical projects. This free online course also includes practical examples of how to apply concepts of project management to real-world issues. So, why wait? Start the course today and by the end of the week you will have gained valuable knowledge and project management skills!
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Training content
Project Planning
Description: Learn more about project planning from the geometric and living order approaches, push and pull planning, sustainability, and contingency plans in this module.
- Learning Outcomes
- A New Planning Approach
- The Geometric Order Approach: Push Planning
- The Living Order Approach: Pull Planning
- Push Planning and Pull Planning
- Sustainability and Contingency Plans
- Practical Tips
- Lesson Summary
Project Scheduling
Description: Learn more about project scheduling in technical project management.
- Learning Outcomes
- From Planning to Scheduling
- Geometric and Living Order - Scheduling Methods
- Push - The Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Pull: Post-Its, Last Planner, and Agile
- Practical Tips
- Lesson Summary
Project Risk Management
Description: Learn more about managing project risk in technical project management from this module.
- Learning Outcomes
- Risks, Threats, and Issues
- Risk Management and Project Success
- Risk Reporting
- Contingency Planning and Probabilistic Risk Modeling
- Ethics and Risk Management
- Practical Tips
- Lesson Summary
Managing Project Value, Budgets, and Costs
Description: Learn more about managing the value, costs and budgets of projects in technical project management from this module.
- Learning Outcomes
- Managing Scope for Success
- Understanding Budgets and Costs
- Target-Value Design
- Practical Tips
- Lesson Summary
Managing Limited Resources
Description: Learn more about managing limited resources in technical project management from this module.
- Learning Outcomes
- Managing Resources in Living Order
- Geometric Order Resource Optimization Techniques
- Estimating Resource Capacity in Agile
- Externalities and the Future
- Practical Tips
- Lesson Summary
Course assessment
- Assessment: Project Management in Practice - Planning, Scheduling and Resource Management - Assessment
Certification / Credits
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe how to design the necessary tools and processes for planning a project and developing project objectives
- Explain how to execute the necessary tools and processes for planning a project and developing project objectives
- Describe how to build strategies for identifying, evaluating, and managing project risks
- Discuss the techniques and tools involved in creating project schedules
- Explain how to manage project value, budgets and costs
- Describe how to allocate limited project resources effectively
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