Scheduling Made Easy: How Finish Any Project On Time

How to effectively create and manage a project schedule using the critical path method (CPM) for project scheduling.

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Scheduling Made Easy: How Finish Any Project On Time

What You Will Learn!

Explain why scheduling is a key skill for project management
Understand how to use a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to organize a project schedule
Create a Network Logic Diagram to sequence activities
Use the Critical Path Method to determine the most important activities for a project
Explain the importance of a baseline schedule to measure project performance

Description

Learn the basic concepts of scheduling ANY project to:

Finish projects on time and meet deadlines
Identify the most critical activities you need to complete
Make the best use of your time
Effectively manage unforeseen delays and STILL complete you project on time

Become More Productive and Finish Your Projects On Time

At the end of this course, you will have a strong scheduling foundation that you can use to schedule and manage any type of project (professional or personal). Learn how to focus your time on the most critical activities in your project and impress clients and your boss with your expertise on managing projects!

Content and Overview

This course will provide step-by-step guidance on using the critical path method to schedule any project. We will cover:

How to break down a project into manageable pieces
Define activities and their relationships
Develop a network logic diagram to describe a project
Schedule a project using the Critical Path Method (CPM)
How to develop a baseline schedule and manage a schedule

No Prior Scheduling Knowledge Necessary!

This course assumes you do not have any prior scheduling knowledge. We will go step-by-step through the process. At the end of each section there is a case study that builds on each section for you to follow. This course also has quizzes and practice problems to make sure you understand each concept.