
Learn to correct a network diagram, structure work packages, and calculate estimates, identifying slack and the critical path for projects in business and daily life.
Use network diagrams to structure a project into small work packages, identify dependencies, and estimate timelines, illustrated by painting a house.
Learn to calculate task duration, start/finish dates, and slack time, and use optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic estimates to compute expected time and identify critical path on a network diagram.
Learn how to build a network diagram with time estimates to identify the critical path and optimize work packages for on-time project completion.
Identify task dependencies and time estimates to optimize a pizza project by building a network diagram, performing forward and backward passes, and determining the critical path for timely completion.
Structure a project network diagram by assigning tasks, defining dependencies, and calculating optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic times to reveal the critical path from buying ingredients to baking the pizza.
Explore an alternative solution by starting work package D at zero and running tasks in parallel, showing the critical path A, B, C, F, G remains unchanged while slack increases.
Master how to create a network diagram, identify dependencies, estimate task durations, and perform forward and backward passes to reveal the critical path and finish projects on time.
Projects do not always have to be centered on a professional setting. We complete projects all the time in our daily lives.
This course will show you how to structure your project from start to finish.
We will be looking specifically at network diagrams and how they can be used to structure our project and estimate times for completion.
We will also look at how to prioritize tasks within our project to ensure that we focus on the most important work and complete the project on time in the most optimal manner.
This is a step by step class aimed at providing derailed information on how network diagrams can be used to optimally structure a project. The use of network diagrams can provide immense benefits and help keep the project on track and aligned for success.
The following topics will be covered in this course:
How to create a network diagram
What is a work Package?
How to link dependencies in your project
How to estimate time for your project
How to calculate slack
how to identify the critical path in you project
The teachings of this course can be applied to any project to help structure and plan a project optimally and align it for success!
Network Diagrams helps identify areas and information that could not be obtained by only providing a list of work that needs to be completed. This additional information is often lost and the value within neglected.
This course aims to provide this knowledge in a concise manner so that it can be used with immediate effect.
I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in the course!