Project Schedule Management

Name: Project Schedule Management
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Identify and understand the processes, tool and techniques required to manage the timely completion of projects

Created byOluseye Kolawole

Last updated 11/2024

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What you'll learn

Understand the fundamentals of Scheduling in Project Management
Identify and understand the processes required to manage the timely completion of projects
Understand the elements required in creating a schedule management plan for a project
Determine the processes required to decompose a project into activities using appropriate project management tools
Sequence project activities by identifying and documenting relationships among activities as well as recognizing project management techniques to use
Understanding project activity dependencies, creating and interpreting the network diagram using the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Estimating project duration using different estimating methods and techniques
Understanding the concept of slack and critical path.
Performing critical path calculations and understanding how it applies to real life projects
Learning various techniques for managing schedule on a project including schedule compression techniques, resource levelling amongst others.

Course content

7 sections • 14 lectures • 1h 36m total length

Facilitator Introduction1:29
Meet the facilitator, Alicia Kolawole, a certified trainer with real world experience, and discover the course structure, including examples, quizzes, practice questions, and additional resources to maximize your learning.
Course Introduction and Lesson 14:15
explore schedule management through seven lessons, covering plan schedule management, define activities, sequence activities, and estimate activity duration, then develop and control the schedule using PMBoK processes.
Lesson 1 Quiz

Lesson 4A4:33
Sequence activities to arrange project tasks in the most efficient order using inputs from the project management plan, scope baseline, activity lists, milestones, and a schedule network diagram.
Lesson 4B10:53
Sequence project activities by identifying dependencies—mandatory, discretionary, external, and internal—and using a precedence diagram (PDM) to optimize order. Apply lead and lag, and schedule compression techniques like fast-tracking and crashing.
Lesson 4 Quiz

Lesson 6A6:13
Develop a workable project schedule by integrating activity sequencing, duration estimates, and inputs from the work breakdown structure, risk register, and resource calendars using network analysis and critical path method.
Lesson 6B - Critical Path Definitions6:21
Apply the critical path method to identify the longest path, use forward and backward passes, and assess slack, including free, total, and project slack, noting zero or negative slack.
Lesson 6C - Critical Path Calculation Example5:21
Compute the critical path via a network diagram, identifying the longest path (A-C-G) at 21 days. Learn forward and backward passes to find early start, early finish, and slack.
Lesson 6 Part 1 Quiz
Lesson 6D - Forward and Backward Pass Method5:31
Use the forward and backward pass to identify the critical path and compute early and late start/finish with free, total, and project float.
Lesson 6E - Critical Path Method Calculation Example8:29
Compute early and late dates via forward and backward passes in the critical path method, identify the critical path, and reveal a 21-day project duration with free slack.
Lesson 6 Part 2 Quiz
Critical Path Calculation Exercise
Lesson 6F - Schedule Compression10:29
Apply schedule compression techniques like crashing and fast tracking to shorten the project duration without changing scope, in planning or during execution, while focusing on the critical path and milestones.
Lesson 6 Part 3 Quiz

Requirements

No prior Schedule Management or Project Management experience required.

Description

Projects are one-off pieces of work that are completed within a fixed timescale. They are undertaken to create unique products and services. They usually contain a great deal of risks, uncertainties, and complexities that need to be managed. Projects are necessary for there to be development in any business or nation. The challenge however is that management of projects could be complex especially if the requisite knowledge and skills are missing in those saddled with this responsibility.

There are a series of project management approaches and tools to help organizations reduce these risks, and create an effective platform to deliver project objectives. These approaches have been carefully documented over the years and they can be learnt.

Training in project management, especially one with a practical approach, can help participants gain the necessary knowledge and skills to appropriately utilize the project management tools and techniques to ensure success on their projects.

This course is uniquely designed to help people who actually handle projects to acquire specific skills, approaches, and tools they’ll need to run projects successfully especially in the area of schedule management.

Participants in this course will;

Understand the fundamentals of Scheduling in Project Management

Identify and understand the processes required to manage the timely completion of projects

Understand the elements required in creating a schedule management plan for a project

Determine the processes required to decompose a project into activities using appropriate project management tools

Sequence project activities by identifying and documenting relationships among activities as well as recognizing project management techniques to use

Understanding project activity dependencies, creating and interpreting the network diagram using the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

Estimating project duration using different estimating methods and techniques

Understanding the concept of slack and critical path.

Performing critical path calculations and understanding how it applies to real life projects

Learning various techniques for managing schedule on a project including schedule compression techniques, resource levelling amongst others.

Gain knowledge that will be useful in passing certification exams in project management.

Who this course is for:

This course is for those that need a knowledge of Schedule Management or Project Management Planning as part of their preparation for the Project Management Professional Exam or any other exam based on a body of knowledge that includes Schedule Management. Also for Project Team members and Project Managers that need to gain knowledge and competence in managing schedule on projects and business.
Project Managers
PMP Candidates
Project Schedulers of Planners
Business Managers

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 6min

Schedule Management Planning1 lecture • 6min

Decomposition of Activities1 lecture • 9min

Sequencing Project Activities2 lectures • 15min

Estimating Project Activity Duration1 lecture • 11min

Developing the Schedule for the Project6 lectures • 42min

Control Schedule1 lecture • 7min

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