Project Management Fundamentals - The Art of Scheduling

If you're new to project scheduling, or want to improve your scheduling skills, this course will give you what you need to be successful. We'll begin by examining what project scheduling is and looking at the components that go into a schedule. Then I'll guide you through identifying the work that needs to be done, estimating time and cost, and putting tasks into the right order. I'll describe how to build a project team and assign resources to tasks. I'll also provide tips for working with part-time workers and remote teams. We'll explore ways to fine-tune the schedule to balance people's workloads. Finally, we'll go over methods for managing a schedule to deliver what's important and keep the project on-track from start to finish. Managing a project schedule successfully requires a well-stocked toolbox. I'll introduce you to these tools and show you how to use them in managing project schedules.

You learn all that plus these amazing topic:

• What You Need to Know Before Starting
• Showcase of The Project Schedule
• Using the Exercise Files
• An Overview of Project Scheduling
• Components of A Project Schedule
• Identifying the Work That Needs to Be Done
• Organizing Work with Summary Tasks
• Adding Milestones
• Estimating Time and Cost
• Putting Tasks into The Right Order
• Delaying or Overlapping Tasks with Lag and Lead Time
• Setting Specific Dates
• Balancing Resource Assignment Variables
• Planning Resources at A High Level
• Procuring Resources
• Assigning Resources That Are Available
• Working with Part Time Workers and Teams
• Working with Remote Teams
• Fine Tuning the Schedule for Resources
• Determining the Critical Path
• Putting the Critical Path to Work
• Lengthening Delaying and Splitting Assignments
• Adjusting the Level of Work Over Time
• Replacing Overallocated Resources
• Adding Buffers to The Schedule
• Adding A Baseline to The Schedule
• Proactively Managing a Schedule
• Finding Schedule Problems
• Reducing Scope

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