A good project schedule helps all team members’ work together to meet project objectives. A project budget with realistic cost constraints is also an essential bedrock of any project. In this course you’ll learn to plan and stick to time and cost constraints in order to ensure the success of your projects.
Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
This course is part of Project Management Principles and Practices Specialization
Instructor: Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP
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What you'll learn
Define milestones and create a milestone schedule
Identify the resource needs of the project
Estimate the quantities and costs of resources needed for project activities
Use a responsibility assignment matrix to assign responsibilities
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There are 5 modules in this course
Get started in this module by reviewing the course overview and participating in the course survey.
What's included
2 readings
In this module, we will decompose work packages into activities, identify the resource needs of the project, and use a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) to assign responsibilities. In addition, you will have a lesson on Quality Management.
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3 videos3 readings1 assignment
In this module, we will define what is needed to estimate activity durations, estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities, and discover three common cost estimating techniques to determine a project budget.
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3 videos4 readings1 assignment
In this module, we will create a network diagram, determine the critical path and calculate float, define milestones and a create a milestone schedule, describe the purpose of using leads and lags in a project schedule, and recognize the components of a project’s quality management plan.
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3 videos3 readings1 assignment
Wrap up this course by meeting our industry expert panelists, taking the final exam, and participating in our post course survey.
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AC
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Reviewed on Dec 21, 2020
The is well put together the lecturer are experienced . The course is very informative and work based experience was the best method used to explain the topic. Thank you for teaching this course.
ER
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Reviewed on Apr 13, 2016
Budgeting and Scheduling helps you to attain the budget needed for the project itself. It also helps to monitor you cost versus your timelines in order to minimize the overtime and over
FH
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Reviewed on Jul 22, 2017
This course has really helped me in understanding my work better from a project's perspective. It has also highlighted the pitfalls in project's planning and executions we face everyday.
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