Project Schedule and Cost Management
What you can learn.
- Describe scheduling approaches and distinguish among key concepts such as Critical
Path Method versus Agile emerging practices, Predictive/Waterfall versus Rolling Wave
and Hybrid trends, and adaptive methodologies versus tailoring considerations - Identify key scheduling components required to develop a project schedule with key
milestones using basic planning tools such as a Gantt chart, network diagrams, or
Burndown charts - Develop schedule by expanding WBS and decomposing work into activities, sequencing
and estimating their duration using PERT analysis, top-down and analogous techniques,
as well as bottom-up calculations - Identify dependencies and constraints among activities, manipulating leads and lags on
critical path activities and optimizing schedule through crashing, smoothing and resource
leveling techniques - Perform budget formation from the scope and schedule baselines considering risks and
tradeoffs in planning, and learn the necessity of the contingency and management
reserves as fall back tactics to preserve overall budget - Prepare project-funding using cost estimations from PERT analysis, top-down and
analogous techniques, as well as bottom-up calculations, considering factors including
cost units, levels of precision and accuracy - Utilize the Earned Value Management principles and apply analytical techniques to track
actual costs incurred on the project, and compare to planned and earned values, reporting
status, progress, as well as projections on future work in the project
About this course:
Formerly called MGMT X 443.17 Project Earned Value, Procurement, and Cost Management.
Apply the balancing trade-offs between scope, time, and cost as major duties for successful and cost-efficient project completion with high-quality deliverables meeting or exceeding timeline and budgetary targets. Learn to optimize your schedules and evaluate the compliance of actual work to the set project baselines using earned value management techniques. This course along with others in the Project Management certificate will contribute to preparing students who are planning to take the PMP® Exam by PMI®.
Spring 2019 Schedule
These courses are fully online, and there are no in-person classroom meetings.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.
These courses meet in person and make use of an online presence to varying degrees.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required. Materials required.
Required course in Project Management Certificate.
Enrollment limited to 25; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted.
Materials required. Internet Access Required.This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…
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