- Platform
- FutureLearn
- Provider
- Purdue University
- Effort
- 3 hours/week
- Length
- 2 weeks
- Language
- English
- Credentials
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course Link
Overview
Learn how to get your projects running like clockwork
Every project manager or project leader has had a project that seems to spiral out of control - absorbing more time and resource than was planned. This course will help you stop that happening.
You will learn time management strategies to help you prevent projects becoming unmanageable and develop the fundamental skills of a project manager to make sure every project you run meets its deadlines.
Now is the time to put an end to runaway projects.
This course is for program managers, project managers, project leaders and even anyone who is interested in project management and time management concepts.
What topics will you cover?
Deirdre Gengenbach
Learn how to get your projects running like clockwork
Every project manager or project leader has had a project that seems to spiral out of control - absorbing more time and resource than was planned. This course will help you stop that happening.
You will learn time management strategies to help you prevent projects becoming unmanageable and develop the fundamental skills of a project manager to make sure every project you run meets its deadlines.
Now is the time to put an end to runaway projects.
This course is for program managers, project managers, project leaders and even anyone who is interested in project management and time management concepts.
What topics will you cover?
- Introduce the time management processes
- Explain the key concepts in time management, including lags and leads, critical path, feeding buffers, resource leveling, resource smoothing, schedule completion date, target completion date, milestones.
- Explain various tools and methods improving time management, including Precedence Diagraming Method (PDM), Critical Path Methods, Critical Chain Method, Gantt chart
Deirdre Gengenbach