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Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
4.79,388 ratings at CourseraOverview
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.
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify the resource needs of the project
2. Decompose work packages into activities
3. Define what is needed to estimate activity durations
4. Define milestones and create a milestone schedule
5. Determine the critical path and calculate float
6. Describe the purpose of using leads and lags in a project schedule
7. Estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities
8. Select one of three common cost estimating techniques to determine a project budget
9. Use a responsibility assignment matrix to assign responsibilities
10. Recognize the components of a project’s quality management plan
Syllabus 5
- Get Started! 10 minutes
Get started in this module by reviewing the course overview and participating in the course survey.
- Resource Needs & Quality Management 1 hour
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.
- Estimating 1.5 hours
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.
- Scheduling 1.5 hours
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.
- Wrap Up 1 hour
Wrap up this course by meeting our industry expert panelists, taking the final exam, and participating in our post course survey.
Skills you'll practise
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- Structured courses with graded quizzes, assignments and deadlines you can reset.
- A shareable certificate from the university or company when you pay.
- Financial aid is often approved for students in India (apply 15 days before you need it).
- From University of California, Irvine, a well-regarded name.
- Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 9,388 learners.
- Self-paced: start any time.
- A clear syllabus (5 parts) you can see before you start.
- Hands-on: you build or practise, not just watch.
Disadvantages
- Paid after a 7-day free trial (Coursera Plus or per course).
- Some courses can be audited for free, but graded work and certificates need payment.
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- Financial aid: If you cannot afford the fee for a certificate, you can apply for financial aid through the link on the course home page by filling out an application about your background and goals.
Taught by
- Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMPInstructor, University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education
University of California, Irvine is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (82/100).
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