This course is designed to teach various types of scheduling and estimating methods. It also instills the importance of incorporating these concepts into the completion of a successful construction, business, or technological project.
Prerequisites
None.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply estimation techniques involved in project management.
- Define the most common causes of inaccurate estimates.
- Explain the different variance and index calculations used in Planned Value Decisions.
- Create a network diagram and calculate the “Critical Path.” Explain the “Critical Chain” method in contrast to “Critical Path.”
- Discuss the brief history of project management software and explain how a project may benefit from its use.
- Describe the process for identifying and calculating the risk events to a project.