Successful projects do not just happen. They are planned. Understanding what success for a specific project means is part of the plan. Take the opportunity to understand how you will measure success. Does your project require assistance or materials from the outside? If it does, will you know what type of contract will support your success? When you understand these basics and you know how to identify the risks you face and how all of this information shapes your estimates, then you are ready to consider committing to a schedule and a budget. This course will take you through critical project planning basics so that when it is time for your schedule and budget, you are well informed.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• Develop two quality metrics for a project
• Differentiate between fixed price and cost reimbursable contract types
• Perform a basic risk assessment
• Estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities
• Identify differences in three common cost estimating techniques
This course is part of the Applied Project Management Specialization
Project Planning
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1Introduction, Quality Metrics, and Contracts
Successful projects do not just happen. They are planned. Understanding what success for a specific project means is part of the plan. Take the opportunity to understand how you will measure success. Does your project require assistance or materials from the outside? If it does, will you know what type of contract will support your success? When you understand these basics and you know how to identify the risks you face and how all of this information shapes your estimates, then you are ready to consider committing to a schedule and a budget. This course will take you through critical project planning basics so that when it is time for your schedule and budget, you are well informed. Once you have some planning basics under your belt, we will draw upon your knowledge to logically map out what will happen and when it will happen. You will begin thinking about your project schedule, estimate how long the work will take, arrange the project work in the required sequence, and develop an understanding of what it is meant when someone refers to the critical path. This course will complete the project schedule, and consider who will perform the work and what they need to perform the work. This course will also discuss how to approach planning your project using Agile. This course will utilize the project artifacts previously accomplished in Project Launch course. This course will utilize the project artifacts previously accomplished in the Project Launch course.
12 videos (Total 21 min), 8 readings, 4 quizzes
12 videos
About the Class Project1m
Module Overview1m
The New Restaurant Project2m
Examples of Quality Metrics1m
Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 11m
Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 21m
Project and Product Quality1m
More on Contracts (1.070)3m
Risk Management (1.080)3m
When All Goes Well... (1.090)39s
Hints from Margaret: Contracts1m
8 readings
Course Information and Syllabuss
Course Deferral and Cancellation Policies10m
Coursera Technical Support10m
Reminder: Live Session - Week 110m
About the Instructor10m
Module Readingss
Interactive Video: Types of Contracts10m
Module Wrap-Up2m
2 practice exercises
Ungraded Quiz: What is a Quality Metric?6m
Quality Metrics and Contracts20m
Week
2Risks and Estimates
What is project risk? How can project risks be identified? How does the project manager respond to project risks? How does the project manager estimate cost and duration?
11 videos (Total 28 min), 7 readings, 3 quizzes
11 videos
Now What? Risk Responses (2.050)6m
Successful Project Managers Manage Risks1m
Hints from Margaret: Risk1m
Estimating Challenges (2.070)3m
Overview: Types of Estimates (2.080)2m
Parametric Estimating (2.100)2m
Basis of Estimates (2.110)1m
What Is a Cost Baseline? (2.120)2m
Hints from Margaret: Getting Ready to Estimate1m
Hints from Margaret: Detailed Estimating1m
7 readings
Module Introduction2m
Required Reading40m
Interactive Presentation: What is Risk?10m
Reminder: Live Session - Week 210m
Interactive: Identifying and Analyzing Project Risks10m
Video Presentation on Analogous Estimating4m
Module Wrap-Up5m
1 practice exercise
Risks and Estimates20m
Week
3More on Estimates
What are the 'Golden Rules' of estimating? How to estimate using your WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)? What will it take to complete the project work?
7 videos (Total 16 min), 7 readings, 4 quizzes
7 videos
Déjà Vu: Approaches Used to Estimate Time1m
Three Point Estimates: What's the Point?3m
Estimating Duration Is Just the Beginning of Your Schedule2m
Effort Versus Duration: Real Life Examples (3.080)3m
Hints from Margaret: Making Estimates for Work Packages1m
Hints from Margaret: Effort and Duration Estimates1m
7 readings
Module Overview1m
Required Readingss
Reminder: Live Session - Week 310m
Link to Video: What Exactly Are You Estimating?3m
Video: Effort Versus Duration3m
Module Wrap-Up;10m
Midterm Survey1m
1 practice exercise
More on Estimating20m
Week
4Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software
Congratulations! You've nearly finished the second course of the Project Planning Specialization. In this module, we will review what you have accomplished so far and orient you to the next steps in your Project Management journey.
10 videos (Total 33 min), 5 readings, 4 quizzes
10 videos
Creating a Diagram: The Forward Pass5m
Creating a Diagram: The Backward Pass2m
Hints from Margaret: Sequencing the Work1m
The Critical Path and Float3m
Gantt Chart6m
History of Scheduling3m
Factors to Consider When Selecting Scheduling Software3m
Hints from Margaret: Scheduling Software1m
Hints from Margaret: Creating a Network Diagram1m
5 readings
Module Overview1m
Required Readings
Reminder: Live Session - Week 410m
Interactive Scenario: Making Project Scheduling Decisions10m
Module Wrap-Up1m
1 practice exercise
Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software20m
4.7
14 ReviewsTop Reviews
By TC•Jul 28th 2018
Very valuable information from this section of the four part course. Most of the info learned was used to some degree in my daily activities, or the concepts were considered and discussed or shared.
By NS•Feb 25th 2018
Margaret was great at providing feed back, her course videos were brief and to the point, and she was quick and replying back to any emails that were sent to better understand the material!
Instructors
Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP
Instructor, University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education
Hassan Kafshi
MBA, CMMI
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