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About the Course

Scope, time, and cost management are at the heart of successful project management. This course will give you the tools to develop a project scope, schedule and budget and then status them to predict project performance. Throughout the course, you will learn about change management and techniques to implement it. By the end of this course you will be able to: • Create a requirements document • Create a Project Scope Statement • Identify ways to control the scope of the project • Decompose the work and develop work packages • Create a Work Breakdown Structure • Develop a Critical Path Schedule • Review types of cost estimates and identify whether they are “top down or bottom up” • Review budgets, contingencies and reserves • Calculate planned and earned values to compare with actual cost • Perform a cost and schedule analysis Each week you will prepare a key deliverable for the project plan based on a provided Case Study. These deliverables include: • Project Scope Statement • Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and WBS dictionary • Critical Path schedule sequence diagram • Bar Chart Schedule (Gantt Chart) • Project Cost Estimate • Project Status using an Earned Value Calculation All of this will position you to set up a plan to control your next assignment or your next project whether this is as the project manager or as an area leader. Rice Center for Engineering Leadership is a Registered Education Provider through the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Learners who complete this course on the Certificate track will be awarded 14 hours of Profession Development Units. These are recognized by PMI for continuing education or can be applied toward the 35 hours of education required for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification. PMI and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc....

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MA

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Good course for those who wanted to understand techniques in Triple Constraint or Iron Triangle and to achieve PMP certificate. I especially like the explanation of finding Critical Path.

IE

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This course is very rich and practical oriented. Most pertinent project management tools were treated. Again, the assignment is very engaging with rich practical contents.

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By Mohamed M

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Apr 29, 2020

Good course , Juste need more example during the presentation for mor details

By Babatunde O

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Apr 22, 2020

Had a Nice time taking this very course. Id recommend it to anyone anyday.

By Sayli c

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Sep 6, 2020

Best Course for Project Management as you can do Practical Assignment.

By Chayl J F L

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Jul 9, 2020

Very good course. The activities were very challenging in a good way.

By Wei X

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Mar 18, 2020

Very good stuff especially for people who is preparing his PMP exam.

By diego m

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Feb 11, 2021

Nice course to start learning something about Project Management!

By Georgina L

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Sep 5, 2020

Amazing course, full of formative assignments and great lessons.

By Mushhood S

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Oct 19, 2018

A basic course for beginners. At least you can learn new things.

By Hari S S

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Feb 2, 2021

Very informative..explaining each step accurately..value course

By Sally S

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Jan 10, 2021

The course is very helpful and I have learned a lot.

By Arjun S

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Mar 22, 2021

Excellent course, very informative and fun.

By Sakti B

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Sep 20, 2017

Nicely designed and executed. Loved it.

By Mohamed “ M A

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Jan 15, 2021

It was a wonderful experience!

By jatin k c

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Apr 20, 2021

very detailed course

By Jaypee B

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Mar 31, 2021

Thank you very much.

By BHADANGE G

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Jan 20, 2021

Great Course !!!..

By Marcos H

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Feb 5, 2021

Great course.

By Mayte R L

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May 27, 2019

Great course!

By Marabathina J

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Apr 21, 2021

good course

By KRITHIKA V

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Apr 20, 2021

VERY NICE

By Carlos P

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Feb 11, 2021

Excellent

By Cagri O

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Jan 29, 2021

useful

By IMAM M H

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Apr 21, 2021

great

By SELLATHAMBY D

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Apr 18, 2021

Good

By Joshua A

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Sep 27, 2021

worth pursuing......thank you Rice University and Coursera for putting this together........