This long course teaches how to convert work breakdown into defensible schedules and clear milestone reporting. You will practice constructing compact Gantt/timeline views, linking dependencies, and identifying critical-path activities in small- to medium-sized plans. The course covers distinctions between effort and duration, and using spreadsheets for quick scenario modeling. You will build conditional-format tracking sheets that highlight overdue and at‑risk items, and produce short, stakeholder-ready exports and memos that justify schedule recommendations. The focus is practical: Produce a clean timeline, a formatted tracking sheet, a comparison summary, and a concise stakeholder explanation suitable for steering or release planning contexts.

Build Project Timelines and Track Milestones Fast

Build Project Timelines and Track Milestones Fast

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9 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Create a task timeline with dependencies and identify critical tasks.
Distinguish effort (person-hours) from duration (calendar time) for planning.
Use conditional formatting to highlight overdue or at‑risk items.
Rework a compact schedule, fix dependency errors, and produce a trimmed Gantt and stakeholder note.
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