UCI - Project Planning
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Project Planning at Coursera Overview
Duration | 44 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Project Planning at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online
- Course 2 of 4 in the UCI Project Management
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 44 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English, Russian
Project Planning at Coursera Course details
- 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
Project Planning at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction, Quality Metrics, and Contracts
Course Welcome
About the Class Project
Module Overview
The New Restaurant Project
Examples of Quality Metrics
Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 1
Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 2
Project and Product Quality
More on Contracts (1.070)
Risk Management (1.080)
When All Goes Well... (1.090)
Hints from Margaret: Contracts
Course Information and Syllabus
Course Deferral and Cancellation Policies
Coursera Technical Support
About the Instructor
Reminder: Live Session - Week 1
Module Readings
Interactive Video: Types of Contracts
Module Wrap-Up
Ungraded Quiz: What is a Quality Metric?
Quality Metrics and Contracts
Risks and Estimates
How to Identify Risk (2.030)
Now What? Risk Responses (2.050)
Successful Project Managers Manage Risks
Hints from Margaret: Risk
Estimating Challenges (2.070)
Overview: Types of Estimates (2.080)
Parametric Estimating (2.100)
Basis of Estimates (2.110)
What Is a Cost Baseline? (2.120)
Hints from Margaret: Getting Ready to Estimate
Hints from Margaret: Detailed Estimating
Module Introduction
Required Reading
Interactive Presentation: What is Risk?
Reminder: Live Session - Week 2
Interactive: Identifying and Analyzing Project Risks
Video Presentation on Analogous Estimating
Module Wrap-Up
Risks and Estimates
More on Estimates
Progressive Elaboration and Estimating (3.020)
Déjà Vu: Approaches Used to Estimate Time
Three Point Estimates: What's the Point?
Estimating Duration Is Just the Beginning of Your Schedule
Effort Versus Duration: Real Life Examples (3.080)
Hints from Margaret: Making Estimates for Work Packages
Hints from Margaret: Effort and Duration Estimates
Module Overview
Required Readings
Reminder: Live Session - Week 3
Link to Video: What Exactly Are You Estimating?
Video: Effort Versus Duration
Module Wrap-Up;
Midterm Survey
More on Estimating
Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software
What is a Network Diagram?
Creating a Diagram: The Forward Pass
Creating a Diagram: The Backward Pass
Hints from Margaret: Sequencing the Work
The Critical Path and Float
Gantt Chart
History of Scheduling
Factors to Consider When Selecting Scheduling Software
Hints from Margaret: Scheduling Software
Hints from Margaret: Creating a Network Diagram
Module Overview
Required Reading
Reminder: Live Session - Week 4
Interactive Scenario: Making Project Scheduling Decisions
Module Wrap-Up
Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software
Project Milestones, Project Schedule, and Resource Constraints
The What and How of Project Milestones
Hints from Margaret
When is it Time to Create Your Project Schedule?
The Path to Your Project Schedule
Assigning Project Resources
What is Resource Leveling?
Resource Based Scheduling (5.070)
Hints from Margaret: Resource Overallocation
Hints from Margaret: Developing a Project Schedule
Module Overview
Required Readings
Reminder: Live Session - Week 5
A Note about Your Cumulative Grade
Video: Project Schedule Baseline
Module Wrap-Up
Project Milestones, Project Schedule, and Resource Constraints
Kanban, Agile, Tuckman Model, and Negotiating
What is Kanban? (6.010)
Benefits of Kanban (W6.020)
Hints from Margaret: The Burndown Chart
Planning with Agile: A High-Level Discussion (6.030)
Hints from Margaret: Using Agile
The Tuckman Model of Team Development (6.050)
Leading Your Team Through Planning (6.060)
Managing Conflict (6.070)
Hints from Margaret: The Tuckman Model
Preparing for a Negotiation
Module Overview
Required Readings
Reminder: Live Session - Week 6
Estimating with Agile
Interactive Scenario: Agile Estimating
Module Wrap-Up
Final Course Evaluation
Kanban, Agile, Tuckman Model, and Negotiating
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