Budgeting and Scheduling Projects
A good project schedule helps all team members’ work together to meet project objectives. A project budget with realistic cost constraints is also an essential bedrock of any project. In this course you’ll learn to plan and stick to time and cost constraints in order to ensure the success of your projects.Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
Identify the resource needs of the project
Decompose work packages into activities
Define what is needed to estimate activity durations
Define milestones and create a milestone schedule
Determine the critical path and calculate float
Describe the purpose of using leads and lags in a project schedule
Estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities
Select one of three common cost estimating techniques to determine a project budget
Use a responsibility assignment matrix to assign responsibilities
Recognize the components of a project’s quality management plan
Define milestones and create a milestone schedule
Identify the resource needs of the project
Estimate the quantities and costs of resources needed for project activities
Use a responsibility assignment matrix to assign responsibilities
Syllabus
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Get Started!
Week 2
Resource Needs & Quality Management
Week 3
Estimating
Week 4
Scheduling
Week 5
Wrap Up
FAQ
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
Reviews
As in the other UCI Extension courses, this one have a good structure and a complete set of information that makes its simple to understand the basics of Schedule and Estimating in project management.
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I really enjoyed taking this course to learn and understand budgeting and scheduling projects. The course materials and case studies allowed me the opportunity to apply my learning to real life.
It was a great experience. one thing i has to suggest is to check the answers of the quiz. a question about float. i thing i had marked the correct option.but it shows wrong
