Project Schedule Management
Updated to align with the 6th Edition of the PMBOK® Guide, this course introduces topics like planning schedule management, defining and sequencing activities, and estimating activity durations, paving the way for the creation of project schedules.
What you'll learn
Updated to align with the 6th Edition of the PMBOK® Guide, this course, Project Schedule Management is the fifth course in Pluralsight’s series preparing you for the newest version of the PMP® exam. This course explores many of the processes found in the Project Schedule Management knowledge area. First, you'll learn how schedule management is planned. Next, you'll look at how activities are defined and sequenced. Finally, you'll explore how activity durations are estimated, paving the way for the creation of project schedules. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge necessary to plot out your project's activities, and understand how their relationship with one another influences how project work progresses.
Table of contents
- Module Overview 1m
- Introducing the Sequence Activities Process 6m
- The Precedence Diagramming Method 11m
- Determining Activity Dependencies 6m
- Internal vs. External Dependencies 3m
- Leads and Lags 5m
- Sequence Activities - Process Inputs 7m
- Sequence Activities - Process, Tools, Techniques, and Outputs 5m
- Module Review 3m
- Module Overview 1m
- The Estimate Activity Durations Process 6m
- Analogous Estimating 4m
- Parametric Estimating 8m
- Three Point Estimating 6m
- Contingency Reserves & Reserve Analysis 7m
- Estimate Activity Durations: Process Inputs 9m
- Estimate Activity Durations: Process Tools, Techniques, & Outputs 11m
- Module Review 5m
About the author
Casey is an entrepreneurial leader with experience managing projects, analyzing challenges, and designing solutions in healthcare, mobile, digital media, online learning, and more. His Pluralsight courses have helped nearly 1,000,000 professionals gain the skills they need to tackle new challenges and earn globally-recognized certifications, including PMP, CBAP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, CompTIA Project+, ICAgile, and more.