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April 7, 2022
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Description
Gantt charts, critical path analysis, SMART objectives and estimation skills are just some of the topics covered
In free course, Planning a project, to help you understand how to plan for a project. You will gain an appreciation of the range of planning techniques available and the situations in which it is appropriate to use them.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Develop plans with relevant people to achieve the project's goals
- Break work down into tasks and determine handover procedures
- Identify links and dependencies, and schedule to achieve deliverables
- Estimate and cost the human and physical resources required, and make plans to obtain the necessary resources
- Allocate roles with clear lines of responsibility and accountability.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction 00:05:00
- Learning outcomes 00:10:00
- The planning phase 00:15:00
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- Introduction 00:15:00
- The classic six-stage project management model 00:15:00
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- Barriers to planning 00:20:00
- The project plan 00:25:00
- Using a logic diagram to identify key stages 00:20:00
- Identifying deliverables 00:15:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- SMART objectives 00:10:00
- Work breakdown 00:15:00
- Team structure and responsibilities 00:10:00
- Introduction 00:15:00
- Revenues 00:10:00
- Staff costs 00:15:00
- Equipment costs 00:10:00
- Materials costs 00:10:00
- Who should estimate? 00:10:00
- Planning for quality 00:15:00
- Drawing up the implementation plan 00:10:00
- Conclusion 00:15:00
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