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No prior experience required
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

There are 7 modules in this course

Examines the theory and practice of managing projects. Explores human, mathematical, entrepreneurial, managerial, and engineering aspects of project management. The systems development life cycle is the framework for the course. Addresses needs analysis, requirements definition, design, and implementation in the context of project management. Introduces mathematical and software tools for planning, monitoring, and controlling projects.

This module teaches how to transform Work Breakdown Structures into actionable timelines using network diagrams (AON, AOA), Gantt charts, PERT/CPM diagrams, and critical path analysis.

What's included

16 readings3 assignments

16 readings•Total 104 minutes
  • Course Introduction•2 minutes
  • Syllabus - Engineering Project Management Part 2•10 minutes
  • Meet Your Faculty•2 minutes
  • Academic Integrity•1 minute
  • Module Overview•8 minutes
  • Brief History of Network Diagrams & AoN vs. AoA•10 minutes
  • Step-by-Step Construction of AoN/PERT•7 minutes
  • Step-by-Step Construction of AoA•12 minutes
  • Brief History of Gantt Charts•2 minutes
  • Precedence Diagramming•13 minutes
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Gantt Charts•10 minutes
  • Network scheduling by solving network diagrams •5 minutes
  • Step-by-Step Forward Solution•7 minutes
  • Step-by-Step Backward Solution•8 minutes
  • Critical Path & Role of Slacks•5 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 9 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

This module addresses advanced planning concepts including the fallacy of the man-month metric, probability in project scheduling, statistical analysis, and the use of uncertainty machines in scheduling.

What's included

1 video9 readings4 assignments

1 video•Total 6 minutes
  • Probabilities in Project Scheduling•6 minutes
9 readings•Total 80 minutes
  • Module Overview•6 minutes
  • The Mythical Man-Month, Group Productivity & Practical Implications•8 minutes
  • Descriptive vs. Inferential Statistics & Confidence Intervals•18 minutes
  • Probability of Project Completion•12 minutes
  • Probability of Finishing by Target Date T•16 minutes
  • Multiple Critical Paths and Toward Realistic Estimates•6 minutes
  • Benefits & Example in Project Management•8 minutes
  • NIST Uncertainty Machine•3 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•3 minutes
4 assignments•Total 12 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

This module covers project crashing and fast tracking, resource loading and leveling, balancing resources using heuristics, and the Critical Chain Method (CCPM).

What's included

1 video16 readings4 assignments

1 video•Total 7 minutes
  • Critical Chain Method•7 minutes
16 readings•Total 137 minutes
  • Module Overview•2 minutes
  • Project Crashing and Fast Tracking•2 minutes
  • Crashing a Project and Methodology for Crashing•18 minutes
  • Fast Tracking a Project and Comparison: Crashing vs. Fast Tracking•6 minutes
  • Intro: Resource Loading and Resource Leveling•5 minutes
  • Resources vs. Outcome•5 minutes
  • Intro to Resource Balancing and Resource Loading•12 minutes
  • Assumptions in Resource Loading and Resource Leveling•9 minutes
  • Benefits and Challenges of Resource Leveling•5 minutes
  • Using Gantt Charts to Balance Resources and Rules to Prioritize Tasks•15 minutes
  • Project Portfolio Prioritization - The "Waterline" Concept•15 minutes
  • The Critical Chain Method (CCPM) Intro•7 minutes
  • Goldratt's Observations; CPM vs. CCPM; Identifying the Critical Chain; Core Principles•20 minutes
  • Buffer Sizing, CCPM Execution & Monitoring•6 minutes
  • Methodology Recommendations•6 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•4 minutes
4 assignments•Total 12 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

This module focuses on monitoring project performance through feedback systems, Earned Value Management (EVM), forecasting project delays and expenses, and understanding performance variances and indices.

What's included

1 video20 readings5 assignments

1 video•Total 7 minutes
  • Project Execution•7 minutes
20 readings•Total 158 minutes
  • Module Overview•6 minutes
  • The Feedback System•12 minutes
  • The Project Manager as System Controller•8 minutes
  • Monitoring, Controlling & Project Meetings•10 minutes
  • Introducing Earned Value; Calculating Earned Value; Geometric Representation & Solution•30 minutes
  • Example - Building a Brick Wall•2 minutes
  • Summary - Typical Knowns & Unknowns•1 minute
  • Forecasting Project Expenses•20 minutes
  • Complete Worked-Out Example•13 minutes
  • Summary - Knowns & Unknowns for Cost Forecasting•2 minutes
  • Additional Variables and Interpretations•1 minute
  • Variances•7 minutes
  • Performance Indices•3 minutes
  • Relationships & Glossary•6 minutes
  • Special Cases & Four Quadrants•18 minutes
  • Project Management Information Systems•1 minute
  • Desirable PMIS Attributes•2 minutes
  • Common PMIS Mistakes•5 minutes
  • Earned Value and Burndown/Burnup Charts•6 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•5 minutes
5 assignments•Total 15 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

This module examines project control mechanisms, including types of control (cybernetic, go/no-go, phase/gated, post control), critical ratio analysis, balancing competing constraints, and managing scope creep.

What's included

21 readings5 assignments

21 readings•Total 109 minutes
  • Module Overview•3 minutes
  • What is Unexpected and Needs to Be Controlled•3 minutes
  • Time Could Slip•3 minutes
  • Cost Could Change•3 minutes
  • Scope Might Change•3 minutes
  • Control of the Physical Assets•3 minutes
  • Control of Human Resources•3 minutes
  • Financial Resources Control•3 minutes
  • Types of Project Control•2 minutes
  • 1. Cybernetic Control•6 minutes
  • 2. Go/No-Go Control•6 minutes
  • 3. Phase/Gated Control Process (Managing by Milestones)•12 minutes
  • 4. Post Control (Project Retrospective)•4 minutes
  • Comparison of Control Types•12 minutes
  • Critical Ratio & Its Importance; Interpretation; CSI vs. CR; Dangerous Condition (CSI>1, CR<1)•20 minutes
  • Balancing Competing Constraints•3 minutes
  • Product Cost & Feature Set as "Most Important"•3 minutes
  • Development Cost as "Most Important"•2 minutes
  • Scope Creep & ECOs•6 minutes
  • Importance of a Change Control Bookkeeping System•6 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•3 minutes
5 assignments•Total 15 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

This module covers project audits, evaluation methodologies, the five dimensions of project success, the NTCP classification system, spider diagrams for visualizing project profiles, and recommendations for effective evaluations

What's included

1 video15 readings3 assignments

1 video•Total 4 minutes
  • Project Evaluation•4 minutes
15 readings•Total 82 minutes
  • Module Overview•3 minutes
  • Project Audit•1 minute
  • Rationale & Audit Objectives (Direct & Ancillary)•5 minutes
  • Who Conducts Audits and When•2 minutes
  • How Audits Are Conducted•4 minutes
  • Audit Questions & Contents of an Audit Report•5 minutes
  • Project Evaluation•2 minutes
  • Five Dimensions of Project Success•10 minutes
  • Time Frame of Success Dimensions•6 minutes
  • The PM Conducts Evaluations Frequently•1 minute
  • Case Study - Mobile Banking App; NTCP Classification; Spider Diagram•15 minutes
  • Relation to the Aggregate Project Plan•5 minutes
  • Comparing Audit and Evaluation•10 minutes
  • Recommendations for PMs•10 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•3 minutes
3 assignments•Total 9 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

This module explores the critical final phase of the project lifecycle, examining how projects conclude through four distinct types of termination (extinction, addition, integration, starvation), reasons for termination, critical success factors, and proper closure procedures.

What's included

16 readings4 assignments

16 readings•Total 58 minutes
  • Module Overview•2 minutes
  • Types of Project Termination•1 minute
  • Termination by Extinction & Addition•4 minutes
  • Termination by Integration & Starvation•6 minutes
  • Reasons for Project Termination•1 minute
  • Business, Personnel & Technical Reasons•3 minutes
  • Research Data on Premature Termination•2 minutes
  • Critical Project Success Factors•1 minute
  • Critical Success Factors•6 minutes
  • Other Important Factors•3 minutes
  • Decision Criteria for Termination•4 minutes
  • Implementation of Project Closure & Final Documentation•1 minute
  • Closure Manager & Ten Steps of Project Closure•10 minutes
  • The Final Report - The Project History•10 minutes
  • Module Wrap-up•2 minutes
  • Congratulations!•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 12 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes
  • Assess Your Learning•3 minutes

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Northeastern University
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