Project Planning, Scope and Schedule Management
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Project Planning, Scope and Schedule Management
This course is part of Project Management Frameworks, Planning & Control Specialization
Instructor: EDUCBA
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What you'll learn
Analyze project lifecycles and apply project management process groups effectively.
Develop project plans covering scope, time, cost, risk, and stakeholders.
Evaluate scheduling techniques like CPM and schedule compression for project control.
Skills you'll gain
- Project Planning
- Project Controls
- Project Management Life Cycle
- Resource Allocation
- Stakeholder Management
- Scheduling
- Project Estimation
- Scope Management
- Resource Utilization
- Project Closure
- Timelines
- Project Schedules
- Requirements Analysis
- Resource Planning
- Project Coordination
- Change Control
- Project Scoping
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Requirements Management
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June 2026
41 assignments
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There are 10 modules in this course
Master the principles, processes, and techniques required to manage projects successfully from initiation through closure. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of project management process frameworks, enabling learners to plan, execute, monitor, and control projects using structured methodologies aligned with industry best practices.
The course begins with the foundations of project management, introducing project lifecycles, process groups, project constraints, communication principles, and risk fundamentals. Learners will gain a clear understanding of how projects differ from ongoing operations and how structured project management contributes to successful outcomes. As the course progresses, learners explore key project management knowledge areas including project integration, stakeholder management, procurement, human resource management, and project planning. The course demonstrates how project charters and project management plans provide direction and coordination throughout the project lifecycle. Advanced modules focus on requirement gathering, stakeholder analysis, scope definition, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development. Learners will apply practical techniques such as interviews, brainstorming, focus groups, affinity diagrams, and context diagrams to capture and organize project requirements effectively. The course also covers activity definition, sequencing, dependency management, estimation techniques, schedule development, and project optimization. Learners will apply Critical Path Method (CPM), Critical Chain Method (CCM), float analysis, resource optimization, schedule compression, and Gantt chart visualization to manage project timelines effectively. What makes this course unique is its end-to-end approach, combining project management frameworks, scope management, requirement analysis, scheduling methodologies, and project control techniques into one cohesive learning experience. By the end of the course, learners will be able to confidently manage project processes, develop structured plans, optimize schedules, and drive successful project outcomes in professional environments.
This module introduces the fundamental concepts of project management, including its definition, characteristics, lifecycle, and core process groups. Learners will explore how projects differ from operations, understand key constraints such as scope, time, and cost, and gain insights into risk and communication fundamentals. This foundation prepares learners to navigate structured project environments effectively.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 113 minutes
- Project Management Introductionβ’12 minutes
- Project Management Characteristicsβ’9 minutes
- Project Management Life Cycle and Phasesβ’8 minutes
- Process Groups & Knowledge Areasβ’8 minutes
- Different Process Groupsβ’8 minutes
- Different Process Groups & Knowledge Areasβ’7 minutes
- Project Integration Managementβ’12 minutes
- Scopeβ’6 minutes
- Cost and Qualityβ’7 minutes
- Cost and Quality Continuesβ’7 minutes
- Triple Constraints & Communicationsβ’8 minutes
- Tripple Constraints and Communicationsβ’8 minutes
- Risk Managementβ’12 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Foundations of Project Managementβ’30 minutes
- Understanding Project Basicsβ’10 minutes
- Exploring Process Groupsβ’10 minutes
- Core Constraints & Riskβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on essential knowledge areas including procurement, stakeholder management, human resource management, and project integration. Learners will understand how to manage stakeholders effectively, develop project charters, and create project management plans to guide execution and coordination.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 116 minutes
- Procurement Managementβ’9 minutes
- Stakeholder Managementβ’9 minutes
- Stake Holder Management Continuesβ’5 minutes
- Project Human resource Managementβ’6 minutes
- Human Resource Management Continuesβ’8 minutes
- Project Integration Management Processesβ’12 minutes
- Develop Project Chartersβ’11 minutes
- Develop Project Charters - Inputsβ’10 minutes
- Develop Project Charters - Tools and Techniques, Outputβ’10 minutes
- Develop Project Management Plan, Inputsβ’7 minutes
- Develop Project Management Plan - Tools and Techniques, Outputβ’10 minutes
- Direct and Manage the Project Workβ’10 minutes
- Direct and Manage the Project Work - Inputs, Tools and Techniquesβ’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Managing Key Knowledge Areasβ’30 minutes
- Procurement & Stakeholdersβ’10 minutes
- Human Resources & Integrationβ’10 minutes
- Planning & Execution Basicsβ’10 minutes
This module covers project execution processes, monitoring and controlling mechanisms, and integrated change control. Learners will understand how to manage deliverables, track performance, handle changes systematically, and formally close projects or phases.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 102 minutes
- Direct and Manage the Project Work - Outputsβ’9 minutes
- Monitor and Control Project Workβ’7 minutes
- Monitor and Control Project Work - Process Chartsβ’7 minutes
- Perform Integrated Change Controlβ’7 minutes
- Perform Integrated Change Control - Process Chartsβ’9 minutes
- Close Project or Phaseβ’8 minutes
- Project Scope Management Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Project Scope Management Processesβ’8 minutes
- Plan Scope Management - Inputsβ’10 minutes
- Plan Scope Management - Tools and Techniquesβ’7 minutes
- Plan Scope Management - Outputsβ’6 minutes
- Plan Scope Management - Outputs Continuesβ’6 minutes
- Collect Requirementsβ’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Project Execution & Controlβ’30 minutes
- Execution Outputs & Monitoringβ’10 minutes
- Change Control & Closureβ’10 minutes
- Scope Planningβ’10 minutes
This module dives into requirement collection techniques and analytical methods. Learners will explore interviews, focus groups, brainstorming, and tools such as affinity diagrams and context diagrams to effectively gather and analyze stakeholder requirements.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 119 minutes
- Collect Requirements Continuesβ’8 minutes
- Collect Requirements - Inputsβ’9 minutes
- Collect Requirements - Inputs Continuesβ’7 minutes
- T&T - Interviewsβ’8 minutes
- T&T - Focus Groupβ’9 minutes
- T&T - Group Creativity Techniquesβ’8 minutes
- T&T - Group Creativity Techniques Continuesβ’8 minutes
- Affinity Diagramβ’10 minutes
- Collect Requirements - Tools and Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Value Analysisβ’11 minutes
- Context Diagram, Document Analysisβ’12 minutes
- Define Scope Part 1β’9 minutes
- Define Scope Part 2β’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Requirement Gathering & Analysisβ’30 minutes
- Requirement Collection Deep Diveβ’10 minutes
- Group Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Analytical Techniquesβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on defining project scope, creating detailed scope statements, and structuring work using Work Breakdown Structures (WBS). Learners will also explore scope validation and control to prevent scope creep and ensure project alignment.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 110 minutes
- Define Scope - Process Chartsβ’8 minutes
- Define Scope - Inputsβ’10 minutes
- Define Scope - Tools and Techniquesβ’9 minutes
- Define Scope - Outputsβ’9 minutes
- Create WBS Part 1β’7 minutes
- Create WBS Part 2β’8 minutes
- Create WBS - Process Chartsβ’10 minutes
- Create WBS - Tools and Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Validate Scopeβ’5 minutes
- Validate Scope - Process Chartsβ’8 minutes
- Validate Scope - Inputsβ’8 minutes
- Validate Scope - Outputsβ’10 minutes
- Control Scope - Process Chartβ’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Defining and Structuring Scopeβ’30 minutes
- Scope Definitionβ’10 minutes
- Work Breakdown Structureβ’10 minutes
- Scope Validation & Controlβ’10 minutes
This module bridges scope control with time management fundamentals. Learners will understand how to manage scope changes, plan schedules, and define project activities that serve as the foundation for scheduling and execution.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 112 minutes
- Control Scope - T&T‚ Outputsβ’8 minutes
- Project Time Management Introductionβ’9 minutes
- Plan Schedule Managementβ’10 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management - inputβ’12 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management - Tools and Techniquesβ’12 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management - Outputβ’7 minutes
- Define Activitiesβ’12 minutes
- Define Activities - Tools and Techniquesβ’6 minutes
- Project Time Management Part 8β’6 minutes
- Define Activities - Tools and Techniquesβ’8 minutes
- Define Activities - Outputsβ’5 minutes
- Sequence Actvitiesβ’7 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Inputsβ’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Scope Control & Time Management Introβ’30 minutes
- Scope Control Executionβ’10 minutes
- Schedule Planningβ’10 minutes
- Activity Definitionβ’10 minutes
This module explores activity sequencing, dependency determination, and resource estimation. Learners will gain practical understanding of sequencing techniques such as PDM, leads and lags, and resource planning.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 125 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Tools and Techniquesβ’9 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - PDM Methodβ’6 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - PDM Method Continuesβ’10 minutes
- Tools and Techniques- Dependency Determinationβ’10 minutes
- Tools and Techniques- Leads and Lagsβ’10 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Outputs - Project Schedule Diagram Networksβ’6 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Outputsβ’7 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resourcesβ’10 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Process Chartsβ’11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Inputsβ’11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Tools and Techniquesβ’13 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Tools and Techniques, Outputsβ’11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Durationβ’11 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Activity Sequencing & Planningβ’30 minutes
- Sequencing Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Sequencingβ’10 minutes
- Resource Estimationβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on estimating activity durations and developing project schedules. Learners will explore techniques such as analog estimating, three-point estimating, and reserve analysis, along with schedule development tools.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 105 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration - Process Chartβ’11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration - Inputsβ’9 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration - Tools and Techniquesβ’6 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Analog Estimatingβ’9 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Three Point Estimatingβ’6 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Three Point Estimating Continuesβ’9 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Reserve Analysis, Outputsβ’9 minutes
- Develop Scheduleβ’10 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Process Chartβ’9 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Inputsβ’7 minutes
- Inputs - Activity Resource Requirementsβ’8 minutes
- Inputs - Project Staff Assignment, RBSβ’7 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Tools and Techniquesβ’5 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Estimation & Scheduling Techniquesβ’30 minutes
- Duration Estimationβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Estimation Methodsβ’10 minutes
- Schedule Developmentβ’10 minutes
This module introduces critical path analysis, float determination, and advanced scheduling techniques such as Critical Chain Method and resource optimization. Learners will understand how to identify critical activities and optimize project schedules.
What's included
13 videos4 assignments
13 videosβ’Total 96 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Critical Path Methodβ’8 minutes
- Critical Path Method Continuesβ’8 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Critical Path Analysisβ’7 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Float Determinationβ’7 minutes
- Float Determination Continuesβ’7 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Early Start and Early Finishβ’6 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Late Start and Late Finishβ’7 minutes
- Late Start and Late Finish Continuesβ’5 minutes
- Late Start Late Finish Calculationsβ’5 minutes
- Critical Path Method - AOAβ’6 minutes
- Critical Chain Methodβ’11 minutes
- How Critical Chain Method works?β’10 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Resource Optimization Techniquesβ’10 minutes
4 assignmentsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Critical Path & Optimizationβ’30 minutes
- Critical Path Fundamentalsβ’10 minutes
- Scheduling Calculationsβ’10 minutes
- Advanced Scheduling Techniquesβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on schedule compression techniques, visualization tools like Gantt charts, and schedule control processes. Learners will understand how to optimize timelines and manage schedule performance effectively.
What's included
10 videos5 assignments
10 videosβ’Total 101 minutes
- Leads and Lags, Schedule Compressionβ’11 minutes
- Crashingβ’8 minutes
- Crashing Exampleβ’10 minutes
- Revisiting the Develop Schedule Process Chartβ’10 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Outputsβ’7 minutes
- Outputs - Bar Charts, Gantt Chartsβ’9 minutes
- Outputs - Project Schedule Network Diagramsβ’13 minutes
- Control Scheduleβ’9 minutes
- Control Schedule - Inputs, Tools and Techniquesβ’11 minutes
- Control Schedule - Tools and Techniques, Outputsβ’12 minutes
5 assignmentsβ’Total 70 minutes
- Schedule Optimization & Controlβ’30 minutes
- Schedule Compressionβ’10 minutes
- Revisiting Schedulingβ’10 minutes
- Schedule Visualizationβ’10 minutes
- Schedule Control & Closureβ’10 minutes
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