Project Time Management: Scheduling Mastery
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Project Time Management: Scheduling Mastery
This course is part of Project Schedule and Cost Management Specialization
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What you'll learn
Develop project schedules using activity sequencing, duration estimation, and resource planning techniques.
Apply CPM, Critical Chain, float analysis, and schedule compression methods to optimize timelines.
Analyze project schedules using network diagrams, Gantt charts, and performance monitoring tools.
Skills you'll gain
- Project Performance
- Project Schedules
- Time Management
- Network Performance Management
- Timelines
- Planning
- Resource Utilization
- Project Management
- Scheduling
- Resource Planning
- Project Controls
- Application Performance Management
- Dependency Analysis
- Project Estimation
- Resource Allocation
- Estimation
- Resource Management
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Project Planning
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June 2026
35 assignments
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There are 7 modules in this course
Master project scheduling with practical, job-ready skills used by top project managers. Learn how to plan, build, optimize, and control project timelines with confidence.
This course provides a complete guide to project time management, covering activity sequencing, resource estimation, duration planning, and advanced scheduling techniques like Critical Path Method (CPM) and Critical Chain. You will gain hands-on understanding of network diagrams, float calculations, Gantt charts, and schedule compression techniques such as crashing and fast tracking. Designed for aspiring project managers and PMP/CAPM candidates, this course focuses on real-world application rather than theory. By the end of this course, you will be able to develop accurate schedules, identify critical activities, optimize timelines, and effectively monitor project performance.
Learn how to establish a structured scheduling approach by defining schedule management strategies, planning methods, and activity identification techniques.
What's included
10 videos5 assignments
10 videos•Total 82 minutes
- Introduction•12 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management•10 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management - Output•7 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management - Tools and Techniques•12 minutes
- Plan Schedule Management - Output•7 minutes
- Define Activities•12 minutes
- Define Activities - Tools and Techniques•6 minutes
- Project Time Management Part 8•6 minutes
- Define Activities - Tools and Techniques•6 minutes
- Define Activities - Outputs•5 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Introduction to Time Management in Projects•10 minutes
- Schedule Planning Framework and Outputs•10 minutes
- Defining Activities Basics•10 minutes
- Activity Definition Tools and Outputs•10 minutes
- Foundations of Project Scheduling•30 minutes
Understand how to sequence activities, define dependencies, and build logical relationships using techniques like PDM and network diagrams.
What's included
9 videos5 assignments
9 videos•Total 74 minutes
- Sequence Actvities•7 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Inputs•9 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Tools and Techniques•9 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - PDM Method•6 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - PDM Method Continues•10 minutes
- Tools and Techniques- Dependency Determination•10 minutes
- Tools and Techniques- Leads and Lags•10 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Outputs - Project Schedule Diagram Networks•6 minutes
- Sequence Activities - Outputs•7 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Introduction to Activity Sequencing•10 minutes
- Sequencing Tools and PDM Method•10 minutes
- Dependency and Relationship Management•10 minutes
- Sequencing Outputs and Network Diagrams•10 minutes
- Activity Sequencing and Dependencies•30 minutes
Explore how to estimate and allocate resources effectively, ensuring optimal utilization and alignment with project requirements.
What's included
8 videos5 assignments
8 videos•Total 87 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources•10 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Process Charts•11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Inputs•11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Tools and Techniques•13 minutes
- Estimate Activity Resources - Tools and Techniques, Outputs•11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration•11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration - Process Chart•11 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration - Inputs•9 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Introduction to Resource Estimation•10 minutes
- Inputs for Resource Estimation•10 minutes
- Resource Estimation Techniques and Outputs•10 minutes
- Transition from Resources to Duration•10 minutes
- Resource Estimation in Project Scheduling•30 minutes
Apply estimation methods such as three-point estimating and reserve analysis to develop accurate activity durations.
What's included
8 videos5 assignments
8 videos•Total 63 minutes
- Estimate Activity Duration - Tools and Techniques•6 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Analog Estimating•9 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Three Point Estimating•6 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Three Point Estimating Continues•9 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Reserve Analysis, Outputs•9 minutes
- Develop Schedule•7 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Process Chart•9 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Inputs•7 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Duration Estimation Techniques•10 minutes
- Three-Point Estimation Method•10 minutes
- Reserve Analysis and Outputs•10 minutes
- Schedule Development Overview•10 minutes
- Estimating Activity Durations•30 minutes
Develop complete project schedules using inputs, tools, and techniques, including Critical Path Method and float analysis.
What's included
8 videos5 assignments
8 videos•Total 56 minutes
- Inputs - Activity Resource Requirements•8 minutes
- Inputs - Project Staff Assignment, RBS•7 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Tools and Techniques•5 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Critical Path Method•8 minutes
- Critical Path Method Continues•8 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Critical Path Analysis•7 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Float Determination•7 minutes
- Float Determination Continues•7 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Schedule Inputs and Resource Planning•10 minutes
- Tools for Schedule Development•10 minutes
- Critical Path Method Fundamentals•10 minutes
- Float and Time Calculations•10 minutes
- Developing the Project Schedule•30 minutes
Master advanced calculations like ES, EF, LS, LF, and explore network diagrams and Critical Chain Method for optimization.
What's included
8 videos5 assignments
8 videos•Total 60 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Early Start and Early Finish•6 minutes
- Critical Path Method - Late Start and Late Finish•7 minutes
- Late Start and Late Finish Continues•5 minutes
- Late Start Late Finish Calculations•5 minutes
- Critical Path Method - AOA•6 minutes
- Critical Chain Method•11 minutes
- How Critical Chain Method works•10 minutes
- Tools and Techniques - Resource Optimization Techniques•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Developing the Project Schedule•10 minutes
- Late Start and Finish Calculations•10 minutes
- Advanced Network Diagram Techniques•10 minutes
- Critical Chain and Optimization Basics•10 minutes
- Advanced Scheduling Calculations•30 minutes
Learn to optimize schedules using crashing and fast tracking, and control timelines through monitoring and performance analysis.
What's included
10 videos5 assignments
10 videos•Total 101 minutes
- Leads and Lags, Schedule Compression•11 minutes
- Crashing•8 minutes
- Crashing Example•10 minutes
- Revisiting the Develop Schedule Process Chart•10 minutes
- Develop Schedule - Outputs•7 minutes
- Outputs - Bar Charts, Gantt Charts•9 minutes
- Outputs - Project Schedule Network Diagrams•13 minutes
- Control Schedule•9 minutes
- Control Schedule - Inputs, Tools and Techniques•11 minutes
- Control Schedule - Tools and Techniques, Outputs•12 minutes
5 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Schedule Compression Techniques•10 minutes
- Crashing Applications and Review•10 minutes
- Schedule Outputs and Visualization•10 minutes
- Monitoring and Controlling Schedule•10 minutes
- Schedule Optimization and Control•30 minutes
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