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Project Planning

This course is part of Project Management Specialization

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
4 weeks to complete
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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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This course is part of the Project Management Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
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There are 6 modules in this course

Successful projects do not just happen. They are planned. Understanding what success for a specific project means is part of the plan. Take the opportunity to understand how you will measure success. Does your project require assistance or materials from the outside? If it does, will you know what type of contract will support your success? When you understand these basics, and you know how to identify the risks you face and how all of this information shapes your estimates, then you are ready to consider committing to a schedule and a budget. This course will take you through critical project planning basics so that when it is time for your schedule and budget, you are well informed.

By the end of this course, students will be able to: • Develop two quality metrics for a project • Differentiate between fixed price and cost-reimbursable contract types • Perform a basic risk assessment • Estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities • Identify differences in three common cost estimating techniques

Successful projects do not just happen. They are planned. Understanding what success for a specific project means is part of the plan. Take the opportunity to understand how you will measure success. Does your project require assistance or materials from the outside? If it does, will you know what type of contract will support your success? When you understand these basics, and you know how to identify the risks you face and how all of this information shapes your estimates, then you are ready to consider committing to a schedule and a budget. This course will take you through critical project planning basics so that when it is time for your schedule and budget, you are well informed. Once you have some planning basics under your belt, we will draw upon your knowledge to logically map out what will happen and when it will happen. You will begin thinking about your project schedule, estimate how long the work will take, arrange the project work in the required sequence, and develop an understanding of what it means when someone refers to the critical path. This course will complete the project schedule and consider who will perform the work and what they need to perform the work. This course will also discuss how to approach planning your project using Agile. This course builds upon the Project Launch course.

What's included

11 videos4 readings2 assignments3 discussion prompts

11 videos•Total 19 minutes
  • Course Welcome•1 minute
  • Module Overview•1 minute
  • The New Restaurant Project•2 minutes
  • Examples of Quality Metrics•1 minute
  • Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 1•2 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 2•1 minute
  • Project and Product Quality•1 minute
  • More on Contracts•4 minutes
  • Risk Management•3 minutes
  • When All Goes Well•1 minute
  • Hints from Margaret: Contracts•1 minute
4 readings•Total 73 minutes
  • Coursera Technical Support•10 minutes
  • Course Discussions•1 minute
  • Module 1 Supplemental Readings•60 minutes
  • Module Wrap-Up•2 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Quality Metrics and Contracts•30 minutes
  • What is a Quality Metric?•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 230 minutes
  • Do This First!! Challenge Scenario•20 minutes
  • Activity: Quality Metrics•30 minutes
  • Activity: Vendor Contracts•180 minutes

What is project risk? How can project risks be identified? How does the project manager respond to project risks? How does the project manager estimate cost and duration?

What's included

11 videos3 readings1 assignment4 discussion prompts

11 videos•Total 28 minutes
  • How to Identify Risk•3 minutes
  • Now What? Risk Responses•6 minutes
  • Successful Project Managers Manage Risks•1 minute
  • Hints from Margaret: Risk•2 minutes
  • Estimating Challenges•4 minutes
  • Overview: Types of Estimates•2 minutes
  • Parametric Estimating•2 minutes
  • Basis of Estimates•2 minutes
  • What Is a Cost Baseline?•3 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Getting Ready to Estimate•1 minute
  • Hints from Margaret: Detailed Estimating•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 67 minutes
  • Module Introduction•2 minutes
  • Module 2 Supplemental Readings•60 minutes
  • Module Wrap-Up•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Risks and Estimates•30 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 260 minutes
  • Activity: Risk Analysis•30 minutes
  • Challenge Scenario•20 minutes
  • Estimating for the Employee Recognition Event•30 minutes
  • Activity: Cost Estimates for Your Project•180 minutes

What are the 'Golden Rules' of estimating? How to estimate using your WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)? What will it take to complete the project work?

What's included

7 videos3 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

7 videos•Total 16 minutes
  • Progressive Elaboration and Estimating•3 minutes
  • Déjà Vu: Approaches Used to Estimate Time•2 minutes
  • Three Point Estimates: What's the Point?•4 minutes
  • Estimating Duration Is Just the Beginning of Your Schedule•2 minutes
  • Effort Versus Duration: Real Life Examples•3 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Making Estimates for Work Packages•1 minute
  • Hints from Margaret: Effort and Duration Estimates•1 minute
3 readings•Total 71 minutes
  • Module Overview•1 minute
  • Module 3 Supplemental Readings•60 minutes
  • Module Wrap-Up•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • More on Estimating•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 310 minutes
  • Cost Estimate Based on the Charter•30 minutes
  • Estimate Durations•100 minutes
  • Activity: Effort and Duration Estimates for Your Project•180 minutes

Congratulations! You're over half way through the course. In this module, we will review what you have accomplished so far and orient you to the next steps in your Project Management journey.

What's included

10 videos3 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

10 videos•Total 33 minutes
  • What is a Network Diagram?•4 minutes
  • Creating a Diagram: The Forward Pass•5 minutes
  • Creating a Diagram: The Backward Pass•3 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Sequencing the Work•1 minute
  • The Critical Path and Float•4 minutes
  • Gantt Chart•6 minutes
  • History of Scheduling•3 minutes
  • Factors to Consider When Selecting Scheduling Software•3 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Scheduling Software•2 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Creating a Network Diagram•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 62 minutes
  • Module Overview•1 minute
  • Module 4 Supplemental Readings•60 minutes
  • Module Wrap-Up•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 310 minutes
  • Activity Sequencing for Your Project•100 minutes
  • Research Scheduling Software•30 minutes
  • Activity List and Network Diagram for Your Project•180 minutes

How do you create meaningful milestones? How can you use milestones to communicate your plan?

What's included

9 videos3 readings1 assignment4 discussion prompts

9 videos•Total 26 minutes
  • The What and How of Project Milestones•6 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret•1 minute
  • When is it Time to Create Your Project Schedule?•4 minutes
  • The Path to Your Project Schedule•2 minutes
  • Assigning Project Resources•3 minutes
  • What is Resource Leveling?•7 minutes
  • Resource Based Scheduling•1 minute
  • Hints from Margaret: Resource Overallocation•2 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Developing a Project Schedule•1 minute
3 readings•Total 22 minutes
  • Module Overview•1 minute
  • Module 5 Supplemental Readings•20 minutes
  • Module Wrap-Up•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Project Milestones, Project Schedule, and Resource Constraints•30 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 190 minutes
  • Challenge Scenario•20 minutes
  • Activity: Project Milestones•10 minutes
  • Activity: Overallocated Resource•60 minutes
  • Activity: Project Schedule•100 minutes

What's included

10 videos3 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

10 videos•Total 51 minutes
  • What is Kanban?•5 minutes
  • Benefits of Kanban•4 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: The Burndown Chart•1 minute
  • Planning with Agile: A High-Level Discussion•7 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: Using Agile•2 minutes
  • The Tuckman Model of Team Development•7 minutes
  • Leading Your Team Through Planning•9 minutes
  • Managing Conflict•9 minutes
  • Hints from Margaret: The Tuckman Model•1 minute
  • Preparing for a Negotiation•5 minutes
3 readings•Total 71 minutes
  • Module Overview•10 minutes
  • Module 6 Supplemental Readings•60 minutes
  • Module Wrap-Up•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
  • Kanban, Agile, Tuckman Model, and Negotiating•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 290 minutes
  • Activity: Project Burndown Project•100 minutes
  • Activity: Release Plan for Your Project Using Agile•180 minutes
  • Stages of the Tuckman Model•10 minutes

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