Two common major areas of project overrun are time and money. In this Project Time Management and Project Cost Management training course, you gain solid schedule and budget-management skills. You learn how to define the work and calculate a realistic critical path. You establish a budget baseline by allocating resources to tasks, aggregating project budgets and quantifying risk. By setting up Earned Value Analysis, you will be able to report on project status and forecast future performance.
Project management experience at the level of:
Course 296, Project Management: Skills for Success, or
Course 340, Project Management for Software Development
Project Time and Cost Management Training Delivery Methods
After-course instructor coaching benefit
4thdacad end-of-course exam included
Project Time and Cost Management Training Course Benefits
Create a realistic and robust project planEstimate tasks and aggregate to the project levelCalculate critical path to determine project durationDetermine total project costsQuantify risk to produce a defensible baselineLeverage best practices to significantly improve project outcomes
Project Time & Cost Management Course Outline
Introduction
Identifying key issues in successful scheduling
Preparing realistic budgets
Building a baseline you can live with
Identifying the Work
Establishing the Project Sequence
Developing Robust Schedule Estimates
Estimating Project Costs
Validating the Plan
Recognizing Risk
Baselining Your Plan