Project Planning: All You Need to Know

Once you complete this course you will have learned several valuable new skills that will allow you to properly plan for a project. You will come away from this course knowing about project management basics and how to being project planning. You will learn about the Work Breakdown Structure, how to prepare a basic schedule and all about Resource Breakdown Structures. You will conclude this course by learning about project planning worksheets.
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Learning Objectives
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- Understand what is meant by a project
- Distinguish between a Project Charter and Statement of Work (SOW)
- Use an SOW to begin project planning
- Create a Work Breakdown Structure to determine tasks needed to complete a small project
- Create a project schedule based on project tasks and resources
- Create a Resource Breakdown Structure to determine specific resources needed to complete a small project
- Complete a Project Planning Worksheet to act as a touchstone for project completion

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Course Details

This course gives you the skills to get in on the ground floor of project planning without the pursuit of a project management certification. You will learn the skills and tools you need take a project idea through the various steps that are required to develop an approach that utilizes the correct procedures on the way.

Units:

  1. Course Overview
  2. Project Management Basics
    • The Project Life Cycle
    • Project Management
    • The Role of a Project Manager
    • Key Project Management Skills
  3. Beginning the Project Planning
    • Project Charter
    • Statement of Work
    • SOW: Commercial Vegetable Garden
  4. The Work Breakdown Structure
    • Sample WBS
    • Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
  5. Preparing a Basic Schedule
    • Critical Elements for Success
    • Planning and Scheduling
    • Tips for Increasing Estimation Accuracy
  6. Resource Breakdown Structure
  7. Project Planning Worksheet
    • Planning Worksheet Information
    • Planning Worksheet
  8. Personal Action Plan
  9. Recommended Reading List
  10. Post-Course Assessment

Course Features
  • 120 minutes
  • Mobile Friendly
  • Mac & PC Compatible
  • Quizzes
  • Reports
  • Easy to Use
  • Accessible

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