Budgeting and Scheduling Projects Coursera

Overview

A good project schedule helps all team members’ work together to meet project objectives. A project budget with realistic cost constraints is also an essential bedrock of any project. 

• Identify the resource needs of the project
• Decompose work packages into activities
• Define what is needed to estimate activity durations
• Define milestones and create a milestone schedule
• Determine the critical path and calculate float
• Describe the purpose of using leads and lags in a project schedule
• Estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities
• Select one of three common cost estimating techniques to determine a project budget
• Use a responsibility assignment matrix to assign responsibilities

• Recognize the components of a project’s quality management plan

What You Will Learn

• Define milestones and create a milestone schedule
• Identify the resource needs of the project
• Estimate the quantities and costs of resources needed for project activities
• Use a responsibility assignment matrix to assign responsibilities