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Estimation and Schedule Management

Course Summary

The Estimation and Schedule Management training course provides a quick deep-dive into estimation and schedule management best practices. Through hands-on activities, students will learn how to estimate scope and manage the schedule in order to mitigate risks in a project.

The course begins with students learning about scope creation and developing a work breakdown structure. Next, students will practice estimating techniques, create a schedule, and calculate a project's critical path, slack, and float. The course concludes students learning the seven options for schedule compression and the associated risks.

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Purpose
 Learn how to improve scheduling and estimation skills for managing projects.
Audience
 Leaders and project managers wanting to implement estimation and schedule management best practices.
Role
Business Analyst - Project Manager - Technical Manager
Skill Level
Introduction
Style
Workshops
Duration
1 Day
Related Technologies
Project Management

 

Productivity Objectives
  • Create a work breakdown structure
  • Calculate the critical path of a project
  • Describe the seven techniques to compress the project schedule

What You'll Learn:

In the Estimation and Schedule Management training course, you'll learn:
  • Scope Creation
    • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Estimating
    • Activities used for accurate estimating
    • Estimating techniques
    • Analyze the sequence of activities and calculate the schedule baseline
  • Schedule Creation
    • Logical dependencies
    • Calculate critical path, slack, and float
  • Schedule Compression
    • Seven options for schedule compression
    • Risks associated with schedule compression
real world content

Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
expert practitioners

Expert Practitioners

Industry experts that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
experiential learning

Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
tailored outlines

Tailored Outlines

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“I appreciated the instructor's technique of writing live code examples rather than using fixed slide decks to present the material.”

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