Project Planning
Learn to use WBS and GANTT charts to effectively plan your future projects and successfully identify and manage your stakeholders
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Project Planning
Discover the techniques required for successful project planning
In this course we’ll explore the techniques required for successful planning. Assuming the role of a project manager, you’ll explore the importance of the work breakdown structure (WBS) and discover how it helps you to meet project deadlines.
You’ll learn how to successfully apply GANTT charts and critical path analysis (CPA) and will discuss in detail the importance of project organisation and its impact on project success.
We will also uncover the importance of stakeholder analysis and management, focusing on project risks, and discuss how to manage teams, resources and contracting.
What topics will you cover?
- Project organisation
- Stakeholder analysis and management
- Risk analysis and management
- Contracting
- Work breakdown structure (WBS)
- GANTT charts
- Critical path analysis (CPA)
Learning on this course
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Compare the different techniques and principles of managing stakeholders
- Discuss the importance of resource requirements as part of the project planning stage
- Discuss how contract type can influence supplier performance
- Produce a work breakdown structure for a given scenario
- Identify and analyse risks in a given scenario and plan how you would mitigate them?
- Describe the different approaches used for planning projects (low level), including critical path analysis and Gantt Charts
- Explain the importance of identifying and managing stakeholders on projects
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone looking to unlock the dynamics of project management for business.
Please note that the staff described in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below may be subject to change.
Who will you learn with?
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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