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Project Planning, Network and Critical Path Analysis

Learn practical project planning methods to reduce uncertainty and improve efficiency in your business.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Plan a smooth utilisation of resources throughout projects

This short course demonstrates a sequential set of connected activities in a project, which you should be able to draw upon to design a work breakdown structure, Gantt chart and network analysis. The aim is to efficiently utilise the allocation of resources through computing and producing the critical path in order to improve efficiency in businesses.

What topics will you cover?

  • Traditional project management
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) graphical representation
  • Gantt chart
  • Network analysis
  • Critical path
  • Workflow diagram

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Describe and identify project and project management in theory and practice
  • Describe the five phases of traditional project management
  • Identify types of project management and network-based structure
  • Explain the approaches to building the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt chart
  • Develop a network representation of the project tasks
  • Develop a precedence diagram for the project, along with float associated with each activity
  • Identify the critical path in the project

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for students and entry-level data analysts who wish to pursue business analyst or data analyst careers.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

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

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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