Scheduling Made Easy: How Finish Any Project On Time

How to effectively create and manage a project schedule using the critical path method (CPM) for project scheduling.

Created by: Peggy Yee
PhD, Real Estate Broker, Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Explain why scheduling is a key skill for project management
• Understand how to use a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to organize a project schedule
• Create a Network Logic Diagram to sequence activities
• Use the Critical Path Method to determine the most important activities for a project
• Explain the importance of a baseline schedule to measure project performance

Requirements

• No previous knowledge of scheduling is required.
• Students should have a simple project in mind to apply the principles learned throughout this course. It can be any project, from planning a Thanksgiving Dinner to renovating your house!

Target audience

• Anyone who has a project they need to plan that has multiple activities