This course is part of the UCI Project Management Professional Certificate

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Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP

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UCI Project Management Professional CertificateUniversity of California, Irvine

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Successful projects do not just happen. They are planned. Understanding what success for a specific project means is part of the plan. Take the opportunity to understand how you will measure success. Does your project require assistance or materials from the outside? If it does, will you know what type of contract will support your success?  When you understand these basics and you know how to identify the risks you face and how all of this information shapes your estimates, then you are ready to consider committing to a schedule and a budget. This course will take you through critical project planning basics so that when it is time for your schedule and budget, you are well informed.
By the end of this course, students will be able to: 
•	Develop two quality metrics for a project
•	Differentiate between fixed price and cost reimbursable contract types
•	Perform a basic risk assessment
•	Estimate the quantities and costs of resources required to perform project activities
•	Identify differences in three common cost estimating techniques

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Course 2 of 4 in the

UCI Project Management Professional Certificate

Beginner Level

Approx. 47 hours to complete

English

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Course 2 of 4 in the

UCI Project Management Professional Certificate

Beginner Level

Approx. 47 hours to complete

English

Instructor

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Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP

Instructor, University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education

938,060 Learners

25 Courses

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University of California, Irvine

Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

9 hours to complete

Introduction, Quality Metrics, and Contracts

Successful projects do not just happen. They are planned. Understanding what success for a specific project means is part of the plan. Take the opportunity to understand how you will measure success. Does your project require assistance or materials from the outside? If it does, will you know what type of contract will support your success? When you understand these basics and you know how to identify the risks you face and how all of this information shapes your estimates, then you are ready to consider committing to a schedule and a budget. This course will take you through critical project planning basics so that when it is time for your schedule and budget, you are well informed. Once you have some planning basics under your belt, we will draw upon your knowledge to logically map out what will happen and when it will happen. You will begin thinking about your project schedule, estimate how long the work will take, arrange the project work in the required sequence, and develop an understanding of what it is meant when someone refers to the critical path. This course will complete the project schedule, and consider who will perform the work and what they need to perform the work. This course will also discuss how to approach planning your project using Agile. This course will utilize the project artifacts previously accomplished in Project Launch course. This course will utilize the project artifacts previously accomplished in the Project Launch course.

9 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 21 min), 9 readings, 5 quizzes

12 videos

Course Welcome1m

About the Class Project1m

Module Overview1m

The New Restaurant Project2m

Examples of Quality Metrics1m

Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 11m

Hints from Margaret: Project and Product Quality Objectives 21m

Project and Product Quality1m

Risks and Estimates

7 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 28 min), 7 readings, 3 quizzes

11 videos

How to Identify Risk (2.030)3m

Now What? Risk Responses (2.050)6m

Successful Project Managers Manage Risks1m

Hints from Margaret: Risk1m

Estimating Challenges (2.070)3m

Overview: Types of Estimates (2.080)2m

Parametric Estimating (2.100)2m

Basis of Estimates (2.110)1m

What Is a Cost Baseline? (2.120)2m

Hints from Margaret: Getting Ready to Estimate1m

Hints from Margaret: Detailed Estimating1m

7 readings

Module Introduction2m

Required Readings1h

Interactive Presentation: What is Risk?10m

Reminder: Live Session - Week 210m

Interactive: Identifying and Analyzing Project Risks10m

Video Presentation on Analogous Estimating4m

Module Wrap-Up5m

1 practice exercise

Risks and Estimates30m

Week

Week 3

7 hours to complete

More on Estimates

7 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 16 min), 7 readings, 4 quizzes

7 videos

Progressive Elaboration and Estimating (3.020)3m

Déjà Vu: Approaches Used to Estimate Time1m

Three Point Estimates: What's the Point?3m

Estimating Duration Is Just the Beginning of Your Schedule2m

Effort Versus Duration: Real Life Examples (3.080)3m

Hints from Margaret: Making Estimates for Work Packages1m

Hints from Margaret: Effort and Duration Estimates1m

7 readings

Module Overview1m

Required Readings1h

Reminder: Live Session - Week 310m

Link to Video: What Exactly Are You Estimating?3m

Video: Effort Versus Duration3m

Module Wrap-Up;10m

Midterm Survey1m

1 practice exercise

Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software

8 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 33 min), 5 readings, 4 quizzes

10 videos

What is a Network Diagram?4m

Creating a Diagram: The Forward Pass5m

Creating a Diagram: The Backward Pass2m

Hints from Margaret: Sequencing the Work1m

The Critical Path and Float3m

Gantt Chart6m

History of Scheduling3m

Factors to Consider When Selecting Scheduling Software3m

Hints from Margaret: Scheduling Software1m

Hints from Margaret: Creating a Network Diagram1m

5 readings

Module Overview1m

Required Readings1h

Reminder: Live Session - Week 410m

Interactive Scenario: Making Project Scheduling Decisions10m

Module Wrap-Up1m

1 practice exercise

Network Diagram, Critical Path, and Scheduling Software30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM PROJECT PLANNING

by CJApr 26, 2018

Very useful skills were learned during this course.

by CLJun 10, 2018

Margaret is an excellent teacher, and I learned a lot in this course! I definitely recommend it!

by EMMay 28, 2019

Slow start to the course, but the lectures pick up and become more relevant in the last few weeks.

by EGOct 11, 2020

Great professor and I like the class videos, they were useful to complete assignments and discussion forums.

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