Course Description
This course covers the Estimate Activity Durations and Develop Schedule project schedule management processes. This course will assist learners in preparing for the PMI® PMP® certification exam. PMBOK, PMI, PMP, CAPM are registered trademarks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
Learning Objectives
Determine Durations and the Schedule
- identify the inputs to the Estimate Activity Durations process
- identify tools and techniques of the Estimate Activity Durations process
- recognize the parametric estimating formula
- recognize the three-point estimating types
- recognize examples of the outputs of the Estimate Activity Durations process
- identify the elements of a typical project schedule
- recognize the inputs of the Develop Schedule process
- identify tools and techniques used for the Develop Schedule process
- recognize characteristics of the critical path method
- determine start and finish dates for activities in a given network diagram
- identify techniques used to shorten overall schedule duration
- identify outputs of the Develop Schedule process
- perform a forward pass using the critical path method
- perform a backward pass using the critical path method
- identify the total float of each noncritical path
- identify the free float of each activity on a noncritical path
- identify the critical path and its characteristics
- recognize how to create a schedule network diagram from a table
- demonstrate your understanding of the Estimate Activity Durations and Develop Schedule processes