Masterclass in Project Management
Short Course Description:
The online course “Master Class in Project Management”, is an in-depth course in Project Management, including necessary knowledge related to financial parameters, decision-making, and linear programming, which help you understand the principles of project selection and will help you evaluate project progress during execution and how to evaluate changes.
The course Masterclass in Project Management goes beyond the classical project management courses. It provides you with strategic knowledge to optimize project selection, communication with other functions like finance, operations, procurement, and your customers. The knowledge you will gain will help you to differentiate yourself from your peers and prepare for a career not only in project management but in general management and leadership.
Project Management has become a need for any company to survive in these fast-changing times. Successful projects drive companies and determine their success over other companies.
This course follows PMI standards and terminology. It is a practical application of how the project should be run to be successful. Training has been defined as a major contributor to the success of projects. This training will provide you with all you need to do in a logical and step-by-step approach.
The Master Class in Project Management starts with introducing financial term which you need to evaluate the financial performance of projects, decision-making principles that will help you objectively make decisions, linear programming as an enabler to optimize complex decisions related to working efficiency, followed by evaluating where projects come from and how projects are selected. This is followed by definitions of important terminology every project manager should know about, and after the introduction of the project management process and life cycle, the project is divided into 10 logical steps that will help you to make your projects a success.
The course also introduces the principles in changing environments and focuses on “Agility” or adapting the project approach to the project needs. The course ends with the method of Critical Chain Project Management, which was also developed at the end of the 20th century.
After completing the course, you will have reviewed more than 80% of the tools and techniques that are described in the PMBOK, sixth and seventh edition. Taking this course will prepare you for your future certification exams and of course, for your new job as Project Manager. The practical and logical approach of this course will give a head start over your colleagues and competitors for promotions and jobs.
You can use the certificate of the course to claim the training hours for your certification application or to claim PDUs when you are PMI certified. You can claim 45 hours or 45 PDUs, based on the talent triangle, which means:
Technical: 20
Strategic & Business: 15
Leadership: 10
Provider: De Ceuster Academy @ APraCom, s.r.o.
Content
- Introducing Project Management Definitions, Terms, and Terminologies
- Projects and Financial Parameters for Project Selection
- Decision-Making Principles for Projects
- Principles of Linear Programming and Case Studies
- Project Management Definition and Terminology
- Project Management Principles
- The Project Management Process and Life Cycle and the Ten Steps
- Project Initiation, Definitions, and the Project Charter
- Requirements, Scope, WBS, and Creating Activities
- Determine Resources, Roles, and Responsibilities and Develop estimates
- Define Task Interdependencies, Create the Schedule, and Identify the Critical Path
- Project Duration Methods: Activity Crashing and Fast Tracking
- Develop the Project Schedule and Gantt Charts
- Add Resources to the Activities and Resolve Resource Issues
- Calculate Costs, Project Budget, and Cost-Related EVM Parameters
- Uncertainty and Risk Management in Projects
- Develop a Risk Management Plan
- Project Execution, Follow-up and Reporting
- Project Close-Out Phase and lessons learned
- Introducing Agile Project Management
- Critical Chain Project Management
- Course Review
- Case studies/Exercises
- Intermediate and Final Tests
- Certificate of Successful Completion
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
- Apply financial parameters to project management to ensure financial project evaluations to determine the profitability and select the best projects.
- Utilize different decision-making methods to select between projects and solutions
- Interpret complex situations using Linear Programming
- Define and describe what a project is and what the major steps are to define, plan, execute, monitor & control, and close out a project
- Paraphrase the main terminology related to projects according to the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition, 2017, and PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition, 2021
- List the main steps in the project life cycle: define, plan, execute, monitor and control, and closeout
- Decompose a project, create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and identify tasks to complete
- Create a project schedule using the Precedence Diagramming Method, calculate and interpret the critical path
- Allocate resources to Activities and calculate the duration and cost of individual tasks
- Calculate the time-phased and cumulative budget and S-curve
- Determine the critical path position of the project
- Identify, Qualify, and Quantify Project Risks
- Create a risk management plan
- List the advantages and disadvantages of projects
- Describe the main characteristics of Agile principles in Project Management
- Evaluate the effects of human nature on project duration estimating and Critical Chain Project Management
- Apply the tools and techniques on an in-class project and projects in your company
| Responsible | Luc De Ceuster |
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| Last Update | 06/07/2026 |
| Completion Time | 12 hours 15 minutes |
| Members | 1 |
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Introduction (empty)6Lessons · 17 min
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Section 1 - Finance and Projects (empty)13Lessons · 1 hr 27 min
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1.01 Content of Section 1New
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1.03 Principles of Project Evaluation and Decision Making using Financial ParametersNew
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1.04 Overview of Basic Financial Parameters (ROI and PBT)New
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1.05 Projects and Time Value of MoneyNew
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1.06 Projects and Future Value of MoneyNew
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1.07 Project Profit, Net Present Value, and Profitability IndexNew
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1.08 Manual Calculation of the NPVNew
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1.09 Defining the Internal Rate of ReturnNew
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1.10 Calculating the IRR with Successive Iterations and Excel FormulasNew
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1.11 The Palm Tree DilemmaNew
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1.12 Limitations of the IRRNew
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1.13 Review of Section 1New
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Section 2 - Decision Making for Projects (empty)13Lessons · 1 hr 25 min
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2.01 Content of Section 2New
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2.02 Learning Outcomes of Section 2New
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2.03 Overview of Decision-Making MethodsNew
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2.04 Break Even and Make or Buy AnalysisNew
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2.05 Principles of Formal Decision MakingNew
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2.06 Decision Making under CertaintyNew
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2.07 Decision Making under Uncertainty - LaplaceNew
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2.08 Decision Making under Uncertainty - Least RegretNew
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2.09 Decision Making under RiskNew
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2.10 Opportunity LossNew
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2.11 Principles of Decision Trees and ExampleNew
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2.12 Decision Matrix Principles and ApplicationNew
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2.13 Review of Section 2New
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Section 3 - Linear Programming for Projects (empty)16Lessons · 1 hr 32 min
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3.01 Content of Section 3New
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3.02 Learning Outcomes Section 3New
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3.03 Overview of Linear and Integer ProgrammingNew
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3.04 Basis of LP/IP and Linear InequalitiesNew
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3.05 Finding the "Feasibility" ZoneNew
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3.06 Linear and Integer Programming: Rules and ConditionsNew
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3.07 Maximization Problem Application - Defining the InequalitiesNew
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3.08 Maximization Problem - Inequalities and Feasibility ZoneNew
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3.09 Maximization Problem - Maximizing the Objective FunctionNew
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3.10 Simplex Method for Maximization ProblemsNew
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3.11 Minimization Problem Application - Defining the InequalitiesNew
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3.12 Minimization Problem: Inequalities and Feasibility ZoneNew
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3.13 Minimization Problem: Minimising the Objective FunctionNew
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3.14 Simplex Methid for Minimisation ProblemsNew
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3.15 Possible Issues with Linear ProgrammingNew
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3.16 Review Section 3New
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Section 4 - Project Management Definitions and Terminology (empty)17Lessons · 1 hr 46 min
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4.01 Content of Section 4New
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4.02 Learning Outcomes of Lesson 4New
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4.03 Examples of ProjectsNew
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4.04 What is the definition of a Project?New
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4.05 Projects and PreparationNew
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4.06 Projects, Programs, and OperationsNew
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4.07 Leaders, Managers, and ProjectsNew
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4.08 The Functions of the Project ManagerNew
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4.09 The Project Management ProcessNew
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4.10 Defining Project ManagementNew
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4.11 Skillset of the Project ManagerNew
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4.12 Benefits of Project ManagementNew
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4.13 The Scope TriangleNew
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4.14 Creep, Gold Plating, and the Pain CurveNew
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4.15 Overview of the Different Organizational Structures (PMI)New
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4.16 The Power of the Project ManagerNew
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4.17 Review of Section 4New
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Section 5 - Project Management Principles (empty)12Lessons · 1 hr 26 min
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5.01 Content of Section 5New
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5.02 Learning Outcomes of Section 5New
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5.03 Origin of ProjectsNew
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5.04 Evaluating Different Solutions and Project SelectionNew
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5.05 The Project and the Business CaseNew
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5.06 The Project Management ProcessNew
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5.07 Progressive Elaboration and the Rolling Wave ApproachNew
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5.08 Lean Principles in Project ManagementNew
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5.09 Other Project EnvironmentsNew
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5.11 PMBOK 7th Edition, 2022New
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5.10 PMI Process Groups and ProcessesNew
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5.12 Review Section 5New
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Section 6 - The Project in Ten Steps (empty)13Lessons ·
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6.1 Content of Section 6New
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6.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 6New
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6.3 The Project Management Process and the Ten StepsNew
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6.4 Process Step Initiation and Step 1New
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6.5 Process Step Planning and Steps 2 to 8New
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6.6 Process Step Execution, Monitor & Control and Step 9New
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6.7 Process Step Closing Project or Phase and Step 10New
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6.8 Completing the 10 Project Management StepsNew
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6.9 Projects and Quality ManagementNew
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6.10 Projects and Procurement ManagementNew
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6.11 Projects and Communication ManagementNew
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6.12 Project and Stakeholder ManagementNew
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6.13 Review Section 6New
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Section 7 - Project Initiation, Definitions, and the Project Charter (empty)14Lessons ·
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7.1 Content of Section 7New
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7.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 7New
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7.3 Origin and Selecting ProjectsNew
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7.4 Identification and Analysis of StakeholdersNew
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7.5 Parameters for Project Identification and the CharterNew
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7.6 Languages, Words, and their Impact on the ProjectNew
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7.7 Defining Project SuccessNew
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7.8 The Project Definition ProcessNew
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7.9 Project Definition Step 1New
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7.10 Project Definition Step 2New
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7.11 Project Definition Step 3 and the Content of the CharterNew
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7.12 A Model Project CharterNew
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7.13 The Lexus Case StudyNew
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7.14 Review of Section 7New
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Section 8 - Requirements, Scope, WBS, and Creating Activities (empty)12Lessons · 8 min
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8.1 Content Section 8New
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8.2 Learning Outcomes Section 8New
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8.3 Identifying the RequirementsNew
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8.4 Project and Product ScopeNew
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8.5 Decomposing the ProjectNew
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8.6 Building the Work Breakdown StructureNew
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8.7 The WBS and the WBS DictionaryNew
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8.8 Building a House – WBSNew
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8.9 Going on a Holiday – WBSNew
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8.10 From Work Packages to ActivitiesNew
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8.11 Different uses of the WBSNew
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8.12 Review Section 8New
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Section 9 - Roles and Responsibilities. Estimating Duration and Cost (empty)10Lessons ·
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9.1 Content of Section 9New
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9.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 9New
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9.3 Identifying Resources to Complete ActivitiesNew
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9.4 Linking Resources to ActivitiesNew
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9.5 Fixed Duration and Resource Dependent ActivitiesNew
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9.6 Estimating Activity DurationNew
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9.7 Mandatory, Discretionary, and External DependenciesNew
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9.8 Calculating Activity Duration using 3Point and PERT FormulasNew
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9.9 Adding Resources to Activities and the Crash PointNew
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9.10 Review Section 9New
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Section 10 - Dependencies, Precedence Diagramming, and Critical Path (empty)23Lessons ·
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10.1 Content of Section 10New
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10.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 10New
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10.3 Ordering Activities ChronologicallyNew
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10.4 Overview of Different Diagramming MethodsNew
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10.5 The Gantt Chart: History, Origin, and UsageNew
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10.6 Activity on Arrow and Arrow Diagramming MethodNew
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10.7 Activity on Node and Precedence Diagramming MethodNew
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10.8 Different Precedencies, Leads, and LagsNew
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10.9 Calculations Starting from 0 or 1 – FormulasNew
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10.10 Developing the Arrow DiagramNew
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10.11 Developing the Precedence DiagramNew
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10.12 Identifying the Different Paths Through the NetworkNew
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10.13 Describing the Critical Path MethodNew
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10.14 CPM – Creating the Precedence Diagram with PDMNew
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10.15 CPM – Forward Pass PDM: Calculate the Early Start and FinishNew
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10.16 CPM – Backward Pass PDM: Calculate the Late Start and FinishNew
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10.17 CPM – PDM Calculate Slack or FloatNew
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10.18 CPM - Creating the Precedence Diagram with ADMNew
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10.19 CPM – Forward Pass ADM: Calculate the Early Start and FinishNew
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10.20 CPM – Backward Pass ADM: Calculate the Late Start and FinishNew
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10.21 CPM – ADM Calculate Slack or FloatNew
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10.22 Alternative Calculation of Critical Path and Slack/FloatNew
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10.23 Review of Section 10New
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Section 11 - Project Duration Reduction (empty)18Lessons ·
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11.1 Content of Section 11New
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11.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 11New
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11.3 Reasons for Project ReductionNew
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11.4 Principles of Activity Crashing for Project Duration ReductionNew
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11.5 Activity Crashing – Describing Example 1New
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11.6 Activity Crashing Example 1 – Preliminary CalculationNew
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11.7 Activity Crashing Example 1 – Precedence Diagram and Critical PathNew
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11.8 Activity Crashing Example 1 – Activity Crashing Step by StepNew
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11.9 Activity Crashing Example 1 - Relationship between Duration and CostNew
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11.10 Activity Crashing – Describing Example 2New
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11.11 Activity Crashing Example 2 – Preliminary CalculationNew
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11.12 Activity Crashing Example 2 – Precedence Diagram and Critical PathNew
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11.13 Activity Crashing Example 2 – Activity Crashing Step by StepNew
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11.14 Activity Crashing Example 2 – Graphical SolutionNew
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11.15 Project Duration Reduction using Fast TrackingNew
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11.16 Exercise Project Fast TrackingNew
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11.17 Changing Precedences to Reduce Project DurationNew
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11.18 Review of Section 11New
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Section 12 - Creating the Project Schedule, and Gantt Charts (empty)9Lessons · 52 min
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12.1 Content of Section 12New
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12.02 - Learning Outcomes of Section 12New
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12.03 - The Gantt or Bar Chart and the HarmonogramNew
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12.04 - creating a Bar Chart with Activities in ES and LS PositionsNew
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12.05 - Introducing ProjectLibreNew
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12.06 - Creating a Gantt Chart with ProjectLibreNew
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12.07 - ProjectLibre Live DemoNew
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12.08 - Different uses for the Gantt ChartNew
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12.09 - Review of Section 12New
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Section 13 - Adding Resources and Resolving Issues (empty)15Lessons · 1 hr 42 min
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13.01 - Content Section 13New
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13.02 - Learning Outcomes of Section 13New
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13.03 - Project Management and ResourcesNew
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13.04 - Principles of Allocating ResourcesNew
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13.05 - Allocating Human Resources, Overtime, Cost, and PersonalitiesNew
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13.06 - Material Resources and EquipmentNew
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13.07 - Resolve issues related to Resources. Smoothing and LevellingNew
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13.08 - Exercise Resources SmoothingNew
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13.09 - Exercise Resources LevellingNew
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13.10 - ProjectLibre and ResourcesNew
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13.11 - ProjectLibre Live DemoNew
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13.15 - Review of Section 13New
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13.12 - Resources and Team DevelopmentNew
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13.13 - Team Roles, Management Styles, and ConflictsNew
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13.14 - People, Teams, and Conflict ManagementNew
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Section 14 - Generate the Project Budget (empty)17Lessons · 1 hr 28 min
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14.1 Content of Section 14New
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14.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 14New
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14.03 - Importance of Cost and BudgetingNew
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14.04 - Different Project CostsNew
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14.05 - Estimating Activity and Project CostsNew
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14.06 - Tangible and Intangible CostsNew
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14.07 - Different Types of Cost LoadingNew
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14.08 - Time Phased BudgetNew
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14.09 - Cumulative BudgetNew
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14.10 - Budgets in ES, LS, PS Positions and the Critical Path PositionNew
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14.11 - Earned Value ParametersNew
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14.12 - Project and Company BudgetNew
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14.13 - Exercise Budgeting #1: Creating the Project ScheduleNew
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14.14 - Exercise Budgeting #2: Gantt in ES, LS, and PS PositionsNew
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14.15 - Exercise Budgeting #3: Creating the Time Phased BudgetNew
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14.16 - Exercise Budgeting #4: Creating the Cumulative Budget and the Critical Path PositionNew
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14.17 Review of Section 14New
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Section 15 - Uncertainty in Project Management (empty)16Lessons · 12 min
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15.01 - Content of Section 15New
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15.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 15New
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15.03 - Examples of Risk SituationsNew
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15.04 - Why is Risk Management in a Project Environment Important?New
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15.05 - Defining Risk and Risk Management in a Project Environment according to PMINew
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15.06 - The Six Risk Management Process StepsNew
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15.07 - Risks and the ProjectNew
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15.08 - Plan Risk ManagementNew
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15.09 - Risk Identification and ToolsNew
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15.10 - Qualitative Risk ManagementNew
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15.11 - Quantitative Risk ManagementNew
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15.12 - PERT, 3Point, and RisksNew
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15.13 - Monte Carlo AnalysisNew
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15.14 - Plan and Implement Risk ResponsesNew
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15.15 - Overview of Risk ResponsesNew
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15. 16 Review of Section 15New
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Section 16 - Project Execution (empty)19Lessons ·
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16.2 Learning Outcomes of SECTION 16New
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16.03 - The Project Plan is Completed. What now?New
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16.04 - Data Available for Project Execution. BaselinesNew
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16.05 - Status Overview related to ScheduleNew
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16.06 - Status Overview related to CostNew
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16.07 - The Earned Value ApproachNew
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16.08 - Change Management during ExecutionNew
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16.09 - Reaction to VariancesNew
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16.10: Review Section 16New
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16.1 Content of Section 16New
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17.1 Content of Section 17New
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17.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 17New
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17.03 - Importance of Project or Phase Close OutNew
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17.04 - Transferring Project to Life Cycle ManagementNew
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17.05 - Closing Outstanding Contracts, Issues, and InvoicesNew
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17.06 - As-built PlansNew
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17.07 - Closing ReviewNew
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17.08 - Closing and Knowledge ManagementNew
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17.9 Review of Section 17New
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Section 18 - Agile Project Management (empty)21Lessons ·
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18.1 Content of Section 18New
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18.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 18New
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18.03 -Why were Agile Methods Developed?New
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18.04 - Difference between Predictive and Adaptive ApproachesNew
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18.05 - Lean Management and AgileNew
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18.06 - The Predictive Approach or WaterfallNew
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18.07 - Where Waterfall Fails.New
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18.08 - The Adaptive ApproachNew
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18.09 - Waterfall or Agile?New
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18.10 - Value Delivery, Risks, and the Triple ConstraintNew
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18.11 - The Agile ManifestoNew
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18.12 - Top Methodologies to Implement AgileNew
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18.13 - The Agile Development CycleNew
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18.14 - Advantages, Disadvantages, and Myths of AgileNew
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18.15 - Jeff Sutherland, the Development of Agile, and its driving PrinciplesNew
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18.16 -The Myths of Multi-taskingNew
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18.17 - Perfection or Good Enough?New
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18.18 - Terminology related to ScrumNew
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18.19 - Estimating Effort and Fibonacci PokerNew
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18.21 - Kanban MethodologyNew
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18.22 Review of Section 18New
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Section 19 - Critical Chain Project Management (empty)21Lessons ·
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18.20 - Scrum Step-byStepNew
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19.1 Content of Section 19New
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19.2 Learning Outcomes of Section 19New
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19.03 - The Origin of Critical Chain Project ManagementNew
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19.04 - Critical Chain and the Human SideNew
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19.05 - Critical Chain and the Human Side: EstimatingNew
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19.06 - Critical Chain and the Human Side: The Student SyndromeNew
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19.07 - Critical Chain and the Human Side: Parkinson's LawNew
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19.08 - Critical Chain and the Human Side: Multi TaskingNew
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19.09 - Critical Chain and the Human Side: No Early FinishesNew
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19.10 - Project Planning and Backward PlanningNew
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19.11 - As-late-as-possible PlanningNew
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19.13 - Introducing the Theory of ConstraintsNew
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19.14 - The Effect of Bottlenecks in Throughput and CostNew
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19.15 - The Principle of BuffersNew
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19.16 - Applying Buffers on a Simple ProjectNew
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19.17 - Defining the Critical ChainNew
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19.18 - Finding the 50% and 90% EstimatesNew
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19.19 - Critical Chain: Calculating the BuffersNew
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19.20 - Critical Chain: CommentsNew
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19.21 - Review of Section 19New
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Section 20 - Course Review (empty)20Lessons ·
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20.1 Content of Section 20New
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20.02 - Summary of Lesson 1 - Projects and FinanceNew
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20.03 - Summary of Lesson 2 - Projects and Decision MakingNew
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20.04 - Summary of Lesson 3 - Projects and Linear ProgrammingNew
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20.06 - Summary of Lesson 5 - Project Management PrinciplesNew
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20.05 - Summary of Lesson 4 - Project Management Definition and TerminologyNew
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20.07 - Summary of Lesson 6 - The Project in Ten StepsNew
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20.08 - Summary of Lesson 7 - Project Initiation, Definitions, and the Project CharterNew
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20.09 - Summary of Lesson 8 - Requirements, Scope, WBS, and Creating ActivitiesNew
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20.10 - Summary of Lesson 9 - Roles and Responsibilities. Estimating Duration and CostNew
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20.11 - Summary of Lesson 10 - Dependencies, precedence Diagramming, and the Critical pathNew
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20.12 - Summary of Lesson 11 - Project Duration ReductionNew
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20.13 - Summary ofLesson 12 - Creating the Project Schedule, and Gantt ChartsNew
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20.14 - Summary ofLesson 13 - Add Resources to the Activities and Resolve ResourceNew
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20.15 - Summary of Lesson 14 -Calculate Costs, project Budget, and Costs Related EVM ParametersNew
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20.17 - Summary of Lesson 16 - Project Execution, Monitor and ControlNew
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20.18 - Summary of Lesson 17 - Project or Phase Close OutNew
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20.19 - Summary of Lesson 18 - Principles of Agile Project ManagementNew
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20.20 - Summary of Lesson 19 - Critical Chain Project ManagementNew
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20.16 - Summary of Lesson 15 - Uncertainty and Risk Management in ProjectsNew
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