What will you learn in Project Planning: Putting It All Together Course
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Analyze and define the core components of the project planning phase, including tasks, milestones, and work breakdown structures.
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Estimate project timelines using techniques like critical path, team-based estimating, and capacity planning.
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Create and manage budgets, track expenses, and navigate procurement processes with ethical considerations.
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Implement risk management: identify, categorize, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate risks.
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Design a communication plan and organize project documentation for clarity and stakeholder alignment.
Program Overview
Module 1: Beginning the Planning Phase
~4 hours
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Topics: Purpose of planning, distinctions between tasks and milestones, work breakdown structures.
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Hands-on: Create WBS and milestone structures, practice plugin task–milestone alignment.
Module 2: Building a Project Plan
~6 hours
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Topics: Components of a project plan, time-estimation techniques, capacity planning, critical path methodology.
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Hands-on: Develop a Gantt-chart project schedule and estimate durations using best practices and plugin tools.
Module 3: Managing Budgeting & Procurement
~4 hours
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Topics: Project budgeting components, cost tracking, procurement process, documentation (SOW, ethics).
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Hands-on: Build project budgets, craft statements of work, and practice procurement reflections.
Module 4: Managing Risks Effectively
~4 hours
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Topics: Risk identification tools, risk categories, mitigation strategies, and stakeholder communication.
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Hands-on: Develop a risk management plan, assign ownership, and prioritize risk responses.
Module 5: Organizing Communication & Documentation
~3 hours
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Topics: Communication planning, documentation best practices, centralizing project artifacts.
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Hands-on: Draft a communication plan and structure project documentation repositories.
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Job Outlook
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Prepares you for roles like Project Coordinator, Junior Project Manager, or Scrum Master by covering essential planning-phase skills.
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Supports attainment of PMI’s CAPM credential, with 100+ hours of formal education credited.
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Part of a six-course certificate; completion offers entry-level career readiness in project management.
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