Welcome to the World of Projects -Welcome to the Course!
Course Welcome
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Course Overview
Welcome to the World of Projects -Main Materials
What Is a Project?
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How Do We Define a Project?
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Considering the Organization & Stakeholders
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Project Success & Failure
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The Making of Boyhood & British Airways T5 Examples
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The Making of Boyhood and British Airways Terminal Five Examples
The Making of Boyhood & British Airways T5 Summary
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Project Life Cycle
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HealthCare.gov (Supplemental Case Study)
Welcome to the World of Projects -Resources
Week 1 Slides
The Ins & Outs of Project Planning-Main Materials
Why Plan?
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Detailed Scoping
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Identifying Dependencies
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Determine the Completion Date & Critical Path
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How Do We Schedule?
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What If I Don’t Like Planning? Making Changes
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Reflecting on Common Mistakes
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Virginia Festival of the Book (Supplemental Case Study)
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Supplemental Tutorial: Getting Started with Microsoft Project
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The Ins & Outs of Project Planning-Resources
Week 2 Slides
It’s a Risky World & Then the Unexpected Happened-Main Materials
What Is Risky About Projects?
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Identifying & Assessing Project Risks
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A More Realistic Timeline Part I
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A More Realistic Timeline Part II
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Cost Risk Analysis
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Planning for Ambiguity
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Lumi Juice (Supplemental Case Study)
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Supplemental Tutorial: Modeling Schedule Uncertainty Part I - Tornado Charts in Microsoft Excel
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Supplemental Tutorial: Modeling Schedule Uncertainty Part II - Monte Carlo Simulations in Microsoft Excel
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It’s a Risky World & Then the Unexpected Happened-Resources
Week 3 Slides
Ready, Set, Go: Project Execution-Main Materials
From Plan to Action
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Earned Value
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Those Who Execute
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Agile, Scrum, & Kanban
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Supplemental Tutorial: Tracking Progress & Updating Project Plan in Microsoft Project
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Salesforce.com (Supplemental Case Study)
Ready, Set, Go: Project Execution-Project Management in the Wild
Project Management in the Wild
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Project Management Case File #143
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Project Management Case File #168
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Ready, Set, Go: Project Execution-Conclusion of the Course
Course Conclusion
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Ready, Set, Go: Project Execution-Resources
Week 4 Slides