Project Management Series: Understanding Scheduling Computations
Product Code: PROJ07 Time: 3.0 hour(s) CEUs: Available

Summary:

This course explains how to perform forward and backward computations to determine the critical path in a project network diagram and shows how an activity-on-node network diagram can be changed to make an activity-on-arrow diagram and a bar chart.

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • List the variables that affect the project schedule as well as the rules for computing project time
  • Define forward pass computations
  • Define backward pass computations
  • Explain the relationship of float to critical path
  • Explain how network calculations are performed
  • Describe constrained end date scheduling
  • Explain how to reduce activity durations
  • Describe the use of bar charts in project scheduling
  • Demonstrate how to determine the critical path of project

Topics:

  • Basics of scheduling computations
  • Forward pass computations
  • Backward pass computations
  • Activity maximum float
  • Network calculations
  • Constrained end date scheduling
  • Reducing activity durations
  • Use of the bar chart

Technical Requirements:

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. (5.5 or higher for MindLeaders Central) Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Sound card, with speaker or headphones is recommended, but not required to play the courses. Macromedia Flash Player 7.0 (Note: We do not recommend or support installation of the Yahoo toolbar.) JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.

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