About This Course
Understanding project scale, cost, and timing begins with mastering first-principles planning. By breaking projects into deliverables, developing work breakdowns, and quantifying activities, project managers gain an accurate early grasp of scope and resources.
You’ll learn how to construct milestone programs, apply bottom-up estimating techniques, and balance precision with practicality. These skills form the foundation for forecasting budgets, managing risks, and evaluating schedules prepared by others with confidence.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Decompose project deliverables into a milestone program using a structured work breakdown.
- Apply bottom-up estimating to generate time and cost forecasts.
- Identify parallel and overlapping activities that affect overall timelines.
- Use first-principles budgeting and scheduling to assess project feasibility and risk.
- Communicate deliverables and milestone expectations clearly to stakeholders.
Topics Covered:
- Project Deliverables, Work Breakdown Structure and Milestone Program
- Bottom-up Estimating
- Pros and Cons of Bottom-up Estimating
Course Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Access to Course: 7 days from date of purchase
