This free online project management course teaches the methods of project planning, scheduling, and controlling. The course consists of 45 tutorials which cover the material of a typical introductory project management course at the university level.

In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the subject, you should start at the top and work your way down the list. That way you will start learning the most basic concepts first and build off of those as you progress through the course.

Bar / Gantt Charts

1. How to draw a Gantt chart
2. How to draw a Gantt chart with more complicated predecessors
3. Advantages and disadvantages of Gantt charts

Precedence Diagram Method (PDM Network Diagram)

4. How to draw a PDM network diagram
5. Construct a PDM network diagram when given a table of dependencies
6. Construct a table of dependencies when given a PDM network diagram
7. Determine Early Start (ES) and Early Finish (EF) of activities in a network diagram
8. Determine Late Start (LS) and Late Finish (LF) of activities in a network diagram
9. Use forward and backward pass to determine project duration and critical path 

Critical Path Method (CPM Network Diagram)

10. Introduction to CPM network diagrams
11. How to draw a CPM Network Diagram
12. CPM vs. PDM Network Diagram example

Float / Slack in Network Diagrams

13. What is Total Float (Total Slack) and how to calculate it in a network diagram
14. What is Free Float (Free Slack) and how to calculate it in a network diagram
15. Determine total float and free float (aka "slack") of activities in a network diagram

Lead / Lag in Network Diagrams

16. Lead & Lag in network diagrams explained
17. Logical relationships in network diagrams illustrated
18. Finish to Start (FS) network diagram example with lag
19. Start to Start (SS) network diagram example with lag
20. Finish to Finish (FF) network diagram example with lag
21. Start to Finish (SF) network diagram example with lag
22. Difficult network diagram example with lag solved

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

23. What is a work breakdown structure?
24. Introduction to PMI numbering system

Resource Constraining & Project Crashing

25. Resource histogram explained
26. Resource constraining example with resource histogram
27. Project crashing explained
28. Project crashing full example (part 1/2)
29. Project crashing full example (part 2/2)

Project Tracking & Control

30. How to draw project S-curve for cumulative costs
31. How to draw project S-curve for % complete
32. Compare baseline S-curves for Early Start and Late Start

Earned Value Analysis

33. Earned Value Analysis explained
34. Cost performance index (CPI) and cost variance (CV) explained
35. Schedule performance index (SPI) and schedule variance (SV) explained
36. Earned Value Analysis worked example
37. How to interpret an earned value graph
38. How to make predictions using earned value analysis

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

39. How to calculate expected duration, variance, and std. deviation of an activity
40. How to draw an ADM network diagram for PERT problems
41. Complete the forward and backward pass of a network diagram for PERT
42. How to calculate expected duration, variance, and std. dev. of the entire project
43. What is the probability that a project will finish early or late
44. What is the probability that an activity will finish early, late, or during an interval
45. How to estimate project completion date with at least 95% confidence level
46. What is the probability that an activity will have a certain float (slack)

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