What you'll learn
- ✦Find the critical path in a project network and explain why those tasks are critical
- ✦Calculate float on any task and explain what running out of float means for the finish date
- ✦Update a schedule when a task changes and re-derive the critical path and float
- ✦Calculate SV, CV, SPI and CPI from PV, EV and AC to say if a project is ahead or behind
- ✦Forecast a project's likely final cost using EAC and explain what the simple formula assumes
- ✦Tell a programme from a portfolio, and prioritise and share one resource across several projects
- ✦Explain why scaling agile across several teams needs coordination, and describe common scaled agile frameworks in plain words
- ✦Read a PMP-style scenario question using the right habits, and build a personal revision plan
Certification projects
Build 3 projects to earn your certificate
Hands-on work that proves you can apply what you learned — part of the certificate requirements.
Syllabus
Module 1 · 24m
Critical Path Free
What you'll be able to do
- Can find the critical path in a project network and explain why those tasks are critical
- Can calculate float on any task and explain what running out of float means
- Can re-derive the critical path and float after a real schedule change
Module 2 · 24m
Earned Value Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can read PV, EV and AC at a status date and explain what each one measures
- Can calculate SV, CV, SPI and CPI to say if a project is ahead or behind
- Can forecast a project's likely final cost using EAC and explain what it assumes
Module 3 · 24m
Programmes and Portfolios Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can tell a programme from a portfolio and give a real example of each
- Can prioritise several real projects using a consistent method, not recency or volume
- Can plan a person's time across two projects, allowing for a real switching cost
Module 4 · 24m
Scaling Agile Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can explain why several teams sharing one product need more than one team's Scrum
- Can set up a regular sync point that surfaces cross-team dependencies early
- Can describe common scaled agile frameworks in plain words, with no endorsement
Module 5 · 24m
Professional Practice Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can read a PMP-style scenario question for the process it is really testing
- Can rule out a tempting-but-wrong option using the stem's specific facts
- Can build a revision plan built on active practice, not just rereading notes