Perfect Project Planning: Resources/Constraint Based Method,

The perfect project schedule is possible

What you'll learn

Create a Flow Gantt chart

Integrate resources and constraints in the calculation

Challenge traditional concepts such as Gantt chart, Critical path, etc.

Acquire a general idea on how to automate project planning process

Requirements

Having basic Project management and/or Project planning/scheduling knowledge

Description

This is an innovative course that offers a different perspective on how to carry out a schedule and that challenges many concepts related to project management in order to produce a perfect planning.By tackling the complexity of a project, a new planning method called Resources/Constraints Based Planning is introduced, allowing us to improve the performance of traditional methods and automate the creation and updating of a project schedule.Throughout the course, we incorporate resources and constraints into the calculation of project timelines. To explain this process, we develop comprehensive examples that show in detail how to apply this new methodology step by step. Afterwards, following each exercise, we analyze and compare the results, demonstrating a significant planning’s improvement in terms of deadline, efficiency, and feasibility.Resources/Constraints Based Planning is such a disruptive technique that it challenges deeply rooted concepts in Project Management, such as the critical path or dependencies between activities; it suggests improvements to essential tools for schedule development, like the Gantt Chart ; and instead of teaching the use of project planning softwares, such as Primavera P6 or MS Project, it highlights their weaknesses and limitations.Finally, this course and new methodology automate the planning process, opening the door to the integration of artificial intelligence in Project Management.

Overview

Section 1: 1- Introduction

Lecture 1 1.1- Introduction

Lecture 2 1.2- Background

Section 2: 2- Traditional activity based planning

Lecture 3 2.1- Inputs of traditional planning

Lecture 4 2.2- Example of traditional planning

Section 3: 3- Direct resources based planning

Lecture 5 3.1- Rules of Direct resources based planning

Lecture 6 3.2- Example of Direct resources based planning (Part 1)

Lecture 7 3.2- Example of Direct resources based planning (Part 2)

Lecture 8 3.2- Example of Direct resources based planning (Part 3)

Lecture 9 3.2- Example of Direct resources based planning (Part 4)

Lecture 10 3.2- Example of Direct resources based planning (Part 5)

Lecture 11 3.3- Analysis of Direct resources based planning example

Section 4: 4- Resources based planning

Lecture 12 4.1- Rules of Resources based planning

Lecture 13 4.2- Example of Resources based planning (Part 1)

Lecture 14 4.2- Example of Resources based planning (Part 2)

Lecture 15 4.2- Example of Resources based planning (Part 3)

Lecture 16 4.3- Analysis of Resources based planning example

Section 5: 5- Resources/constraints based planning

Lecture 17 5.1- Rules of Resources/constraints based planning

Lecture 18 5.2- Example of Resources/constraints based planning (Part 1)

Lecture 19 5.2- Example of Resources/constraints based planning (Part 2)

Lecture 20 5.3- Analysis of Resources-constraints based planning example

Section 6: 6- Challenging the traditional activity based planning

Lecture 21 6.1- Challenging the Gantt chart

Lecture 22 6.2- Challenging the planning softwares

Lecture 23 6.3- Challenging the relationships

Lecture 24 6.4- Challenging the critical path

Lecture 25 6.5- Challenging activity based planning

Section 7: 7- Contributions

Lecture 26 7.1- Flow Gantt chart

Lecture 27 7.2- Cost/efficiency KPIs

Lecture 28 7.3- Quality/feasibility KPI

Lecture 29 7.4- Automated process

Section 8: 8- Conclusions

Lecture 30 8.1- Conclusions

Lecture 31 8.2- Farewell

Professionals with experience in Project management and/or Project planning/scheduling