Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 34 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Olivier Rebiere, Cristina Rebiere
Rating
Course Overview
Create a project management diagram. Use the "Gantt Project" software effectively. Communicate progress in real time.
The objective of this training course is to enable beginners and intermediate project developers to create and update a Gantt chart or diagram in real time to manage a complex project and share real-time progress of tasks and subtasks. More and more European Programs ask when a project is filed that a Gantt chart is part of the supporting documents. It will prove the correct planning of the tasks over the duration of the project.
Used terminology:
Gantt chart
Mental map, mind map
Work breakdown structure (WBS), project breakdown structure
Organization, planning
Resources included in the course:
21 videos including presentations, commented slideshows or screencasts
Links to wikipedia, "mindmup", "Freeplane" and "Gantt Project" software
Images of mental maps
Course Structure:
The course is divided into four main parts:
Understand the Gantt chart: history, software
Construct the diagram: the staircase method, the mental map, the logical network
Install and use the "Gantt Project" software
Why take this course?
The Gantt chart, although simple to understand, can be difficult to implement in a complex project if it is not properly and exhaustively "thought" upstream.
In this simple and easy to learn course, you will learn step by step how to "decomplex" and demystify this diagram to transform it into a real project management tool!
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 22 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Presentation of the facilitator and objectives
- Section 2 Understanding the Gantt Chart
- Section 3 The staircase method and the logical network
- Section 4 The mind map, to create easily and not forget anything
- Section 5 The "Gantt Project" software
What You’ll Learn
- Without reading notes, describe a Gantt chart, say / write why and how it was invented, what needs it satisfies
- Know and choose the appropriate open source software: for local use or web-based / individual or in team
- Produce and share a mental map as a brainstorming tool (mindmup)
- List 5 subsequent tasks and sub-tasks by applying "top / down" thinking to stratify tasks into subtasks: in this case a cake recipe
- Use the free open source software "Gantt Project" with a practical case: European project Erasmus KA2
- Regularly update the diagram: check, act, inform
- Communicate the progress of a project to stakeholders in real time
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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CCharlie Eustace
I thought this course would help me learn how to create a gantt chart in any format, not just how to use a mindmap and the course suggested gantt chart software, GanttProject. It started out good, with the Gantt background, but then took an unexpected turn. The example the instructor used, a recipe, felt incomplete and not like a real world project management example. Plus there was more fluff like music and a messy logo with added animations that were unnecessary and made the course longer than it needed to be. If you are looking on how to create a gantt chart with real PM examples you are better off watching youtube videos.
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SStephen Scott
Easy to follow. Simple steps building to a complex overview of the process.
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NNabil Mesbah
Clear explanation. Help to brush up little bit from what I was doing since a while.
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KKendrick N Monroe
Great Resource.
