2025 Higher Education Learning Solutions Catalog

Project Management​: An Introduction

Lesson 3

Managing the Project Schedule . . . . . . 270

Chapter 4 Executing the Project Prepare Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . 270 The Gantt Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 The Jogging Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 The Planned vs . Actual Bar Gantt Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Managing Schedule Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . 277 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Managing Costs, Quality, and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Lesson 4 Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . 279 The Project Cost Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Cost Variance Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 ManagingProjectQuality.............................284 ManagingHumanResources..........................286 ManagingPhysicalResources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . 293 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Lesson 1

The Implementation Phase . . . . . . . . . . 238

Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . 238 The Implementation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Delegating Tasks Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Motivating Team Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Managing Communication Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . 249 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Lesson 2

The Monitoring and Control Phase ... 252

Learning Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Lesson Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Concept Development and Activities / Content Presentation . . . . . . 252 The Monitoring and Control Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 MonitoringProjectProgress...........................254 Monitoring Project Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Managing Changes to the Project Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Activities for Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Activities for Intervention and Enrichment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Activities for Remediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Connections and Applications / Relevance of the Lesson . . . . . . . . 267 Summary of Key Concepts and Key Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

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