What you'll learn:

This program explores major elements of project resource management as well as the broader context of this critical planning function. Learners will begin to understand that sound resource management is an important part of developing a sustainable competitive advantage in the emerging global marketplace. Primarily focuses on operations and productivity, resources in project management, product design, process strategy, layout strategy, human resources and job design, supply chain, inventory management and scheduling.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, learners will have demonstrated their ability to:

• Define the role of a project manager and analyze ways in which they coordinate a wide array of resources, including human resources, financial resources, production resources, and inventory resources
• Identify the processes and terminology of project management resources
• Demonstrate how the process of resource management operates within a broader context, including product design, process strategy, layout strategy, job design, the supply chain, and inventory management
• Identify how process strategy for optimal resource management is developed
• Analyze the design of goods and services and how it affects resource management decisions
• Identify how location and layout strategies affect resource management decisions
• Assess how human resources and job design decisions impact project resource management

What you'll do:

This program is divided into 6 courses that are designed around a particular theme. Each course is accompanied by related assignments and quizzes that are intended to test you on the content of the readings and any additional course material. The quizzes are a combination of multiple-choice and true/false.

1. Introduction to Resources in Project Management
2. Resources in Project Management: Plan Resource Management
3. Resources in Project Management: Estimate Activity Resources
4. Resources in Project Management: Acquire Resources
5. Resources in Project Management: Develop and Manage Teams
6. Resources in Project Management: Control Resources

Who this course is designed for:

Anyone interested in learning about Project Resource Management