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Project Management
Cost, schedule, scope, risk and value: the numbers that show where a project stands. A season is five episodes, one metric each, with its practice pack and one certificate at the end.
Seasons
Choose a season
Each season is five episodes on metrics that belong together, with the practice pack for every metric and one certificate. Launch prices are shown.
Season 1 · 5 episodes
Cost and schedule control
Know where a project stands on cost and time, and forecast the final cost.
- Cost performance index (CPI)
- Schedule performance index (SPI)
- Cost variance (CV)
- Schedule variance (SV)
- Estimate at completion (EAC)
Season 2 · 5 episodes
Forecasting and recovery
Forecast the finish and judge whether a project can still recover.
- Percent complete
- Budget burn rate
- Estimate to complete (ETC)
- Variance at completion (VAC)
- To-complete performance index (TCPI)
Season 3 · 5 episodes
Scope and change control
Keep scope and change under control, and see how stable the requirements are.
- Scope creep %
- Change request rate
- Change approval cycle time
- Rework %
- Requirements stability index
Season 4 · 5 episodes
Resources and capacity
Check whether the team has the hours and the budget the work needs.
- Resource utilisation %
- Overtime %
- Capacity gap
- Cost per hour of work
- Resource cost variance
Season 5 · 5 episodes
Agile delivery flow
See how smoothly work flows through an agile team.
- Velocity
- Throughput
- Cycle time
- Lead time
- Work in progress (WIP)
Season 6 · 5 episodes
Quality
Measure the quality of what a project delivers, and what poor quality costs.
- Defect density
- First-pass yield
- Defect escape rate
- Mean time to resolve defects
- Cost of poor quality %
Season 7 · 5 episodes
Risk and issues
Keep a project's risks and issues under control.
- Risk exposure
- Contingency coverage ratio
- Contingency used %
- Risk burn-down %
- Average issue resolution time
Season 8 · 5 episodes
Value and benefits
Show whether a project is worth its cost, and whether its benefits arrive.
- Payback period
- Project ROI %
- Net present value (NPV)
- Benefit-cost ratio
- Benefits realisation %
Practice packs
Just practice
A practice pack is the self-marking practice tools of one topic: new numbers every attempt, marked as you type, with the working when you want it. No course and no certificate.
Practice pack
Cost and schedule control
Know where a project stands on cost and time, and forecast the final cost.
- Cost performance index (CPI)
- Schedule performance index (SPI)
- Cost variance (CV)
- Schedule variance (SV)
- Estimate at completion (EAC)
Practice pack
Forecasting and recovery
Forecast the finish and judge whether a project can still recover.
- Percent complete
- Budget burn rate
- Estimate to complete (ETC)
- Variance at completion (VAC)
- To-complete performance index (TCPI)
Practice pack
Scope and change control
Keep scope and change under control, and see how stable the requirements are.
- Scope creep %
- Change request rate
- Change approval cycle time
- Rework %
- Requirements stability index
Practice pack
Resources and capacity
Check whether the team has the hours and the budget the work needs.
- Resource utilisation %
- Overtime %
- Capacity gap
- Cost per hour of work
- Resource cost variance
Practice pack
Agile delivery flow
See how smoothly work flows through an agile team.
- Velocity
- Throughput
- Cycle time
- Lead time
- Work in progress (WIP)
Practice pack
Quality
Measure the quality of what a project delivers, and what poor quality costs.
- Defect density
- First-pass yield
- Defect escape rate
- Mean time to resolve defects
- Cost of poor quality %
Practice pack
Risk and issues
Keep a project's risks and issues under control.
- Risk exposure
- Contingency coverage ratio
- Contingency used %
- Risk burn-down %
- Average issue resolution time
Practice pack
Value and benefits
Show whether a project is worth its cost, and whether its benefits arrive.
- Payback period
- Project ROI %
- Net present value (NPV)
- Benefit-cost ratio
- Benefits realisation %
Practice pack
Delivery and stakeholders
Keep milestones, decisions, stakeholders and the team on track.
- On-time milestone rate %
- Average milestone slippage
- Decision turnaround time
- Stakeholder satisfaction %
- Team turnover rate %
Practice pack
Portfolio view
Read the health of a whole portfolio of projects at once.
- Portfolio CPI
- Portfolio SPI
- Projects on track %
- Resource demand ratio
- Project success rate %
50 Project Management micro courses
Every metric is also a micro course on its own: five scenes, a practice tool and a certificate, R295 · US$19, lifetime access.
How a season works
Learn it, practice it, prove it
- 01
Learn each metric
Five episodes, one metric each: what it measures, how to work it out and how to read the result.
- 02
Practice until it clicks
Cases from different businesses, with new numbers every time. Your answer is marked as you type.
- 03
Get help when stuck
Hints point to the step that went wrong, never just the answer. Want a person to talk it through? Book a tutor session as an optional add-on.
- 04
Earn the certificate
Finish every episode and the practice pack in the season and you get one certificate for the lot.
Just one metric
Only need one metric?
Every micro course is also available on its own, with its certificate, at a launch-offer price of R295 or US$19.
One whole series
Want more than one season?
Full series access gives you every season and micro course in one series of your choice for 12 months, with the practice tools built into every season. Tutoring is an optional add-on.