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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Construction Scheduling by Columbia University

4.8
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2,275 ratings

About the Course

This course focuses on learning how to develop and manage a schedule. The first module provides an overview of the Construction Scheduling course. The second module introduces bar or Gantt charts and how they are used as scheduling tools. During the third module, learners will create activity precedence diagrams, also referred to as activity on node diagrams, which graphically represent the construction activities in a project and their relationships. The fourth module provides an overview of the types of construction activity relationships encountered in a construction project and how to represent them in an activity precedence diagram. Forward and backward pass calculations are covered in the fifth module, and during the sixth module, Professor Odeh discusses the importance of critical paths, including what it is and why it is important. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -Discover key project scheduling techniques and procedures -Learn how to develop and manage a schedule, and understand scheduling tools such as bar charts, activity on arrow, and activity on nodes -Explore the multiple relationships that connect all the construction activities in our project from start to finish -Learn about creating a network diagram, defining the importance of the critical path in a project network, and defining project activities float -Understand the fundamentals of bar charts, precedence diagrams, activity on arrow, Program -Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), range estimating, linear project operations, and the line of balance (LOB)...

Top reviews

FL

Dec 27, 2016

The Course is very interesting and helpful from all prospective. I'm the project Owner and it was great experience for better understanding of the scheduling, different techniques and Lean Delivery.

GV

Sep 10, 2020

It was excellent an platform for e-learning and i free courses are tailored in an excellent manner where one can feel that students are not taken for a ride because it covers in a big way.

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By YERUVA D R

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Feb 28, 2022

good

By Thein H O

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Aug 9, 2021

Good

By Vicente B

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Nov 11, 2020

The first few weeks were straight-forward. The Activity on Arrow and Line of Balance lectures, quizzes and assignments were confusing and frustrating. The final quiz, besides having a typo on Monte Carlo, also had a question graded as wrong, with the comment saying "Correct!" Week 5 should have been broken in half because remembering minutia from nearly 4 hours of lectures is not realistic.

By Nader N A

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Aug 6, 2023

This course has a lot of information which we may not use all of them, some lectures can be minimized and/or removed to shorten the duration of the course and focus on the most used/common methods of scheduling.

By Olawale O

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Apr 6, 2021

Information packed course, and very interesting. But The course seems very theoretical. The topics are delivered a bit in a rush, maybe because of time. So much concepts and ideas squeezed into short videos

By Michael T

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Feb 15, 2021

Overall the course was helpful, but I found certain sections very confusing, especially the Line of Balance and Activity on Arrow diagramming.

By Harrison S

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Jul 25, 2024

Great introductory material, with a few great presenters. I wish the content were a bit more up-to-date and the forum engagement higher.

By Joe P

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Mar 10, 2022

Theres easier ways to explain those calculations. But i did learn some stuff so I guess thats cool

By Joshua B

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Mar 3, 2021

More of a PM course than a CM. Obviously a CM needs to know what a PM is trying to do but...

By Houssein A A

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Dec 11, 2022

Real-life examples should be shown the lean schedule needs examples

By juan m h

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Dec 5, 2019

The proficency of the teachers on english language should be higher

By Touaf R

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Apr 29, 2023

lecture should be more clear in audio ,voice is rough to heard.

By Nicholas L

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Sep 30, 2024

Very confusing at points, not sure 60% fail rate is great number. SAYING, I did learn quite about when it comes to building a schedule and estimating job activity times. I just feel that this course needs a bit of smoothing, Myself and it seemed many others definitely relied on the discussions which I guess is what its for but I don't know just seemed like it was missing some smoothing and details.

By I O (

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Aug 12, 2017

Highly Academic other modules were more practical like forward and backward pass

By Francisco P G

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Aug 11, 2020

Lack of practical examples.

By Andrea A L

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Nov 24, 2020

Muy basico

By William B

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Apr 19, 2023

unfortunately I need to cancel this course I cannot relate to the instructors manner of teaching. Not conducive for me too contrived over explanations, time consuming

By nemesisfcl

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Jul 2, 2023

Very hard to follow and teachers don't seem prepared when giving examples. Could not continue

By Dikran B

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Jul 26, 2023

This course was so hard and boring.