Plan Analytics Projects

Overview

Your turnover dashboard is behind schedule. Again. Why? This course teaches you to define project planning terms (milestone, dependency, risk), build a simple Gantt chart for an HR analytics deployment, and document the risks that derail rollouts before they become emergencies. You'll apply lessons from real cases where payroll systems launched without testing and cost millions. Using AI tools like ChatGPT, you'll draft stakeholder updates and risk mitigation plans—then verify the AI's output matches your actual data. Through realistic role plays where you present project plans to steering committees and coach dialogues where you navigate competing priorities and resource constraints, you'll develop the planning discipline that separates successful deployments from headline disasters. Designed for HR professionals, people analytics practitioners, and anyone tasked with deploying HR technology. No project management background required. Access to free ChatGPT or Claude recommended.

Syllabus

The Language of Project Planning

In this module, you'll apply your understanding of why HR analytics projects fail—and it's usually not the analytics. Through a discovery role play, you'll confront a dashboard deployment that's already behind schedule and identify the planning gaps that caused it. Then you'll master the vocabulary: milestones (checkpoints), dependencies (sequences), and risks (threats to delivery).

Building Your Project Plan

In this module, you'll move from vocabulary to action. Using an online Gantt tool, you'll create a visual project plan for deploying a turnover dashboard—adding tasks, setting dates, marking dependencies, and identifying risks. You'll practice analyzing risks and documenting your plan and risks for stakeholders using AI assistance, and verify that AI output matches your actual project data.