Course Description

Understanding a project's schedule requirements and the time-phasing of project tasks is the backbone of effective project management. This course, compliant with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), focuses on the importance of developing an accurate, enforceable project schedule. Participants will be guided through project-schedule development theory and implementation by means of lectures, discussions, and a case study.

Learning Objectives:

• Scope definition and the development of an effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• The relationship between risk and schedule, including how to use schedule contingency.

• Activity Definition and Sequencing - determining all activities to complete project work and how they interrelate.

• The proper use of Precedence Diagramming Methodology (PDM), Critical Path Methodology, (CPM) and Gantt Charts

• Activity Duration Estimating and Resource Scheduling - the manner in which duration, person effort, and resource availability affect each other, and how to solve resource over-allocation and resource conflicts through leveling.

• The ability to identify the schedule requirements of any project.

• The ability to develop an accurate project schedule, accounting for all project activities, resources needed to complete project activities, and availability of the resources.

• The confidence to evaluate and communicate project trade-offs clearly to project sponsors, and the ability to forecast whether a project can be delivered on time and within budget.