Scheduling Theory and Workshop (100)

Get started with scheduling concepts throughout the Time Management cycle as found in the ANSI standard PMBOK.  Participants will gain a thorough background in the concepts of scheduling using industry standard terms and best practices.  This two-day course leads you through each concept used to create and track an entire project to completion.  All workshops and instruction highlight the risks and efficiencies in the realm of scheduling.  NOTE: This course is not designed to promote a specific software, but all concepts include workshops to better learn the concept including examples of schedules created in Primavera P6.

Profession Development and Continuing Education Units:

  Earns 16 PDUs and 1.6 CEUs

Audience: New and Intermediate Schedulers.

Prerequisites: None

At the completion of this course the student will be able to:

  Understand industry standard scheduling terms and concepts

  Create, analyze and communicate schedule information for corporate decision making

  Recalculate and forecast schedules based on performance to date

  Recognize standard reports and measures used in scheduling

  Know the cycle of scheduling and the key success factors of each step

Hands on & Workshop Experience:

  Each topic discussed will include workshop materials to practice the concept

  Each topic will include examples from Primavera P6 software, this course is not designed to provide software training.

Class schedule:

1.     Day One

  Brief Introduction to Project Management (Knowledge Areas)

  Introduction to Time Management (Scheduling)

  Lifecycle of Scheduling in a Project

  Key Components that are the Scheduling Foundation

  Key Skills of a Great Scheduler

  The WBS is KING!

  PERT, GERT and Network Diagrams

  Other Schedule tools-when and why

  Relationship Types and the Schedule

  The Truth About Constraints

2.     Day Two

  Standard Deviation and the Scheduler

  Adding Roles and Resources to the Schedule

  Resource Leveling Basics

  Managing Work in Progress

  Optimizing the Project Plan & Managing Dates

  Basic Concepts of Baselining

  Simple Schedule Reports & Other Measures