The Fundamentals of Planning and Scheduling


Course Price: $295.00 USD
Location: New Orleans, LA or host a private course at your facility!
Times: 4:30pm - 8:30pm
Duration: 1.00 Evening
PDUs Awarded: 4.00

Objective

Scheduling Fundamentals is an overview of the basics of time and cost management. In this course, students will learn how to effectively manage their time by identifying goals, creating daily plans, and recognizing obstacles. This course provides the theory and core methodology to manage projects or participate on project teams.

Materials

  • Global Project Management's, PMI Certified, Scheduling Fundamentals, 8th Ed.

What Will You Learn?

  • Introduction
  • Scheduling Terminology
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Activities / Milestones
  • Resource Types / Estimating
  • Dependencies (FS, SS, FF, SF)
  • Activity Sequencing (Logic)
  • Using Lag & Lead
  • Cost Estimating / Cost Budgeting
  • Tracking Project Costs / S-Curve
  • Calculating the Schedule
  • The Critical Path Method (CPM)
  • Calculating the Critical Path / Float
  • Schedule Compression
  • Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Updating the Schedule (Techniques)

Instructors / Certifications:

Global Project Management is a Global Registered Educational Provider (R.E.P.) with the Project Management Institute (PMI) and, appropriately, requires that ALL instructors be certified Project Management Professionals (PMP) with PMI.