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Professional Development

Planning, Scheduling and Controlling

April 3, 4, 5, 2012 - Sold Out
April 10, 11, 12, 2012
October 9, 10, 11, 2012
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; 18 PDU; $1299; Baldwin-Wallace, Berea
Instructor: Lynda Carter

Successful project management can be attributed to the project manager’s effective use of the tools and techniques, coupled with his or her ability to skillfully apply knowledge gained from best practices. The tools and techniques you employ are critical to planning, implementing and completing projects on time and within budget. Through a variety of presentation methods and learning strategies, participants in this course will uncover how to define project scope and acceptance criteria, learn how to use network diagrams, status reporting, and appropriate project communication processes to ensure project success.

 This course is designed for project managers looking to improve their understanding and application of best practices in project management planning, scheduling and controlling.

Target audience: Project managers looking to improve their understanding and application of best practices in project management planning, scheduling and controlling.

Learning objectives: 

  • Define deliverable based milestones
  • Apply resource leveling
  • Create a network diagram
  • Describe the risk management process
  • Apply Earned Value calculations
  • Define Issue Management and Scope/Change Management procedures
  • Create a Communication Plan

Course outline:

  • Foundational Project Knowledge:
    • Project lifecycle
    • Triple constraints
  • Project Planning:
  • Planning Overview
    • Goals
    • Scope
      • Tactical Scope
      • Defining Scope
    • Acceptance Criteria
      • Requirement Prioritization
      • Requirement Detailing
  • Risk Management:
    • Definitions
    • Risk identification, assessment and management
    • Risk prioritization
    • Risk contingency
    • Mitigation strategies
    • Contingency plans
    • Decision tree
  • Project Scheduling:
    • WBS creation
    • Estimating
    • Contingency
    • Deliverable based milestones
    • Leveling resources
    • Short-interval scheduling
    • Establish baselines
  • Network diagrams
    • Critical path
    • Critical chain
    • Buffers
  • Project Control:
  • Tracking calculations:
    • Earned Value
    • Earned Value Indicator
    • Cost Performance Index
    • Estimate To Completion
    • Estimate At Completion
  • Status reporting
  • The communication process
    • Standard communications structures
    • Communication channels
    • Feedback loops
    • Creating a Communication Plan
  • Issue Management
  • Scope / Change Management

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