Course Description:

Project management knowledge and skills are required to successfully manage all types of projects. In this Project Planning, Scheduling & Cost Control training course, the practical application of standard project management methodology will be enhanced with a workshop style approach, the use of participant case studies for practical exercises, and a project simulation.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Establish project goals and objectives that are directly linked to project stakeholders’ needs and expectation
• Establish the project scope using proven techniques
• Develop and use the project work breakdown structure for planning, scheduling and control purposes
• Effectively assign roles and responsibilities to the project team members
• Estimate project time and costs using proven techniques and the latest methods available
• Establish an effective and efficient earned-value project control system for monitoring and controlling project progress
• Identify threats and opportunities to your project, weigh their relative values in order to effectively develop, establish and implement response plans
• Assess the importance of anticipating, managing and controlling project changes
• Plan, execute and control  an effective project closure

Course Outline:

• Foundations of Project Management
  • The Nature of Projects and Project Management
  • The Growing Importance of Business Aspect in Project Management
  • Project/Program and Portfolio Management
  • From Strategic Planning to Project Management
  • The Project Life Cycle
  • Managing the Triple Constraints
  • Managing Project Risks
  • Managing Stakeholders
  • Stakeholders in Project
  • The Project Manager’s Responsibilities and the Role of Senior Management
  • Steps in Managing a Project
  • Project Management Maturity Level
  • Typical Project Organization Structure
  • Basic Contract Types in Managing Projects
  • The Generic Planning and Control Cycle in Project Management
  • The Project Charter
• Project Initiating, Planning and Scheduling
  • Stakeholder Identification
  • The Imperative of Planning
  • Developing the Requirements
  • Scope Definition
  • Procurement Planning: “Make or Buy” Decision
  • Defining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • The Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
  • Defining and Sequencing Project Activities
  • Estimating Activity Resources and Durations
  • Staffing Management Plan
  • Scheduling the Project Work
  • Estimating Costs and Determining Budgets
  • Communication Planning
  • Quality Planning
• Risk Management Planning & Control
  • Risk Management Overview
  • Definitions of Certainty, Risk and Uncertainty
  • Definition of Project Risks
  • Definition of Risk Management
  • The Primary Aspects of Risk Management
  • Risk Management Planning Process
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Assessment and Prioritization
  • Qualitative Risk Analysis
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Risk Issue Filtering
  • Risk Avoidance Plans
  • Risk Contingency Plans
  • Risk Register
  • Risk Avoidance Plan Implementation
• Project Execution, Monitoring & Control
  • Directing and Managing Project Execution
  • Monitoring Work Performance Information
  • Managing the Project Team
  • Managing Stakeholder Expectation
  • Project Control Definition
  • The Objectives of Project Control
  • The Earned Value Management (EVM) Concept
  • Integrated Change Control
  • Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
  • Communication and Documentation Control
  • Procurement Administration
• Project Closure
  • Effective Project Closure
  • Project Closure Objectives
  • Project Closure Plan
  • Administrative Closure
  • Contract Closure
  • Project Closure and Contract Closure Interaction
  • Post-Project Evaluation