PJM112 - Project Schedule Development and Control

This course addresses the needs of project managers, project management professionals, and program managers who need an understanding of schedule development, presentation tools, techniques, and methods to improve and control schedule performance.

Successful completion of this course allows the project leader to demonstrate a detailed understanding of the process of schedule development and tools available for schedule performance monitoring and status presentation. Included in this course are the following key topics and corresponding benefits for the attendee.

• Requirements Management – Elicit and manage requirements to ensure that the customer receives the deliverables required to meet their needs
• Select the proper development methodology – determine which methodology (i.e., Waterfall, Agile, or Adaptive) is most appropriate to the circumstances posed by the project
• Resource application to the schedule – determination of activity duration based on resource availability and productivity
• Work breakdown Structure (WBS)- development of detailed work breakdown structure
• Network diagram development – development of the schedule logic diagram from the WBS, understanding schedule duration and project critical path
• Building Project Schedule – Building project schedule using Microsoft Project, excel and Word template
• Status and presentation tools – tools available to the project manager including precedence diagrams, Gantt charts, and milestone schedules
• Resource application to the schedule – determination of activity duration based on resource availability and productivity
• Schedule acceleration – application of tools and techniques for schedule improvement, understanding and negotiating trade-offs among project scope and available resources and budget
• Schedule performance – control tools (e.g., earned value) available to monitor schedule performance, appropriate action by the project manager to deal with schedule performance deficiencies