Course Description
Beyond Scheduling Basics: Analysis, Control, & Reserve Planning (APPEL-BSB)
Audience
This course is designed for project team members who are responsible for planning, controlling and analyzing cost, schedule and technical performance of an activity, project, or contract.
Goal
This one-day course builds upon the foundational processes of activity definition, activity sequencing, activity duration estimating, schedule development, schedule status accounting & data maintenance, and schedule performance reporting by examining the more advanced topics of schedule analysis, schedule control (baseline revisions, replanning, and workaround planning), and schedule reserve planning.
Learning Methods
Lectures and discussions are combined with case studies, demonstrations, and exercises to maximize the learning experience.
Specific Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand ways to assess when a project is likely to finish
- Determine if the schedule is realistic
- Gauge the significance of past schedule performance and trends
- Evaluate the effect of changes on the baseline and current operating schedules
- Assess the adequacy of schedule reserve and slack
- Identify risk in the schedule
- Understand how to control the schedule (including methods to accelerate the schedule or get back on track if behind plan)
- Understand the differences between schedule baselines, re-baselines, revisions, replans, and work around plans
Notes
This course is registered by the Project Management Institute (PMI) for 7 Professional Development Units (PDUs). PMI Course ID: BSB008
