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Advanced Project Planning, Scheduling and Cost Control

Who should attend: 
Project Managers, Executives, Professionals and Team Members, as well as Technical Professionals, Engineers and Managers involved in developing and executing projects and running operations.
5 days
Course aims: 

This programme will significantly boost the skills and knowledge of participants and improve their ability to plan, schedule, monitor, control , and report on project progress.

The programme will give participants a hands-on guide to bringing projects in on time and on budget as well as the application of concepts, and techniques to maximize project success.

Course benefits: 
  • Develop realistic and measurable project goals and objectives to ensure positive results
  • Develop advanced concepts and techniques needed to Integrate scope, time, resources and cost management into a dynamic, manageable plan
  • Develop project network diagrams for CPM and advanced PERT calculations to identify schedule and cost risks
  • Sustain continuous project performance and delivery control
  • Advanced skills to calculate accurately estimate, identify, assign, and tabulate costs and resources requirements
  • Measure, forecast and control project performance using proven techniques
  • Plan for contingencies and anticipate variations
  • Produce clear and concise project progress reports
  • Establish a project control system and monitor progress
  • Tools and techniques used in managing project risk
  • Develop a thorough grounding on concepts and techniques to manage project risk
Course outline: 
  • Project Scope Planning and Definition (Fundamentals)
  • Overview of the project management life cycle
  • The triple constraints
  • Planning tools
  • Project requirements a review
  • The work breakdown structure a review
  • Project Schedule Planning and Critical Path Method
  • Resource Allocation and Resource Levelling
  • Accelerating the Project Schedule
  • Time Planning / Control - Realistic Risk-based Schedules
  • Project Contingency Planning
  • Line of Balance Scheduling - The Planning of Recurring Activities
  • Project Execution Management, Control and Reporting
  • Control as a Management Tool - Managing Expectations
  • Project Recovery Plan Development
  • Project Cost Estimating
  • Broad Scope Cost Estimating Techniques
  • Budget Estimating Process
  • Project Execution Management, Control and Reporting
  • Project Cost Budgeting and Cash Flow Analysis