Project planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling are very important skills for modern project management. Projects that run behind schedule cost the organizations big losses, while they may earn bonuses when accelerating schedules. Team leaders, middle managers, supervisors and executives in mature organizations are now actively involved in program and project management.

This comprehensive course is designed to provide personnel involved in project management with a powerful background and experience. It integrates the latest in academic and research findings, state of the art practices and technologies, along with valuable practical lessons and insights. Participants will learn in an open and participative environment advanced techniques applicable to each stage of the project life cycle including initiation, planning, execution, and control. They will apply the tools and techniques presented to case studies that simulate real projects. Thus, the course will assist you to successfully apply the tools and techniques of modern project planning, scheduling and control to your projects.

The purpose of this course is to present a process of project planning and control from basic project management principles and pre-construction planning through scheduling using network diagrams and monitoring and controlling. Also, it will familiarize participants with the various aspects of planning and scheduling from the initial contract award that will provide the best chance for your organization to successfully complete the desired project. It focuses on principles and practical problems of project planning, scheduling, time-cost tradeoffs, budgeting, cost control, and project monitoring with emphasis on cost-management aspects of projects in technology-intensive industries. It will help you develop a thorough grounding on advanced concepts and techniques needed to manage the time and cost of projects.

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

• Manage projects to deliver on time
• Analyze and determine sequence and duration of construction activities
• Apply change and claim management principles and conduct time impact analysis to your project
• Plan construction activities for various building projects
• Develop a schedule suitable for an request for proposal (RFP)
• Create project network diagrams for CPM and PERT calculations
• Make a construction plan and schedule (baseline schedule) acceptable project stakeholders
• Develop effective short term look-ahead schedules
• Manage resources effectively
• Analyze performance and productivity information from past construction projects
• Communicate construction project information effectively and accurately
• Manage time, cost, quantity, resource risks and quality performance for projects
• Integrate scope, time, resources and cost management into a dynamic, manageable plan
• Maintain continuous project performance and delivery control
• Accurately estimate and allocate project costs and resources
• Measure, forecast and control project performance by employing earned value techniques
• Compress or accelerate the schedule when required by adverse circumstances
• Produce clear and concise project progress reports

Anyone involved in the management of construction projects including, Project Managers, Project Coordinators Construction Managers, Civil Engineers, Team Leaders, Assistant Superintendents, Superintendents, Assistant Project Managers, M&E Coordinators, LEED & BIM Coordinators, Architects and Designers, Estimators, Field Engineers, Consultants and Contractors, Sub-contractors, Project Planners. Schedulers, Project Administrators, IT & Oil & Gas Key Personnel

Foundations of Project Management

· The nature of projects and project management

· Managing the triple constraints and the project life cycle

· Managing stakeholders

· The project manager’s responsibilities and the role of senior management

· Project selection considerations and needs assessment

· Developing requirements

Planning Framework

· Company environment

· Projects, Organizational alternatives

· Concurrent engineering

· Planning context, Mission & objectives

· Planning methodology

Project Planning

· Project objectives identification

· Structure: WBS, PBS, OBS, RBS, GBS, CBS

· Scope definition

· Basic rules of estimating and types of estimates

· Estimating methodologies

· Balancing & resolution of the conflicts

· Estimated costs & S curve

· Risk analysis

· Baseline plan

· Identifying costs

· Time-controlled estimates vs. resource-limited estimates

Project Scheduling

· Network scheduling

· Use of the Gantt chart and milestones

· Making up time in the schedule

· Procurement planning

· Communication planning

· Quality planning

Risk Management Planning

· The basic foundations of risk management

· Risk management planning

· Risk identification

· Risk analysis: qualification, quantification and prioritization

· Risk response planning: response strategies for threats and opportunities

Project Implementation

· Project baselines

· Project control: monitoring, evaluation and forecasting

· Earned value

· Causes of variances

· Project audits

· Dealing with changes

· Project closeout

Project Execution & Control

· Progress control process implementation : quality, deadlines & costs

· Information system

· Customized communication

· Control process

· Project knowledge base implementation

· Create project reports

Project Monitoring

· Monitoring: quality, deadlines & costs

· Communication, Data acquisition & updates

· Customer expectations regarding the schedule

· Decision-making assistance

· Knowledge base maintenance

· Project performance indicators

· Project assessment & analysis

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